Call for Papers/Presentations

The 43rd Annual Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival
April 7-9, 2010
The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg

Deadline for Submission
November 10, 2009

Notification of Acceptance
December 10, 2009

The mission of the Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival is to recognize excellence in the field of children’s literature and to
provide librarians, teachers, researchers and community members the opportunity to learn about and appreciate
children’s literature through presentations, workshops, and personal interactions with people of significance in the field.

In accordance with this mission, the Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival at the University of Southern Mississippi School of
Library and Information Sciencis inviting submissions for papers or presentations to be presented at the 43rd annual festival to be held
April 7-9, 2010 on the campus of the University of Southern Mississippi.

We invite abstracts (of approximately 500 words) for 45-60 minute sessions that are of professional interest to our attendees. Each
year the School of Library andInformation Science hosts the three-day Festival which includes the most notable names in
children’s literature. Average attendance is around 450 children’s librarians, school media specialists, and faculty in
library science and literatufrom around the Southeast.

The 2010 USM Medallion recipient is David Wiesner. General session presenters include Maureen Johnson, Lulu Delacre, Charles Ghinga and
Dan Yaccarino. More speakers will be announced soon.

Proposals must be sent electronically to the Festival Director, Dr. Catharine Bomhold at
Catharine.bomhold@usm.edu or cbomhold@yahoo.com on or before November 10, 2009. Receipt of proposals will be confirmed
via email within a few days of submission. Authors of accepted proposals will receive notification via email on or before
December 10, 2009.