Don’t Stand So Close to Me tackles the world as it is right now: remote learning, physical distancing, quarantining, and the closing of all non-essential services.
J.K. Rowling releases new serialized story, The Ickabog, for free online
The story, which is aimed at seven- to nine-year-old children, is a fairy tale set in an imaginary land – and is totally unrelated to Rowling’s other works.
Scholastic shifts marketing campaign online for Hunger Games prequel
Denise Anderson, Scholastic Canada’s director of marketing and publicity, shares behind-the-scenes details about the campaign for the blockbuster The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, which launched officially May 19.
Forest of Reading winners will be announced at an online ceremony
OLA has partnered with CBC Books for a 40-minute online award ceremony, which will take the place of the three-day, multiple city event.
Telling Tales Festival goes virtual for 2020
Kevin Sylvester emcees the festival’s launch video and introduces the authors and illustrators taking part in this year’s online event.
Q&A: First-time children’s book author Buffy Sainte-Marie on the joy of pet adoption
Kids Can Press predicts a surge of interest in kids’ non-fiction content as new TV deals announced
“Particularly coming out of the pandemic, non-fiction at school and at home and edutainment is going to see a lift,” KCP president Lisa Lyons Johnston says.
Julie Andrews chooses Canadian author Kai Cheng Thom’s book for storytelling podcast
From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea is featured as part of Andrews new audio storytelling podcast Julie’s Library.
Patsy Aldana is first Canadian Carle Honors Honoree
The kidlit veteran was recognized for “devoting her career to bringing new voices to picture books.”
Canada’s Grade One students will receive Robert Munsch’s Mortimer
The CCBC will distribute 550,000 copies of the 1983 classic about a boy who is not going to go to bed quietly.
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