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Tentative Upcoming Festival Dates:
April 3-5, 2024 April 23-25, 2025 April 15-17, 2026 April 7-9, 2027 April 19-21, 2028
Credits
Stacy Creel, Chair, Associate Professor, The University of Southern Mississippi
Ellen Ruffin, Curator, de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection
Phil Bildner, The Author Village
Catharine Bomhold, Associate Professor, The University of Southern Mississippi
Ramona Caponegro, Curator, Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, University
of Florida
Elizabeth Haynes, Associate Professor Emerita, The University of Southern Mississippi
Marianne Martens, Associate Professor, Kent State University School of Information
Jamie C. Naidoo, Interim Director & Foster-EBSCO Endowed Professor, The University
of Alabama
Venetia Oglesby, Librarian, New Hope Elementary
Kathy Roberts, Coordinator of Children’s and Youth Services for Central Mississippi
Regional Library System
Don Tate, Author-Illustrator
Deborah Taylor, Retired, Coordinator of School and Student Services, Enoch Pratt Free
Library
Eric L. Tribunella, Professor of English, The University of Southern Mississippi
Stacy Creel, Chair, Southern Miss SLIS
Sarah Mangrum, Southern Miss SLIS
Ashley Marshall, Southern Miss SLIS
Karen Rowell, Southern Miss SLIS
Ellen Ruffin, University Libraries
Karen Rowell, Festival Coordinator
Sarah Mangrum, Outreach and Technology Coordinator
Ashley Marshall, Registration and Technology Coordinator
Ramona Caponegro, Breakout Session Coordinator
Dottie Higgs, Graduate Student Social Media Coordinator