2007 Aiken Children's Book Festival The 2007 Aiken Children's Book Festival is October 20th! The 2007 Aiken Children's Book Festival is October 20th!

Come join us for the 2007 Aiken Children's Book Festival! We're going to be at Aiken Technical College on October 20th, from 10am to 4pm, and this year we're having a pirate theme and Pirate Costume Contest with young children's featured author Melinda Long! Her How I Became a Pirate and Pirates Don't Change Diapers are a hit with kids and adults alike. So bring your buccaneer boots and pirate hat, and prepare to have fun!


We have many confirmed authors this year, and more added every week! So far we have:

1. Vonda Skinner Skelton - Bitsy and the Mystery at Tybee Island and Bitsy and the Mystery at Amelia Island. - Simpsonville, SC


2. Melinda Long - How I Became A Pirate and Pirates Don't Change Diapers - Greenville, SC


3. Jefferson Spurlock - Clemente's Dream - Troy, AL


4. Idella Bodie - The Mystery at Edisto Island and many, many others - Aiken SC


5. Barbara Woolley - Freedom West - Aiken, SC


6. Carol Crane - P is for Palmetto, Net Numbers and MANY more - Michigan, Florida, and North Carolina


7. Donna Rathmel German - Carolina's Story and Octavia - Mt. Pleasant, SC


8. Lisa Downey, Illustrator - Happy Birthday to Whooo? and Lisa the Rockhound- Mt. Pleasant, SC


9. Christine Young Robinson - Isra the Butterfly Gets Caught For Show And Tell and Chicken Wing - Columbia, SC


10. Barbara R Clark - Booker T. and Jump Start - Orangeburg, SC


11. Molly Jones - The Choosing Tree - Columbia, SC


12. Jean Covington - Nanny Planted Love - Aiken, SC


13. Regina Ridgell - Baby Loggerhead's Long Journey - Prosperity, SC


14. Maryam Tabibzadeh - Persian Dreams - Raleigh, NC


15. Caroline McAlister - Holy Mole -Greensboro, NC


16. Gillian Gregory - Dobbs Dog Detective - Charleston, SC


17. Sandra Hammack, - Illustrator - A Walk With Papa - Greenville, SC


18. Ken & Liz Aucoin - Jake & Friends Encounter Hurricane Katrina - Columbia, SC


19. Bernard Kearse - Bethany - Adventures of the Mighty Mustard Seed - Atlanta, GA


20. Karen Petit - The Mystery of The Screecher Creature & The Mystery at Foggy Bottom Lake - Columbia, SC


21. Cathy Cobb - Creations of Fire, The Joy of Chemistry & Crime Scene Chemistry for the Armchair Sleuth - Aiken, SC


22. John Holland- The Necklace of Terrersylvanous - Sumter, SC


23. Jerry W. Porter - Shoeanna the Little Bird - Evans, GA


24. Vicki Hoss - A Jewel of a Summer - Kernersville, NC


25. Janet Shelfer - Taku - Jacksonville, Florida


26. Karen Bell - Taku - Alabama


27. Jan Distafano - Fearless Attic Explorer and The Christmas Snowman - Summerville, SC


28. Gloria Glenn - Caretta, The Top Turtle - Mebane, NC


29. Bernice & Andy Tate - The Wormleys - Bluffton, SC


30. Dee Dee Parker - Josie Jo's Got To Know - Waynesville, NC


31. Annette Laing – Don’t Know Where, Don’t Know When – Statesboro, GA


32. Viola Sanders - African American Inventors - Blythewood, SC


33. Hawk Mackinney – Moccasin Trace – Augusta, GA


34. Randy Rawls - Jingle's Christmas, Santa and the Leprechauns and others - Hallandale, Florida


35. Naana Kyereboah - Soul Name - Midlothian, VA


36. M. Howe Bugbee - Beyond the Road - Jacksonville, Florida


37. Sonja Williams - Aloma and the Red Suitcase - Columbia, SC


38. Hari Nath Banerjee - Titanic Ship, Her Maiden and Last Voyage - Knoxville, TN


39. Linda Powell - Stories, Music, & Imagery: A Doorway To A Child's Self Esteem - A guide for teachers and adults who work with childen ages 8-12 - Tryon, NC


40. Wendy Torrel - Guardian of Dreams: A Bedtime Story - Spartanburg, SC


41. Geraldine Alexander Stockham - The Big Bold Lie - Evans, GA


42. Marcella Miller - Flower in the Thicket - Beaufort, SC

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Amadeus the Traveling Dog will not be appearing at this years' Festival. However, look for him in 2008!



Also Appearing

• The Cat in the Hat


• The Balloon Lady


• Liz Knapp, Storyteller


• Heritage Corridor's Calhoun the Raccoon


• Bugs Bunny with the Security Federal Looney Tunes Savings Club


• Hunter, the Aiken Foxhound's Mascot


• The Aiken County Public Library


• The Aiken SPCA


• The Aiken County Sheriff's Office

Sponsors

• The Women of Woodside


• Aiken Technical College


• Booklovers Bookstore


• Booklovers Bookstore customers


• Country Inns and Suites


• Howard Johnson


• Knights Inn


• Holiday Inn


• Fairfield Inn


• Laissez Faire Sotheby's International Realty - Pam & Mark Thompson


• Anonymous Donors


• Hotel Aiken


• Aiken Staples


• Town and Country Inn


• Prudential WRI Realty


• Super 8


• Quality Inn & Suites


• Econo Lodge


• Automatic Switch Company/ASCO


• Aiken Standard - Advertising Sponsor


• Security Federal Bank


• Cote Designs Floral - Reception Sponsor, Flowers


• Papa Russ - Reception Sponsor, Food


• What's Cookin' Downtown - Reception Sponsor, Food


• Carriage House Inn


• Quality Printing & Graphics, Inc. - North Augusta, SC


• Target of Aiken


• Annie's Inn Bed & Breakfast


• Aiken Middle School PTO


• Chukker Creek PTO


• Kiwanis Club of Aiken


• Carolina Awards


• Curry Pot Fine Indian Cuisine - 1028 Pine Log Road


• Principal Mary Robinson, East Aiken Elementary School


• Aiken Cultural Center


• Midland Valley Area Chamber of Commerce

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If you or your business would like to sponsor the 2007 Aiken Children's Book Festival, please call 803-643-3198

If you are an author or illustrator of children's books and would like to participate in the 2007 Aiken Children's Book Festival, click here for more information.
Curious about what the books are about? Check out our reviews page!
To see what fun we had with the 2006 Aiken Children's Book Festival, click here!

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