TD Canadian Children’s Book Week is Canada’s largest celebration of Canadian children’s and teen books and their creators.
Visit www.bookweek.ca and see how your school or library can join in the fun by hosting
an author, illustrator or storyteller during Book Week – November 14 – 21, 2009
Seven talented authors, illustrators and storytellers will be touring Ontario this November.
The deadline to apply to host a reading is September 30, 2009.
Application forms will be available starting July 15 at www.bookweek.ca.
Wendy Berner, storyteller
Sigmund Brouwer, author
Claire Eamer, author
Susan Mitchell, illustrator
Ashley Spires, author & illustrator
Heidi Jardine Stoddart, author & illustrator
Mindy Willett, author
More information about each of these creators and their readings and/or presentations will be available July 15 at www.bookweek.ca. Please check back then.
The official theme this year is Gold Medal Reading! and Book Week will celebrate sports in preparation for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games which will be held on home soil in Vancouver, BC just a few months after Book Week. Our annual Book Week Kit will feature a theme guide with a list of sports-related books and activities for teachers and librarians to share with their students.
For more information about TD Canadian Children’s Book Week in Ontario, please contact:
Shannon Howe
Program Coordinator
Tel: 416.975.0010
shannon@bookcentre.ca
About the Canadian Children’s Book Centre
The Canadian Children's Book Centre (CCBC) is a national, not-for-profit organization founded in 1976. We are dedicated to encouraging, promoting and supporting the reading, writing and illustrating of Canadian books for young readers. Our programs, publications, and resources help teachers, librarians, booksellers and parents select the very best for young readers. For more information, please visit: www.bookcentre.ca.
