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Helen Kubiw ❤️ 🇨🇦 📚
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Blogger and book reviewer of great Canadian books for young people at CanLit for LittleCanadians http://canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/
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This Saturday November 15 at 2pm, join Alan Doyle for a special afternoon discussion and signing of The Smiling Land, hosted by Ace Burpee. - mailchi.mp/grant/alan-d...
Alan Doyle returns to Winnipeg with The Smiling Land
Join us for a very special afternoon with the one and only Alan Doyle as he returns to Winnipeg to discuss his new memoir, The Smiling Land: All Around the Circle in My Newfoundland and Labrador (Doub...
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November 13, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Currently reading: Nightmare Jones by @shannyraindrop.bsky.social. Congratulations on this spooky masterpiece - now the scariest book in our library collection. 😍😍😍😍
November 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I ❤️ words, & young readers will too after reading Sara Cassidy's STAR SAILOR, THE STORY OF WORDS (illus by @whatwouldjuliedraw.bsky.social). This playful NF book looks at how words are created, how they change, etc. From @orcabook.bsky.social canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/11/star...
Star Sailor, the Story of Words
Promoting children's and YA books by Canadian authors and illustrators
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November 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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77 days. 1848 hours. 6,652,800 seconds. The countdown to the 2026 Super Conference is officially on, and that can only mean one thing... registration is open! This year’s #OLASC Early Bird deadline is December 5. Register at bit.ly/SC26Registra...
November 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Cats in Graffiti Alley, looks like it's signed LMAR. "Watching the Wildlife"
#Toronto #Graffiti #StreetArt
November 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Textured art like @mariemanon.bsky.social creates are always a "wow" for me. Manon Gauthier's latest picture book is ALL OF US from @runningthegoat.bsky.social. All animals may be different but we are all the same too. #cells #STEM #diversity canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/11/all-...
November 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Have a great launch @jgcanada.bsky.social for BURST YOUR BUBBLE! OUTSMART THE ALGORITHMS AND SEE WHAT YOU'RE MISSING today. Lots to absorb in this NF book for #MG readers, with fab art by @jandolby.bsky.social We should all be reading this one! canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/11/burs...
November 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Ontario #teachers: consider today's #Burlington book launch of BURST YOUR BUBBLE! OUTSMART THE ALGORITHMS AND SEE WHAT YOU'RE MISSING by @jgcanada.bsky.social illus by @jandolby.bsky.social @owlkids.bsky.social Great NF book to inform us all! canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/11/burs...
Burst Your Bubble!: Outsmart the Algorithms and See What You're Missing
Promoting children's and YA books by Canadian authors and illustrators
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November 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Dave Paddon's here at the Jack Byrne signing copies of his fabulous tall tales until 6pm today.

Susan Flanagan was up earlier this aft, so we have signed copies of THE DEGREES OF BARLEY LICK as well!
November 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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I'm looking forward to the event. Come and say Hi - buy a #book, have a chat. Moyer Rec Centre, 54569 Range Road 215 in Josephburg, Strathcona County. Alberta. 10 am - 4pmhttps://josephburg-ag.ca/christmas-in-the-heartland/
#gifts #crafts #books #food #games #music and much more.
November 6, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Another #hilo #MG read for #IReadCanadianDay is John Lekich's BARK TWICE FOR MURDER from @orcabook.bsky.social There's a murder but mostly there's laughs, great characters, food, and even a talking dog. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/11/bark... 👍🇨🇦📚
Bark Twice for Murder (Orca Currents)
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November 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Give some love to new #CDN publisher: MIGHTY VILLAGE BOOKS @mightyvillagebooks.bsky.social. Pleased to present my interview with founder author-illustrator Danielle Daniel (remember her award-winning SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A FOX). Learn more here: canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/11/migh...
Mighty Village Books: Interview with Danielle Daniel, new Canadian publisher
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November 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Winners of @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social CDN Children's Book Awards announced this wk. Congrats @sharigreen.bsky.social @rosenafung.bsky.social @markmorton.bsky.social Yayo, Elizabeth MacLeod, Mike Deas, Ray Xu, Jennifer Leason Norman Chartrand canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/10/2025...
2025 CCBC Book Awards: Winners announced
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October 31, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Great new #Halloween bk of CDN ghost stories. HAUNTED CANADA GRAPHIC NOVEL VOL 2: FOUR MORE TERRIFYING TALES by @joelasutherland.bsky.social illus by @mikeseriously.bsky.social @salisketch.bsky.social Maya McKibbin, Hannah Barrett (ScholasticCDA) canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/10/haun...
October 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Join IBBY Canada for a night of KidLit Trivia hosted by acclaimed author and illustrator Kevin Sylvester!

Tickets 🎟️ www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/international-board-on-books-for-young-people/events/kidlit-trivia-night-1
October 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Hope there are more books of poetry for young people in your future. ❤️🇨🇦📚
Nightmare Jones is out in the world now…finding the feelings 🕷️🕷️🕷️
There may be some scary poems in @shannyraindrop.bsky.social's recently published #MG NIGHTMARE JONES: POEMS from @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social but some of the scariest are those that make us feel. Illustrated by Cindy Derby. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/10/nigh...
October 26, 2025 at 10:45 PM
There may be some scary poems in @shannyraindrop.bsky.social's recently published #MG NIGHTMARE JONES: POEMS from @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social but some of the scariest are those that make us feel. Illustrated by Cindy Derby. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/10/nigh...
October 26, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Glad @peterhreynolds.bsky.social is on Bluesky so I can share my review of his latest #picturebook THE GIFT OF WORDS (Scholastic). It may seem early for the holiday season but stories that promote positivity & joy will resonate throughout the yr. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
October 20, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Question: How many of my #KidLit friends are in Canada? I have the inklings of an idea but just looking to gauge numbers right now. Of the #CanKidLit authors, how many are in Ontario and how many are in Ottawa? #WritingCommunity
October 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM