Congratulations Caroline Pignat: GG Winner!

[Marsha Skrypuch]

Dear School and Library Staff,

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Still to come:

News
Nominees for your Forest of Reading Events!

Authors coming from out of province

Ontario members – save on travel costs!
New releases

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NEWS!

Caroline Pignat has won the 2009 Governor General’s Literary Award for children’s text for her novel Greener Grass. “It’s incredible,” said Brid McDonald, principal at All Saints Catholic High School in Kanata, where Caroline teaches. "Pignat is an inspiration to her students, she said. “(Pignat’s) a very giving and humble person and an exceptional teacher,” said McDonald. “We’re so proud of her.”

A Royal Little Pest, the first children's picture book by Anita Reynolds MacArthur and illustrated by Karen Roy, is the recipient of the distinguished "Great Books" award for 2010, as issued by the Canadian Toy-Testing Council! Congratulations Anita and Karen!

Mark your Calendars! A Royal Little Pest team (author Anita Reynolds MacArthur and illustrator Karen Roy) will be at Chapters in Ajax for a book signing on Saturday, November 28 at 1 pm. All teachers and librarians are welcome. Don't forget to bring your kids too! Please pass the message along to your family, friends, and colleagues.

Monique Polak's YA novel What World Is Left (Orca) has been awarded the Quebec Writers' Federation Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature. The novel is based on the story of Monique's mother's imprisonment in a Nazi concentration camp.  Here's what the jurors had to say about the book: "Polak takes a different and sensitive subject and weaves it into a heartbreaking but ultimately life-affirming story."

Monique will be in Toronto at the end of February for the Ontario Library Association Superconference. She will also be available to travel to Ontario from mid-May until the end of the school year.

One Peace: True Stories of Young Activists (Orca), by Janet Wilson, was unanimously chosen as the winner of the national Children’s Roundtable Information Book Award. It’s also included in The Best Children’s Books of the Year by the Bank Street College of New York.

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FOREST OF READING NOMINEES!

 

We are pleased to help coordinate visits for the nominees who have opted to take advantage of the OLA’s arrangement to have ABS coordinate this year's bookings.  (This service is, as always, absolutely free to the OLA and hosting organizations.)

 

Planning to book a Forest of Reading Nominee?  Their details are here:

http://authorsbooking.com/2043/2064.html

 

Or, would you like to browse our regular list of members?  Check them out here:

http://www.authorsbooking.com/2043/index.html

 

Ontario-based nominees have general availability, while many out-of-province nominees will be in Ontario in May for the Festival of Trees and are now accepting bookings for around that time.

 

Contact us at a...@authorsbooking.com to book the author or illustrator of your choice.

 

Is your community planning a SPECIAL EVENT in celebration of the Forest of Reading programs?  In the past, overlapping dates have made it difficult to book nominees for these events.  Let us know your plans and we can help coordinate dates and nominated guests for your celebrations!

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WINTER VISITS!

Coming from Out-of-Province:

 

Celebrate Canada’s roots on Louis Riel Day, February 15, with Jacqueline Guest, Métis author of 16 novels including Belle of Batoche, the story of the North West Resistance of 1885.  Jacqueline is available in the Niagara area for curriculum-based, highly visual interactive Cultural and Historical Presentations Feb 15-19.  Literacy, Learning and Laughter!

Monique Polak will be in Toronto at the end of February for the Ontario Library Association Superconference. She will also be available to travel to Ontario from mid-May until the end of the school year.

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FAMILY LITERACY DAY -- JANUARY 27

Are you planning a Literacy event during the week of Family Literacy Day? We've already had a rush of inquiries, so we're compiling a list of presenters who are still available and able to do Literacy presentations. Watch next week's newsletter for the list.

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ONTARIO MEMBERS:

Save on Travel Costs for these Ontario members:

Frieda Wishinsky (Blue Spruce Nominee) has one time slot available in Ottawa on November 26.

 

Janet Wilson will be in Richmond Hill on February 3 and has time slots open in the afternoon.

 

Liam O’Donnell is now accepting bookings for May 2010.

 

Ontario Members General Availability

Once monthly we post a complete list of Ontario authors. Please let us know if you would like information about any Ontario-based author in the meantime.

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NEW RELEASES:

The award-winning A Royal Little Pest team launched their second children's picture book entitled A Royal Little Pest: Mine!

In this second book in the MacCheeky series, Prince Hayden learns that a little royal sharing leads to a lot of fun for everyone.

The new Dear Canada anthology, A Christmas to Remember, is now out. Marsha Skrypuch's Anya from Prisoners in the Promised Land is featured in the story, "An Unexpected Visitor."

Early release of The Silver Anklet! Mahtab Narsimhan’s sequel to The Third Eye, winner of the Silver Birch Fiction Award 2009, is in bookstores now. The CM Magazine has given The Silver Anklet a four star review! Mahtab is available for school presentations to talk about the creation of the Tara Trilogy. And yes, there is a third one coming soon.

We've done the groundwork to help make your author visit hassle free. Let us know how we're doing and how we can improve this service!

Marsha & Valerie

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