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SUMMARY:Lowcountry Children's Book Fair
DESCRIPTION:The nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center’s annual Lowcountry Children’s Book Fair will be held on Saturday\, July 26\, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Port Royal Sound Foundation Weezie Educational Pavilion (310 Okatie Hwy). \nA dozen local and visiting writers will be on hand with books for sales and signing\, along with art activities and readings throughout the day.\n \nPresented in partnership between the Conroy Center\, the Port Royal Sound Foundation\, the Storybook Shoppe children’s bookstore\, and DAYLO (Diversity Awareness Youth Literacy Organization)\, this free community event is made possible by the generous support of Oyster Cay Collection of Beaufort.\n \nAngela May\, the New York Times bestselling co-author of The Islanders middle-grade novels\, will be reading at 11:00 a.m. National Park Service Ranger Katherine Freeman will host a special Read with a Ranger program at noon. Michael B. Moore will read from his debut children’s book\, Freedom on the Sea\, inspired by the life of Beaufort’s iconic historical figure (and Moore’s ancestor) Robert Smalls at 1:00 p.m.\n \nDAYLO student volunteers will be hosting read-alouds and bookmark art projects throughout the day\, and local artist Hank Herring will also be teaching free art projects and Lowcountry Wind Symphony will be offering music projects as well. A food truck will be available midday. The Maritime Center will also be freely open to the public from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.\n \nOther participating authors and artists include Joy Corley\, author of Percy Goes Camping…Maybe; Margie Cowles Hamner\, Magic Ball of Light\, Mary T. Jacobs\, author of the Big Daddy Series; Martha Jaworowski\, author of Sports at First Sight; Carole Marsh\, author of the Real Kids\, Real Places series; Emma McClure\, author/artist of Beautiful Beaufort: A Coloring Book; Nancy Merrill\, author of Elf Dust; Ryan Q. Milling\, author of Bob’s Truck; Robin Prince Monroe\, author of The Glades; Susan Montanari\, author of My Dog’s a Chicken; Susan Diamond Riley author of the Delta & Jax Mysteries; Katherine Robinson\, author of The Crabs on Calhoun; and Beryl Title\, author of Adventures of Roxy the Unicorn. The Storybook Shoppe will have additional local books available for sale.\n \nAbout the Featured Authors\nAngela May is the co-author of The Islanders\, a New York Times bestselling middle-grade novel series created with Mary Alice Monroe. The first book in the series\, The Islanders\, earned several honors\, including the South Carolina Children’s Book Award nominee and the Triple Crown Award. Angela is a lowcountry native who now lives in Mount Pleasant with her husband and their two children.\n \nMichael Boulware Moore is the great-great grandson of Robert Smalls\, whose heroic journey from slavery to the U.S. Congress is the inspiration for Moore’s first children’s picture book\, Freedom on the Sea. He served as the founding president of the International African American Museum in Charleston\, and he is a frequent keynote speaker for universities\, conferences\, museums\, and other organizations across the country. He lives in Charleston with his family.\n \nLearn more about the Pat Conroy Literary Center at www.patconroyliterarycenter.org.\nLearn more about the Port Royal Sound Foundation at www.portroyalsoundfoundation.org.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/lowcountry-childrens-book-fair/
CATEGORIES:Book Fair,Day Event,Education,Festival,Workshop
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