Children's Book Festival

2010 Speaker Lineup

The 2010 Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival is THE place to meet
nationally known authors, illustrators, and storytellers:

	David Wiesner is only the second person to have won the Caldecott medal three times. His books include Tuesday (1992); The Three Pigs (2002); and Flotsam (2006) Two of his other titles, Sector 7 (1999) and Free Fall (1988) were Caldecott Honor Books.
	Bilingual author and illustrator of children's books, Lulu Delacre has won multiple awards for her work. Most recently she received a Pura Belpre honor for The Storyteller's Candle: La velita de los cuentos (2008).
	Charles Ghigna is an award-winning poet and children's author of more than 40 books. His poems for children have appeared in numerous textbooks and anthologies and in magazines such as Highlights, Ranger Rick and Cricket.
	Maureen Johnson is the author of six books for young adults including The Key to the Golden Firebird (2004), Suite Scarlett (2009), Thirteen Little Blue Envelopes (2005), and Let it Snow, written with Lauren Myracle and John Green. Her books are read worldwide and have been translated into ten languages.
	Performer, writer, children's literacy advocate, and educator, Walter M. Mayes (Walter the Giant Storyteller) rally cry is “Love, food, shelter, clothing…BOOKS!” He is the first annual Coleen Salley Storyteller at the Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival.
	Frank McGarvey has been telling tales around Central and Southern Ohio for more than sixteen years. He is particularly well-known for his ghost stories.
	In his decades-long career, Richard Peck has produced dozens of fiction titles for children and young adults. He is the winner of multiple awards, including the Edgar Allen Poe Award (Are you in the House Alone?); a Newbery Honor (A Long Way from Chicago); the Newbery Award (A Year Down Yonder); and the Margaret A. Edwards Award. He was the 1991 recipient of the USM Medallion.
	Dan Yaccarino is the illustrator of more than a dozen children’s books. He is the designer of the Backyardigans animated television characters and the creator and producer of Nick Jr.’s Oswald series. His most recent children’s books include Go Go America (2008) and The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau (2009).