Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival
2022 Festival Information
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Welcome! We hope you will join us for the 2022 Virtual Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival, scheduled for April 6-8, 2022. We are honored to celebrate Brian Selznick as the 2022 Southern Miss Medallion winner! We have lots of other incredible keynote and workshop offerings as well, with all sessions featuring live captioning.
Registration for the 2022 Virtual Festival is $100 and CEUs will be offered to Mississippi educators.
Registered virtual participants will have access to live sessions and recordings.
At this time we are not able to accept cash registration payments.
Paying with a credit card? Register with a credit card here.
Paying with a purchase order or requisition? Register here.
To register with a personal check please mail your check to:
Children's Book Festival Registration
School of Library and Information Science
118 College Drive #5146
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001
Please make checks payable to the Children's Book Festival and include a phone number
where you may be reached.
We are thrilled to announce the 2022 Kaigler keynote lineup including 2022 Southern Miss Medallion winner Brian Selznick at this year's Festival.
Photo Credit: Slimane Lalami
Brian Selznick is the author and illustrator of innovative, genre-defying works for children. He has illustrated picture books, including the Caldecott Honor recipient, The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins by Barbara Kerley, and the Sibert Honor recipients, When Marian Sang by Pam Muñoz Ryan and Walt Whitman: Words for America by Barbara Kerley.
2022 Southern Miss Medallion Winner
Ezra Jack Keats Award Ceremony
It is a great honor to host the presentation of the EJK Awards to this year's winners
and honorees. Meet these early career authors and illustrators, hear about their work,
their artistic processes, and who influenced and encouraged them to pursue their artistic
dreams.
More EJK event info coming soon!
Live and recorded breakout sessions will be available to all registered attendees. More info coming soon!
Breakout bios will be available in Feb 2022
Tentative Daily Schedules
8:30 a.m. CST
Welcome Session
9-10 a.m. CST
Breakout Sessions
10:15-11:15 a.m. CST
Breakout Sessions
Noon-1:30 p.m. CST Keynote Session
Coleen Salley Storytelling Session
Donna Washington
2-3:30 p.m. CST Keynote Session
de Grummond Children's Literature Lecture
Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome
4-5:30 p.m. CST Keynote Session
Southern Miss School of Library and Information Science Lecture
Eric L. Tribunella
9-10:30 a.m. CST Keynote Session
Jen Bryant
11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. CST Keynote Session
Southern Miss Medallion Session
Brian Selznick
1-2:30 p.m. CST Keynote Session
Ezra Jack Keats Award Ceremony
3-4 p.m. CST
Breakout Sessions
4:15-5:15 p.m. CST
Breakout Sessions
7-8 p.m. CST Keynote Session
EJK Documentary Screening and Panel Discussion
9-10:30 a.m. CST Keynote Session
In Conversation with Nic Stone and Angie Thomas
10:45-11:45 a.m. CST
Breakout Sessions
Noon-1:30 p.m. CST Keynote Session
Raúl The Third
1:45-2:45 p.m. CST
Breakout Sessions
3-4 p.m. CST
Breakout Sessions