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SUMMARY:Children's Book Fair 2024
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, July 27\, 2024 – 10 am – 2 pm EDT\nPrice: Free · Duration: 4 hrs\nLocation: Port Royal Sound Foundation Weezie Educational Pavilion | 130 Okatie Hwy\, Okatie\, SC 29909 \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \nThe Pat Conroy Literary Center’s annual Lowcountry Children’s Book Fair will be held on Saturday\, July 27\, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Port Royal Sound Foundation Weezie Educational Pavilion (310 Okatie Hwy\, Okatie). The Maritime Center will also be open to the public from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.\, and admission is free. \nPresented in partnership between the nonprofit Conroy Center\, the Port Royal Sound Foundation\, the Storybook Shoppe children’s bookstore\, and DAYLO: Diversity Awareness Youth Literacy Organization\, this special event is free and open to the public. \nStudent volunteers from DAYLO will be hosting picture book read-alouds and bookmark art projects throughout the day. Featured middle-grade mysteries author Susan Diamond Riley will read from her newest Delta & Jax Mystery\, The Sea Devil’s Demise\, at 11:00 a.m. Featured bestselling children’s picture book author Antwan Eady will read from his newest book\, The Last Stand\, at 1:00 p.m. \nOther participating authors and artists include Patricia Bee\, author of Try’umsee’s Wings; Rebecca Chamberlain\, author and artist of Maralee & the Turtles of the Sea; Mary T. Jacobs\, author of the Big Daddy Series; Kellie Langan author of the Tinkie and Bobo series; Susan Montanari\, author of My Dog’s a Chicken; Katherine Robinson\, author of The Crabs on Calhoun; and Laurie Suber\, author of Hunting Island Adventures: A South Carolina State Park Adventure with Levi and Skylin. \nThe Storybook Shoppe will have additional local books available for sale. All participating authors will be available to sign copies of their books. And a food truck will be available for lunch purchases. \nAbout the Featured Authors:\nAuthor of the Delta & Jax Mysteries\, award-winning writer and editor Susan Diamond Riley has worked in the fields of publishing\, journalism\, and education for more than thirty years and has taught and tutored writing at the middle school\, high school\, and college levels. \nShe holds a master of arts degree in children’s literature and is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators\, the South Carolina Writers Association\, and the Island Writers Network. She currently lives on Hilton Head Island. \nAntwan Eady is the author of the award-winning picture book Nigel and the Moon (illustrated by Gracey Zhang) and the recently released The Last Stand (illustrated by Jarrett and Jerome Pumphrey). \nDown the dirt roads of South Carolina’s lowcountry is where Antwan’s understanding of—and appreciation for—family\, community\, and land unfolded. Now he shares those stories with the world. When he isn’t writing\, he’s visiting schools\, libraries\, and colleges throughout the country. A graduate of Clemson University\, Antwan lives in Savannah\, Georgia. \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/childrens-book-fair-2024/
LOCATION:Port Royal Sound Foundation Weezie Educational Pavilion\, 310 Okatie Hwy\, Okatie\, 29909
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SUMMARY:Children's Book Fair 2023
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday August 8\, 2023 – 10 am – 2 pm EDT\nPrice: Free · Duration: 4 hrs\nLocation: Port Royal Sound Foundation Weezie Educational Pavilion | 130 Okatie Hwy\, Okatie\, SC 29909 \nWebsite: Facebook Event Page \n“A gorgeous book that will touch every child’s longing to connect with someone ‘out there’ who is like them.” Is how School Library Journal praised Indigo Dreaming\, the newest picture book from award-winning children’s author Dinah Johnson. Indigo Dreaming is a meditation on place\, wonder\, and connectedness as experienced by two young girls on opposite sides of the Atlanta Ocean. \nDinah Johnson will be the special guest author at the Pat Conroy Literary Center’s annual Children’s Book Fair\, to be held on Tuesday\, August 8\, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Port Royal Sound Foundation Weezie Educational Pavilion (130 Okatie Hwy\, Okatie). Presented in partnership between the nonprofit Conroy Center\, the Port Royal Sound Foundation\, the Storybook Shoppe children’s bookstore\, and DAYLO: Diversity Awareness Youth Literacy Organization\, this special event is free and open to the public. \nJohnson will give a reading from Indigo Dreaming at 11:00 a.m. Student volunteers from DAYLO will be hosting a Teddy Bear Picnic read-aloud throughout the event. \nOther participating authors and artists in the Children’s Book Fair are Patricia Bee\, author of Try’umsee’s Wings; Bill Borg artist of Myrtle the Loggerhead Turtle; Rebecca Chamberlain\, author and artist of Maralee & the Turtles of the Sea; Lisa Anne Cullen\, author and artist of Haskel and Greta; Mary T. Jacobs\, author of the Big Daddy Series; Ann Eilers Lilly\, author of Scoot’s Savannah Rescue; Susan Montanari\, author of My Dog’s a Chicken; Robin Prince Monroe\, author of The Silent Glades; Sheree Richnow\, author of Dixie the Rescue Dog Makes New Friends; Susan Diamond Riley\, author of The Sea Witch’s Revenge; and Katherine Robinson\, author of The Crabs on Calhoun. \nAll Hands on Deck\, the student anthology from the 6th annual Camp Conroy will also make its debut at the Children’s Book Fair. And the Bluffton-based Storybook Shoppe will have a selection of other popular lowcountry children’s books available as well. \nAbout the Featured Author:\nDinah Johnson is the award-winning author of many books for young readers\, including H Is for Harlem\, which received five starred reviews and was named a Kirkus Best Book of the Year\, a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year\, and a Horn Book Fanfare title. Indigo Dreaming is her most recent book. A professor of English at the University of South Carolina\, she lives in Columbia. Learn more at www.dinahjohnsonbooks.com. \n\nThis program and others like this would not be possible without your financial help for which\, as always\, Pat Conroy Literary Center gratefully thanks you.
URL:https://patconroyliterarycenter.org/calendar/childrens-book-fair-2023/
LOCATION:Port Royal Sound Foundation Weezie Educational Pavilion\, 310 Okatie Hwy\, Okatie\, 29909
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