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Virginia Children's Book Festival

9:30am EDT

Book Signing 1 Appomattox and Buckingham Rooms, Lankford Student Union Toogy Tales Storytelling Greenwood Library Lounge Area Battle BunnyLIMITED Greenwood Library Atrium Don’t Forget About Us: 10 Reasons to Read Comic BooksLIMITED Bedford Atrium Poe-LympicsLIMITED Lab Theatre "Tiger Eyes" the movieLIMITED Jarman Auditorium

10:30am EDT

Making Up MadelineLIMITED Greenwood Library Atrium Childhood to Author and Illustrator- a thrilling path!-Timothy Basil Ering Lab Theatre I Don’t Like to Read: Books that will Change your MindLIMITED Bedford Lecture Hall Daggers of the Mind: Stage CombatLIMITED Wygal Auditorium

11:15am EDT

It's Okay to Be Different: The World of Todd ParrLIMITED Greenwood Library Atrium Skype with Judy BlumeLIMITED Jarman Auditorium

12:00pm EDT

LUNCH BREAK feel free to picnic on Longwood's beautiful campus or visit one of the many restuarants in downtown...

1:00pm EDT

Mock Trial: The Tell-Tale Heart Lab Theatre You Mean You'll Buy It? Becoming a Published Author Greenwood Library Atrium Cliffhanger: How to Create Suspense-Mac BarnettLIMITED Amelia Room, Lankford Student Union Drawing and More Drawing and Stories, too: An afternoon with Todd Parr, Timothy Basil Ering and John Bemelmans Marciano Longwood Center for the Visual Arts, Lower Level

2:00pm EDT

Getting Started with Graphic Novels Bedford Atrium Book Signing 2 Appomattox and Buckingham Rooms, Lankford Student Union

2:15pm EDT

Curing "Shakesfear": If This Were Played Upon the Stage NowLIMITED Wygal Auditorium

3:00pm EDT

Kathryn Erskine – Getting Into Your Character’s Skin Amelia Room, Lankford Student Union Where Are Those Wild Things? How Great Picture Books Are Really MadeLIMITED Orr Auditorium, Hull

4:00pm EDT

Teaching with Trade Books Research Strategy Lab, Greenwood Library Teri Kanefield – The Best Stories are True (or Partly) : Writing History and How I Found Farmville Greenwood Library Atrium

7:30pm EDT

Civil Rights in Children's Literature: An Ongoing Story Robert Russa Moton Museum

9:00pm EDT

Civil Rights in Children's Literature: An Ongoing Story- Book Signing Robert Russa Moton Museum

9:30am EDT

Teaching with Trade Books Research Strategy Lab, Greenwood Library It's Okay to Be Different: The World of Todd ParrLIMITED Greenwood Library Atrium Mock Trial: The Tell-Tale HeartLIMITED Lab Theatre Choosing the Right Comic Books for Your Kids and the Littlest Comics (Comics for Non Readers)LIMITED Amelia Room, Lankford Student Union

10:00am EDT

Book Signing 3 Appomattox and Buckingham Rooms, Lankford Student Union

10:30am EDT

"Sweet Smoke of Rhetoric": Rhetoric Orr Auditorium, Hull Empowering Books for Young Girls: A Round-Table Amelia Room, Lankford Student Union Making Up Madeline Greenwood Library Atrium Sam and Dave Dig a Hole and Extra Yarn (with book signing after) Kids Activity Room, Longwood Center for the Visual Arts Drawing and More Drawing and Stories, too: A Morning with Todd Parr and Timothy Basil Ering (with book signing) Longwood Center for the Visual Arts, Lower Level

11:00am EDT

Poe-LympicsLIMITED Lab Theatre Writing, Reading, Teaching, Studying Children’s Literature Panel Bedford Lecture Hall

11:15am EDT

“Hey I Can See Myself” Diversity in Children’s Literature Orr Auditorium, Hull

12:00pm EDT

LUNCH BREAK feel free to picnic on Longwood's beautiful campus or visit one of the many restuarants in downtown...

1:00pm EDT

Writing for Children Hands-On Workshop Bedford Lecture Hall Teri Kanefield – The Best Stories are True (or Partly) : Writing History and How I Found Farmville Cumberland Room, Lankford Student Union The 9 Lives of Alexander Baddenfield: Bringing a Character Back from the Dead (ooh, zombies!) Lab Theatre Don’t Forget About Us: 10 Reasons to Read Comic BooksLIMITED Bedford Atrium Daggers of the Mind: Stage CombatLIMITED Orr Auditorium, Hull "Tiger Eyes" the movieLIMITED Jarman Auditorium

2:00pm EDT

Book Signing 4 Appomattox and Buckingham Rooms, Lankford Student Union Creating A Reading Home Research Strategy Lab, Greenwood Library Kathryn Erskine – Getting Into Your Character’s Skin Amelia Room, Lankford Student Union Toogy Tales Storytelling Greenwood Library Atrium Childhood to Author and Illustrator- a thrilling path! - Timothy Basil Ering Lab Theatre Getting Started with Graphic Novels Bedford Atrium

2:45pm EDT

Skype with Judy BlumeLIMITED Jarman Auditorium

3:00pm EDT

Where Are Those Wild Things? How Great Picture Books Are Really MadeLIMITED Orr Auditorium, Hull