Mississippi Book Festival to host virtual author visits for 4th-6th graders Sept. 12-13

The Mississippi Book Festival will host two virtual author visits on Thursday, Sept. 12 and Friday, Sept. 13, for fourth-sixth grade students.

Mississippi native, Angie Thomas, will talk about her new book Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 12. Kate DiCamillo will discuss her book Ferris at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 13. As an added gift to support literacy, copies of the books will be donated to the libraries of participating schools.

Sign up for Angie Thomas’ webinar by completing the survey here: https://msbookfestival.formstack.com/forms/2024_kidnote_signup_angie_thomas.

Sign up for Kate DiCamillo’s webinar by completing the survey here: https://msbookfestival.formstack.com/forms/2024_kidnote_signup_kate_dicamillo

For more information, please reach out to Tonja Murphy at tonja@msbookfestival.com.