Canadian Children’s Book Centre 2024 awards shortlists announced
The winners will be announced at an in-person event at the Toronto Reference Library on Monday, October 28, hosted by Ainara Alleyne, co-creator of Ainara’s Bookshelf.
IBBY Canada launches educators’ resource for Indigenous picture book collection
The new resource aims to help schools and libraries connect with the books in the catalogue in a more substantial way.
Author Valerie Sherrard named 2024 New Brunswick literary arts laureate
Sherrard has written more than 30 books for young readers, including the DCB titles Birdspell (2021), More than Words (2023), and the forthcoming An Unbalanced Force.
Personnel changes: Annick Press
Violet Shrink selected for TD grade one book giveaway
This fall, every grade one child in Canada will receive a copy of Violet Shrink written by Christine Baldacchino and illustrated by Carmen Mok.
Naseem Hrab named publisher at Kids Can Press
Orca Book Publishers launches accessible ebook program
Seen as an extension of the Victoria-based publisher’s philosophy of reaching more readers, the program became possible when two events coincided: federal funding for accessibility, and eBound promoting Benetech certification (a third-party ePUB certification program that verifies ebook accessibility).
2024 Forest of Reading winners announced
Almost 154,000 children read nominated books, which included Canadian fiction and non-fiction books by English and French-language authors.
Hamilton teen launches companion website to TV series on middle-grade books
“I hope students and teachers alike can experience the books on a deeper level that bring even greater understanding of the stories.”
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