14 May 2012 Comments Off
Many of you will have been reading the articles and tributes to Maurice Sendak, who died early this week. Among them is “Maurice Sendak: An Appreciation” in Publishers Weekly (May 10th) by Leonard S. Marcus. You might also like a heads up about Marcus himself, who will be coming to UBC Friday afternoon, October 12th [...]
07 May 2012 Comments Off
Just a quick reminder — please join us to hear Brian Deines and Nancy Hundal as part of TD Canadian Children’s Book Week. Take the Skytrain to Surrey Central Station and come for a tour with April Cox of the new City Centre Library. It is an amazing building to behold. Be sure to bring [...]
21 Apr 2012 Comments Off
With Brian Deines and Nancy Hundal Brian Deines, TD Canadian Children’s Book Week Touring Author, and Nancy Hundal, BC author and educator, will talk about the art of the picture book and the special relationships that exist between reader, story and pictures. Some of the books illustrated by Brian Deines include Bear on the Train, [...]
16 Apr 2012 Comments Off
The Information Book Award preliminary list has been compiled. This year before asking Roundtable Members to vote we are passing the list through a committee who will come up with a shorter list for your review. We hope this will make the process of reading and voting on the books more manageable. For more about [...]
29 Feb 2012 Comments Off
Thank you for the positive response to our Serendipity 2012 event! Here’s what others are saying . . . Teacher Education Office at UBC PaperTigers.org Blog Canadian Libraries are Serving Children (CLASC)
27 Feb 2012 Comments Off
Waking up at 6:30 on a very windy Saturday is only worth it once a year–for the Serendipity Children’s Literature Conference, organized by the Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable. Held in the Neville Scarfe Education Building at the University of British Columbia, this year’s theme was the Year of the Dragon, exploring Asian children’s literature. One [...]
27 Feb 2012 Comments Off
The Canadian Children’s Book Centre is thrilled to be partnering with the Association of Canadian Publishers to add a distinct layer of high-value content for librarians and educators to the existing listing of close to 50,000 Canadian-authored and-illustrated children’s books on 49thShelf.com, a new online discovery platform for Canadian books. The initiative has secured funding [...]
21 Feb 2012 Comments Off
Midnight Wednesday February 22 is your last day to register for Serendipity 2012 and for the Distinguished Speaker Dinner. Click here for a copy of the program and to read about all the great things we’ve got planned for you at Serendipity.
20 Feb 2012 Comments Off
Shiamak Dancers This exciting dance troupe brings a fusion of Indian and Western dance forms to their performance. Shiamak Davar, founder of the Shiamak Dance phenomenon, leads the world’s largest dance education movement which reaches out to over 60,000 dance enthusiasts across India, Canada, Australia, UAE, the UK and soon to the US and Singapore. [...]
16 Feb 2012 Comments Off
There are very few origami Masters in Canada and we are lucky to have one living right here in Vancouver! Joseph Wu has been folding paper since he was 3 years old. His works have been showcased at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, New York Times, and all over the world. He even designed an origami [...]
