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Meet Author, Kathleen Gauer
Wed Aug 30, 2023 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Location: Armour HeightsMeet Kathleen Gauer, author of Bathtime Fun! and The Wish Carvers. Kathleen reads from her books and talks about the themes and characters of her stories, then leads everyone in a book-related craft. For children a...
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Brown Girls Do It Too: Romance Novels
Wed Aug 16, 2023 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location: OnlineBest selling romance authors Farah Heron, Sonya Lalli, and Taslim Burkowicz join the co-host of the Brown Girls Do It Too podcast, Rubina...
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Paper Collage Puppetry with Ashley Barron
Mon Aug 14, 2023 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: LockeJoin author/illustrator Ashley Barron in an art activity that combines paper collage with puppetry. Ashley will demonstrate some of her favourite paper collage techniques and then show you how to bring your own creations to l...
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Let's Make a Graphic Novel!
Thu Aug 10, 2023 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: MalvernProfessional cartoonist, Tory Woollcott, teaches the fundamentals of story outlining and narrative structure as it applies to comics and graphic novels, prose, or even video games! For children ages 6 to 12 years....
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Summer Wonder- Twelve In A Race
Wed Aug 09, 2023 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: St. Clair/SilverthornTwelve in a Race is a read-aloud rhyming book that tells the origin story of the Chinese Zodiac. Author, Catherine Little will introduce the concept of the zodiac, discuss the characteristics of each animal, and read f...
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Jes Battis: The Winter Knight
Thu Aug 03, 2023 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Lillian H. SmithJoin us for a book reading and interview with Jes Battis for their latest novel, The Winter Knight. Based on Arthurian legends, The Winter Knight is an upbeat, queer urban fantasy. The knights of the round table ar...
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Malaika's Carnival Playground
Wed Aug 02, 2023 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: HumberwoodAuthor Nadia Hohn presents Malaika's Carnival Playground, which includes a reading of Malaika's Costume or Malaika's Carnival, soca music, dancing, singing, and finger rhymes. For children ages 6-12 years....
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Runaway rodents : the untold story of Toronto's infamous capybaras
Sat Jul 29, 2023 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: Oakwood Village Library and Arts CentreJoin author Dagmara Bociek, as she joins us to share the untold story of Toronto's infamous capybaras. In 2016, two capybaras infamously escaped from Toronto's High Park Zoo. Based on that event, in this mostly fictional narr...
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Author Visit with Erica London
Wed Jul 26, 2023 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: AlbionErica London presents her children's book ?Stuck in the Middle? with fun group activities such as songs and crafts that encourage participants to freely express themselves. Erica London is a published Canadian-Trinidadian chi...
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Runaway Rodents: the untold story of Toronto's infamous capybaras
Wed Jul 26, 2023 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: Danforth/CoxwellJoin author Dagmara Bociek, as she joins us to share the untold story of Toronto's infamous capybaras. In 2016, two capybaras infamously escaped from Toronto's High Park Zoo. Based on that event, in this mostly fictional narr...