TORONTO
THURSDAY, MAY 15th, 2014 SILVER BIRCH® NON-‐FICTION GUIDE SILVER BIRCH® NON-‐FCTION AWARD CEREMONY & ULTIMATE SILVER BIRCH® BOOK PRESENTATION 10:00 – 11:00am WestJet Stage Host: TVO Celebrity Personalities, Cassius and Melissa We are so excited to have Melissa and Cassius host the Silver Birch Non-‐Fiction Award Ceremony this year! Watch them after school on The Space, on TVOKids.
Ultimate Silver Birch® Book Author Signing – Karen Levine 11:00-‐11:30am Red Path Stage This year marks the 20th Anniversary of the Silver Birch® Award program! Join us for a special book signing by Karen Levine, author of Hana’s Suitcase. Karen’s book was named the Ultimate Silver Birch® Book earlier this year as voted by thousands of readers across the country.
Morning Author & Illustrator Book Signings 11:30am – 12:30pm Tents C & D
Rob Laidlaw -‐ Animal Sanctuaries and Rescue Centers: Saving Lives & Changing Hearts Michael Glassbourg -‐ Learn to Speak Film: A Guide to Creating, Promoting, and Screening Your Movies Susan Hughes -‐ Off To Class: Incredible and Unusual Schools Around the World
Morning Workshops 11:00am – 12:00pm Lofts 1, 2 and 3
11:30am – 12:15pm Brigantine Room
11:30am – 12:30pm Marilyn Brewer Space
11:45am – 12:30pm Tent A
Book-‐Making Workshop Learn various techniques and use creative materials to design a unique artist book for your own personal expression. Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch: Informal Q&A Session (author of One Step at a Time: A Vietnamese Child Finds Her Way) Marsha Skrypuch will hold an informal Q&A session about the real Tuyet from One Step At A Time, and about how she wrote the book. Maria Birmingham: “Top Five” Countdown (author of Weird Zone: Sports) Come join Maria Birmingham give her "Top Five" countdown of the weirdest sports from her nominated Silver Birch Non-‐Fiction book, Weird Zone: Sports. Maria will have a Q&A and then also do quick prize round at the end with a copy of her book as the prize. Brian McLachlan: Comic Character Design (author of Draw Out The Story: Ten Secrets to Creating Your Own Comics) Want some tips on how to make your cartoon characters look awesome? Brian McLachlan (Draw Out The Story: 10 Secrets To Creating Your Own Comics) will draw you the scoop in this half hour workshop.
Toronto Fire Services 12:00-‐1:00pm Ann Tindal Lawn Come and talk with our very own Toronto Fire Services. Firefighters will be on site so feel free to ask them questions. You can also check our their fire truck!
Afternoon Workshops 12:15 – 1:00pm Miss Lou’s Room
Part of the ALOUD Festival
12:15 – 1:00pm Miss Lou’s Room
12:30 – 1:30pm Lofts 1, 2 and 3
Claire Eamer: It’s All in the Questions (author of The World in Your Lunch Box) How do you find the interesting stories behind everyday things like bread and ham? You ask questions. Lots of questions. Join Claire Eamer, author of The World in Your Lunch Box, to talk about questions and answers and the surprising stories behind ordinary things. Janet Wilson: About Face (author and illustrator of Our Rights: How Kids Are Changing the World) This workshop consists of a portrait drawing demonstration. It promises to be fun, but messy! Book-‐Making Workshop Learn various techniques and use creative materials to design a unique artist book for your own personal expression.
Kevin Sylvester and Alan Silberberg: Cartooning Duel 12:30 – 1:00pm Red Path Stage Join Kevin Sylvester, author of The Neil Flambé Series, and Alan Silberberg, author of The Awesome, Almost 100% True Adventures of Matt and Craz, at the Red Path Stage for a cartooning duel! Kevin Sylvester and Alan Silberberg are both amazing artists who have very different ways of drawing. Join them as they face off in the ultimate cartooning challenge.
