Search Results by tag: Kids Can Press

Canadian picture books make New York Times’s Best of 2017 list

Toronto illustrator Sydney Smith makes an appearance on the New York Times’s list of best illustrated children's books of the year for the third year in a row. His 2017 picture book Town Is by the Sea (Groundwood Books), ... Read More »

November 3, 2017 | Filed under: Awards, Children's publishing

Helaine Becker, Claire Eamer, Tim Falconer among Lane Anderson Award shortlisters

By Becky Robertson

The finalists for the 2016 Lane Anderson Awards, honouring Canada's best science writing with $10,000 in each of two age categories, have been revealed: Young Readers Helaine Becker and Phil McAndrew, ill., Monster Science: Could Monsters ... Read More »

August 15, 2017 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Kids Can Press teams up with McDonald’s Canada for Happy Meal books initiative

By Becky Robertson

McDonald's Canada has announced the launch of a new books program that will give children the choice of a Canadian authored and illustrated book from Kids Can Press instead of a toy with their Happy ... Read More »

May 16, 2017 | Filed under: Book news, Children's publishing

First Book Canada donates one millionth book of 2015

By Becky Robertson

First Book Canada, the non-profit literacy organization, donated its one millionth book of the year at a special reading celebration in partnership with Corus Entertainment on Dec. 14. A second grade student from Toronto was ... Read More »

December 14, 2015 | Filed under: Book news

Ashley Spires’ The Most Magnificent Thing marks 100,000 copies sold

By Becky Robertson

Toronto's Kids Can Press has announced the sale of more than 100,000 copies of B.C.-based picture-book author Ashley Spires' The Most Magnificent Thing since the title's publication in April 2014. The inspirational story follows a ... Read More »

December 11, 2015 | Filed under: Book news

Kids Can Press joins classroom refurbishment project

By Becky Robertson

From Aug. 11–14, staff from Toronto’s Kids Can Press and parent company Corus Entertainment teamed up with Frontier College, a non-profit literacy organization aimed at aboriginal communities, for a classroom refurbishment project in Cat Lake ... Read More »

September 22, 2015 | Filed under: Book news

Q&A: Michel Chikwanine on his graphic-novel memoir, Child Soldier

By Q&Q Staff

When Michel Chikwanine was five years old, he snuck out against his father’s wishes to play with some other boys in his Congolese village. It was 1993, and despite the relative security in Chikwanine’s life, ... Read More »

August 31, 2015 | Filed under: Authors, Children's publishing

Q&A: Kids Can Press senior editor and author Stacey Roderick

By Dory Cerny

Ever wondered what it’s like to (temporarily) hang up your editor’s hat and write your own book? To have it published by your employer? We asked Kids Can Press senior editor Stacey Roderick, whose first ... Read More »

April 16, 2015 | Filed under: Authors, Children's publishing

Kids Can, Groundwood, La Pasteque nominated for Bologna Prize

By Sue Carter

Canadian publishing houses dominate the North American category of this year's Bologna Prize, which honours the best international publishers of the year. Kids Can Press, Groundwood Books, and La PastÃ¨que will compete against U.S. firms ... Read More »

March 13, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Snowden Files manuscript gets hacked, study finds prize-winning books become less popular, and more

By Emma Renda

Snowden Files author Luke Harding says he watched his manuscript "self-delete" Literary awards make books less popular, says study Philip Pullman tells ... Read More »

February 21, 2014 | Filed under: Book links

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