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The Book Week Kit includes a spectacular full-colour poster, 30 full-color bookmarks, an annotated theme guide, with lists of Canadian books for children and teens, and much much more!

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Welcome to the TD Canadian Children’s Book Week Site

Please note:

Information on the 2011 Book Week tours will be posted the week of September 7 - 10, 2010. Please check back then.

Join us in celebrating TD Canadian Children's Book Week and bring the magic of books and reading to children all across Canada!

TD Canadian Children's Book Week is the single most important national event celebrating Canadian children's books and the importance of reading. Every November, close to 35,000 children, teens and adults participate in activities held in every province and territory across the country. Hundreds of schools, public libraries, bookstores and community centres host events as part of this major literary festival.

This site contains valuable information about the history of Book Week; the plans for this year’s touring program; the costs involved in hosting a reading; information about the touring authors, illustrators and storytellers and the presentations they do; contact information for the Book Week Coordinators who are organizing the tours in your province or territory; and information about our popular Book Week Kit which can be used to celebrate Canadian books in the classroom, library or at home.

TD Canadian Children's Book Week is organized by the Canadian Children's Book Centre, in partnership with the Storytellers of Canada/Conteurs du Canada, and is made possible through the generous support of our sponsors and funders.

Recent News

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Book Week 2011 Tour Roster Announced

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The Canadian Children’s Book Centre is excited to announce the names of the authors, illustrators and storytellers who have been selected to tour for TD Canadian Children’s Book Week 2011.

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Call for Applications for Book Week Authors and Illustrators

The Canadian Children's Book Centre is looking for authors and/or illustrators with new children’s books being released in 2010 and Spring 2011 who are interested in touring schools, libraries, bookstores and community centres, outside of their home province, during TD Canadian Children’s Book Week 2011.

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Book Week Moving from Fall to Spring

After 30 years, big changes are coming to Book Week;
the annual touring program will re-launch in the spring of 2011.

Monday, March 22, 2010 (Toronto, Ontario) — The Canadian Children’s Book Centre (CCBC) is moving its annual TD Canadian Children’s Book Week touring program from the fall to the spring. The next Book Week tour will run from April 30 – May 7, 2011. There will not be a Book Week tour in 2010.

TD Canadian Children’s Book Week is Canada’s largest national festival celebrating Canadian children’s authors, illustrators, books and the importance of reading. Established in 1977, the Book Week tour sends emerging and established Canadian authors, illustrators and storytellers to schools, libraries, community centres and bookstores all across Canada.

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COMING SOON! Stories from Book Week 2009

As promised in the Winter 2010 issue of Canadian Children's Book News, you will soon be able to experience the magic of Book Week through stories from the authors, illustrators and storytellers who travelled all across the country during the 2009 TD Canadian Children's Book Week tours.

A special section is being created to showcase these stories, as well as a gallery which will feature photos taken at schools and libraries across the country during the Book Week 2009 festivities.

Check back soon!

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Kurt Browning First Canadian Children's Book Centre Idol

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Four-time World and Canadian Champion figure skater, Kurt Browning, is the Canadian Children's Book Centre's first "Canadian Children's Book Centre Idol".

Browning, a Guinness World Record holder, recipient of the Order of Canada, and three-time Olympic team member, will kick off a week of Gold Medal Reading during TD Canadian Children's Book Week, November 14-21.