What is Peace?: Book launch (Toronto)

Another Story Bookshop 

and 

the Toronto Public Library

present

award-winning author and illustrator

of

Wallace Edwards

for the launch of his newest book

What is Peace?

Text and illustrations by Wallace Edwards

North Winds Press/Scholastic Canada

978-1-4431-4843-6

32 pp.

Ages 4-10

November 2016

on 

Saturday, November 5, 2016

at 2 p.m.

at

Lillian H. Smith Library

(branch of the Toronto Public Library)

239 College Street

Toronto, ON

Book reviewed here on CanLit for Little Canadians

Two picture books to launch from Owlkids: SKUNK ON A STRING and MAYA (Toronto)

It's twice the fun
because there are two books being launched!

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Join author-illustrator Thao Lam for the launch of

Skunk on a String

Owlkids Books
978-1-77147-131-2
40 pp.
Ages 4-7
March 2016

A wordless picture book about a skunk who sees the world from a new perspective
Reviewed here

and

debut author Mahak Jain

and award-winning illustrator Elly McKay

for the launch of their picture book

Maya

Owlkids Books

978-1-77147-100-8

32 pp.

Ages 4-7

April 2016

The story of a young girl who uses her imagination and the legend of a banyan tree to assuage her fears and grief

on

Saturday, June 4, 2016

2-3:30 p.m.

at

Toronto Public Library

Lillian H. Smith branch

There will be:

• swag bags for the first 30 kids (and treats for adults too)
• storytime
• crafts and activities
• refreshments
• book signing
• books on sale courtesy of Another Story Bookshop

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If I Had a Gryphon: Book launch (Toronto)

Join

Vikki VanSickle

author of 

for the launch of her

first picture book

If I Had a Gryphon

by Vikki VanSickle

Illustrated by Cale Atkinson

Tundra Books

978-1770498099

32 pp.

Ages 3-7

February 2016

on

Saturday, February 20, 2016

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

at

Lillian H. Smith Library

Toronto Public Library

239 College Street

Toronto, ON

There will be:

• activities

• prizes

• fun for all ages!

Sam from If I Had a Gryphon

Books will be sold by Mabel's Fables

No registration required

Junior Sleuth Academy & Book Launch: The Dead Kid Detective Agency, Loyalist to a Fault (Toronto)

Small Print Toronto 

in partnership with Toronto Public Library

presents 

Junior Sleuth Academy

a mystery-writing workshop for writers aged 8-12

with artist-author 

Evan Munday

creator of the widely lauded series
The Dead Kid Detective Agency

on

Sunday, October 18th, 2015

2:30 p.m.

at 

Lillian Smith Library 

239 College St. (at Spadina)

Toronto

Get your free tickets here.

The workshop involves some 

supernatural sleuthing and creating spooky stories 

followed by

the launch 

(with books available for purchase and signing)

of Book 3 in The Dead Kid Detective Agency series

Loyalist To A Fault

by Evan Munday

ECW Press

9781770410749

304 pp.

Ages 9-13

September 2015

If you've kept up with the series, you'll know that October Schwartz made a promise to help solve the mysteries of the deaths of her five dead accomplices: Morna MacIsaac, Cyril Cooper, Tabetha Scott, Kirby LaFlamme, and Derek Running Water.  In Loyalist to a Fault, October looks into the death of Cyril Cooper in 1783, back to the time of the United Empire Loyalists.

Jan Andrews: an evening with the author/storyteller (Toronto)

Join 

Jan Andrews

storyteller and author of

The Silent Summer of Kyle McGinley

(Great Plains Teen Fiction, 2013)

and 

When Apples Grew Noses and White Horses Flew: Tales of Ti-Jean

(Groundwood Books, 2011)

on

Thursday, March 19, 2015

at 8 p.m.

when she delivers the

12th Albert Lahmer Memorial Lecture

titled

Into the Darkness and Out:

Dreams of a Children’s Author for Her Readers, Young and Grown

for the Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books

Lillian H. Smith Branch

Toronto Public Library

Community Room, 4th floor

Details can be found at the Osborne Collection

I may see you there!

Book Event: Cracking the Case with Kevin Sylvester (Toronto)

Join author and illustrator 

Kevin Sylvester

in celebrating the release of his newest and 

fifth book in his award-winning Neil Flambé series, 

Neil Flambé and the Bard’s Banquet

by Kevin Sylvester

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

978-1-48141-0-380

320 pp.

Ages 8-12

January, 2015

for a murder-mystery writing workshop

 (set in the kitchen of Wanda’s Pie-in-the-Sky Bakery)

and 

a guided walk & scavenger hunt in Kensington Market

for writers aged 8-12 

starting at the 

Lillian H. Smith Library 

on 

Saturday March 28, 2015 

from 1 - 3 p.m.

Space is limited.

Tickets (a steal at $5) are available at Eventbrite here

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The Launch Party 

is open to the public

and will begin at 3 p.m.

including a reading and autographing of 

Neil Flambé and the Bard's Banquet

Full details here

Cybèle Young Presents . . . Block Letters

Join 

Cybèle Young

author and illustrator 

of

A Few Blocks

written and illustrated by Cybèle Young

Groundwood Books

978-0888999955

48 pp.

Ages 5-7

2011

and

her newest

A Few Bites

written and illustrated by Cybèle Young

Groundwood Books

978-1554982950

48 pp.

Ages 5-7

September 1, 2012

on 

Saturday, September 29, 2012

from 1 - 4 p.m.

at the

Lillian H. Smith Library

230 College St.

(east of Spadina Avenue)

Toronto

for

BLOCK LETTERS

A Social Mapping Project for Kids

Children from 2 - 8 years of age are invited to enjoy an afternoon with the winner of the 2011 Governor General's Award for Children's Illustration and Small Print Toronto on a guided exploration around the library with follow-up activities

as part of Culture Days 2012.