by Shanda Deziel

This week in CanKidLit: February 15, 2018

Montreal author and illustrator Elise Gravel is posting free printable posters for parents and teachers on her website, telling the CBC, "Everything I do for children is to make information easily accessible, understandable and funny — ... Read More »

February 15, 2018 | Filed under: Book news, Children's publishing

Illustrators come together for the Totsapalooza colouring book honouring Groundwood publisher Sheila Barry

By Shanda Deziel

When Totsapalooza celebrated its 10th anniversary last month, the organizers wanted to do something special to acknowledge the anniversary and to honour Sheila Barry, the beloved publisher of Groundwood Books, who passed away in November. ... Read More »

February 12, 2018

Book “nerds” rule the day at the Kids’ Lit Quiz

By Shanda Deziel

This year's national championships for the Kids' Lit Quiz will take place at St. Clements School, on Feb 8, at 7 p.m. For the uninitiated, this international competition brings together school teams of young readers ... Read More »

February 8, 2018 | Filed under: Book news, Children's publishing

Sam Maggs brings fangirl feminism to the OLA

By Shanda Deziel

At the opening day of the Ontario Library Association Super Conference, on Jan. 31, Sam Maggs will be asking librarians to embrace their inner fangirls and fanboys – or at least making suggestions for how ... Read More »

January 31, 2018

This week in CanKidLit: January 25, 2018

By Shanda Deziel

Canadian illustrator Jillian Tamaki (winner of both a Printz and a Caldecott Honor Award) took to Twitter to reveal her design of the 2018 Children's Book Week poster. The annual U.S. event is in its 99th year. ... Read More »

January 25, 2018 | Filed under: Book news, Children's publishing

Totsapalooza is turning 10

By Shanda Deziel

The Toronto kidlit event Totsapalooza, put on by Small Print Toronto, brings together indie rockers, children’s authors, and tots aged 2-8 for a day of dancing, stories, and crafts. And it’s a chance for parents ... Read More »

January 24, 2018

Oliver Jeffers’s new book is what the world needs now

By Shanda Deziel

Oliver Jeffers’s latest children’s book, Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth (HarperCollins), started as a game he played with his newborn son, Harland – walking around the house introducing him to ... Read More »

December 13, 2017

2017 Books of the Year: Hollywood joins Deborah Ellis’s fight to create stories that make a difference

By Shanda Deziel

Deborah Ellis doesn’t have WiFi at home. When the author needs to check her email, she walks to her local library, in Simcoe, Ontario, and when it’s time to send a manuscript to her publisher, ... Read More »

December 11, 2017

Celebrating Canadian picture book art at the Toronto Reference Library gallery

By Shanda Deziel

Until Jan. 21, the TD Gallery at the Toronto Reference Library is featuring illustrations from Canadian kidlit, in an exhibit entitled I am Canada: Celebrating Canadian Picture Book Art. The library gallery was approached by ... Read More »

December 5, 2017 | Filed under: Children's publishing

Jan Thornhill wins TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award for The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk

By Shanda Deziel

During her acceptance speech for the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award on Nov. 21, Jan Thornhill thanked the jury members for choosing a work of non-fiction for the $30,000 prize, saying, "as much as we ... Read More »

November 22, 2017 | Filed under: Book news, Children's publishing

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