Afternoon Author & Illustrator Signings 1:00 – 2:00pm Tents C & D
Brian McLachian -‐ Draw Out The Story: Ten Secrets to Creating Your Own Comics Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch -‐ One Step at a Time: A Vietnamese Child Finds Her Way Janet Wilson -‐ Our Rights: How Kids Are Changing the World Claire Eamer -‐ The World In Your Lunch Box: The Wacky History and Weird Science of Everyday Foods Sarah Tsiang -‐ Warriors & Wailers: One Hundred Ancient Chinese Jobs You Might Have Relished or Reviled Maria Birmingham -‐ Weird Zone: Sports
All Day Festivities Toronto Zoo Red Path Tent Kids Can Tent – Scaredy Photo Booth Tent F OLA / S&B Book Store Tent B First Book Canada Tent Help Tent
First Book Canada Book Trading Zone Kids Zone Story Starter Wall West Bays Hula Hoop Station with Isabella Hoops & Well Rounded Hoops Tent H Tattoo Station Tent E Face-‐Painting Clown West Bays PawsWay (across the bridge) Graffiti Trees West Bays GAMES! And Prizes to be won Ann Tindal Lawn
Animals come in different sizes, shapes, colours and forms. Visit the Toronto Zoo exhibit to learn more about the diversity of animals and how this diversity is important for you and me. Scaredy Squirrel is having a birthday party and you're invited! Visit the Kids Can Press Photo Booth Tent to take a "Birthday Selfie with Scaredy." Grab your friends, throw on some party hats and costumes and say "cheese!" All 2014 Forest®-‐nominated books will be for sale. Pencils, flying rings, bubbles, and MUCH more will also be available for purchase. First Book Canada provides new books to children in need addressing one of the most important factors affecting literacy – access to books. First Book Canada has distributed more than 2.5 million free and low cost books to disadvantaged children and the programs that serve them through an extensive volunteer network, our National Book Bank large-‐scale book distributions, and the First Book Canada Marketplace offering high-‐quality titles at reduced cost. For more information about First Book Canada, including how to register, please visit www.firstbookcanada.org. Want to try reading something new? Switch your book prize with another’s at this lively book-‐swapping space sponsored by First Book Canada. Add your own imaginative line to the Story Wall, where thousands of Forest readers, together, will write the best story ever. Isabella Hoops strongly believes that everyone can hula-‐hoop and she is here to make sure everyone walks away with a smile on their face. Hula hooping is not only a great form of exercise, but it is a wonderful way to express yourself! So stop by learn some new tricks and walk away with a smile. Because reading rocks! Get some ink that even your parents will approve of. Choose from a selection of cool designs. Be transformed and bedazzled by the artistic talents of our friendly clown. Purina PawsWay is a one-‐of-‐a-‐kind event and education centre devoted to responsible pet care. General admission is free and it's truly a unique place where pet lovers can come together to learn, discover, and celebrate the world of cats and dogs -‐ www.pawsway.ca “Leaf” a note for your favourite authors and help us decorate our big Forest of Reading® Graffiti Trees. Receive free books, prizes and other Forest® swag! You don’t want to miss out on all the games. Make sure you know your Forest® books and you’ll walk away with some great prizes.
Canoeing on the Pond Ann Tindal Lawn & Natrel Pond Blue Spruce™ Illustrators Exhibit Marilyn Brewer Space Photo Scavenger Hunt Whole Venue
Roving Entertainment Whole Venue
TVO Tent Tent G
Don’t forget your permission forms. Forms can be downloaded at http://www.accessola.com/festivaloftrees See the work of some of your favourite Blue Spruce™ illustrators at this special exhibit. A photo scavenger hunt combines creativity and technology -‐ what better way to experience the Festival of Trees! Students will be given a list of images that they need to capture centered around the Festival and Forest of Reading program, books, etc. This will enhance keen observation skills, encourage them to appreciate and explore the Program and improve creativity and camaraderie with other students. Toronto's favourite stilt-‐walking clown, Top Hat, will be on hand – you can watch him juggle, laugh at his silly songs, and dance through his legs as he plays along on the ukulele. Top Hat may ask you to join him in a round of four-‐handed juggling, or to solve the mystery of his magic hat! And he's always willing to add his autograph to your collection! Explore more, Learn more with TVOKids. Join Cassius in the TVO Kids Tent and conduct your very own hands-‐on experiments from the new TVOKids show Explore More. Tell us what you learned and win some great prizes!
*Operations Tent – Corn & Chirros Tents