Celebrate! It's Children's Book Week!

This week has been designated as Children's Book Week. There is a theme for celebration: Global Citizenship - Changing the World, One Child at a Time. Throughout every province and territory, authors will be presenting readings in schools.


Teachers and parents - anyone, really - can access the Theme Guide, which is packed full of information and activities. The guide describes many books, categorized according to age groups, that deal with the theme of global citizenship. There are Internet links to other pages that extend the activities and provide more information about various organizations, some started by children, that are changing our world for the better.

There was a writing contest, the winners of which were announced today. The deadline was Feb. 18, so we'll have to put that on the calendar of events for next year, for the 2012 Children's Book Week.

Writers, take note: the Theme Guide, along with descriptions of umpteen children's and Young Adult books, lists the publishers of all these books. Do you have a children's book waiting in the wings to be published? Here's a ready list of Canadian children's book publishers! The legwork's already done for you!!


Children's Book Week is sponsored by TD Canada Trust and the Children's Book Centre.