Programs by Genre - Nature
Activity
10 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.
and 11:45 a.m. to 5 p.m.
North Fourth Street
The Wetland Express
The Wetland Express is a mobile wetland education experience sponsored by the New Orleans Pelicans. Educators with biofacts engage the public in discussing our wetland’s most important inhabitants, the wildlife that depends on the wetlands for their homes, meals and nurseries. Encountering the Wetland Express outreach vehicle fosters future stewardship to protect Louisiana’s most important resource – our wetlands.
Ceremony
11:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
North Fourth Street, The Wetland Express
Petit Pierre Donation Ceremony
Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser, State Librarian Rebecca Hamilton, and Dr. David Niebuhr from the Audubon Nature Institute
Book Talks
10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Capitol Park Museum, Third Floor
Chenier Plain
Richard B. Crowell
11 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
State Capitol, Senate Chamber
The Natural World of Winnie-the-Pooh: A Walk through the Forest that Inspired the Hundred Acre Wood
Kathryn Aalto
1 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.
State Capitol, House Committee Room 5
Expressions of Place: The Contemporary Louisiana Landscape
John Kemp
Discussion
2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
State Capitol, House Committee Room 6
America’s Third Coast
Shane K. Bernard, Teche: A History of Louisiana’s Most Famous Bayou
Christopher Cenac and Claire Domangue Joller, Hard Scrabble to Hallelujah: Legacies of Terrebonne Parish
Joined by Carl Brasseaux, Wendy Rodrigue, and Eric Paulsen
Volunteer
Book-loving volunteers are essential to the Louisiana Book Festival's success. Whether it's escorting authors, guiding visitors, selling refreshments, working with children in the Young Readers Pavilion or other fun and rewarding assignments, the Louisiana Book Festival wants you to join the volunteer team.
