BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Missouri State University/Calendar of Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:e2f37abc-c31e-4c2f-b7c0-65bdb5cc64a9.234732@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20240328T132517Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240328T132517Z LOCATION:Plaster Student Union\, Robert W. SUMMARY:Children's Literature Festival of the Ozarks DESCRIPTION:The Children's Literature Festival of the Ozarks is an annual festival held on the Missouri State University campus. October 10\, 2024 will be there 42nd event. They are sponsored by The English Department an d Missouri State University. The Missouri State Bookstore provides books to sell and donates 20% of the sales to them. The Children's Literature F estival of the Ozarks hopes to inspire reading and writing in the childre n of the Ozarks area. To accomplish this they look at the list of authors & illustrators competing for the Mark Twain book award\, previous winner s\,  they reach out to public librarians\, and contacts in local schools to learn what kids are reading. The Mark Twain book award is a Missouri a ward that entries are submitted by children and voted on by the children of Missouri. The committee of the Children's Literature Festival vote and select the final authors/illustrators they want to invite. They try to b ring in nine authors/illustrators to the festival. At the festival the au thors/illustrators sign books\, talk to the kids\, and provide 3 presenta tion during the day. The presentations take place all over the campus. Re gistration is done through the Children Literature Festival of the Ozarks website. The bookstore sets up at the Plaster Student Union with the boo ks that are requested. If you are interested in helping with the festival \, volunteers are always needed and welcome. For more information\, to re gister\, to volunteer\, or invite a homeschool or school visit Home | Chi ldrenslitfest (clfo.org) X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head><title></title></head><body><p>Th e Children's Literature Festival of the Ozarks is an annual festival held on the Missouri State University campus. October 10\, 2024 will be there 42nd event. They are sponsored by The English Department and Missouri St ate University. The Missouri State Bookstore provides books to sell and d onates 20% of the sales to them. The Children's Literature Festival of th e Ozarks hopes to inspire reading and writing in the children of the Ozar ks area. To accomplish this they look at the list of authors &amp\; illus trators competing for the Mark Twain book award\, previous winners\,&nbsp \; they reach out to public librarians\, and contacts in local schools to learn what kids are reading. The Mark Twain book award is a Missouri awa rd that entries are submitted by children and voted on by the children of Missouri. The committee of the Children's Literature Festival vote and s elect the final authors/illustrators they want to invite. They try to bri ng in nine authors/illustrators to the festival. At the festival the auth ors/illustrators sign books\, talk to the kids\, and provide 3 presentati on during the day. The presentations take place all over the campus. Regi stration is done through the Children Literature Festival of the Ozarks w ebsite. The bookstore sets up at the Plaster Student Union with the books that are requested. If you are interested in helping with the festival\, volunteers are always needed and welcome. For more information\, to regi ster\, to volunteer\, or invite a homeschool or school visit&nbsp\;<a hre f="https://www.clfo.org/">Home | Childrenslitfest (clfo.org)</a></p></bod y></html> DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241010 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241011 SEQUENCE:0 URL:https://www.clfo.org/ CATEGORIES:Public,Alumni,Current Students,Faculty,Future Students,Staff END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR