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📚The Book. "BOONOONOONOUS HAIR! written by @olivesenior and illustrated by Laura James was the 🌟title of afternoon. Signed copies are available at @ADFRNTBooklist. Other titles by Olive that have been requested and will be in store soon: ANNA CARRIES WATER and BIRTHDAY SUIT.📚
📚🎵The Performances. These are The Heritage Singers, a Caribbean folk group of 22 artists from Canada & the Caribbean. They perform, as Miss Lou did, in patois and preserve their Caribbean culture. In fact Miss Lou sang with this group and wrote many of the songs they perform.📚
📚#DYK that #EmancipationDay was celebrated as early as 1834 in some provinces in Canada? Dr. Cooper reads from THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD: NEXT STOP, TORONTO! excerpt about a celebration in Toronto in 1839. Book by Shadd, Cooper, Frost is available upon order at @ADFRNTBooklist.📚
📚Zain (of @ADBCC777) w/ two #BlackCanadianHistory must-reads avail. at @ADFRNTBooklist: David Austin's "Moving Against the System" & @cecilfosterca's "They Call Me George" which launches tmrw at 7 at @ADBCC777. It's part of @festofauthors' #TorontoLitUp & #BCBA2019. Join us!✊🏿📚
📚👧🏿🖍We had a fantastic time this morning at #StoryPlaySaturdays - with Joshua, Sammi, and Owen Tennesse! Facilitator @SimplyAngie__ read @coilyandcute's new one, #DontTouchMyHair. Join us next week - and every week - from 11:30AM-12PM for #storytelling, songs, and art! Free.📚
📚👦🏿🖍SAT NOV 10: Join us for #StoryPlaySaturdays from 11AM-12:30PM at @ADBCC777! Facilitator @SimplyAngie__ will read #DiverseLit to kids, who will participate in creative activities designed to develop their voices. A voice is one of the most precious things you can have! ✊🏿📚
📚#DiwaliReads at @adiffbooklist! We have Rachna Gilmore & Alice Priestley's #Gita series all year round, but #LightsforGita is about Diwali specifically. It's Gita's 1st #Diwali in Canada, where it's cold & rainy: How will Gita & her family, from India, celebrate the holiday?📚
📚Wei Jiet, of @adiffbooklist, reading @aminder_d's "Woman World" and @MizTeeFranklin, @princess_jem4 & @sexytuna's "Bingo Love, Vol 1," the newest additions to our #graphicnovels section. Check them out - they're both by Canadian talent! #ReadDifferently
📸: @imbobswaget🇨🇦📚
📚🖍"Sam and Eva," by @inkyelbows officially releases TODAY! Get your copy at @ADFRNTBooklist - a few signed copies remain! #CanLit #KidLit 🎉📚