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Today is – a day chosen to celebrate our favorite “chubby little cubby all stuffed with fluff” in honor of his A.A. Milne’s birthday, born January 18, 1882. 95 years later and the gang from Hundred Acre Wood is as popular as ever.

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2021-01-19

Yes, the weather is mild today, but a is on the way, bringing the COLD winter weather with it. So the recommendations might not be so bad after all. And of course, this means more time for reading...

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2021-01-15

It’s Funny Book Friday!

How many kids’ books have ever made you straight up laugh out loud? If you’re looking to share a few belly laughs while reading here are some more books that really know how to bring the funny.

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2020-12-19

A reminder that this Saturday, December 19 is our last book donation date of 2020. Saturday will also be our last day open until the new year.

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2020-12-17

Today is It’s an unofficial holiday celebrating 'all things simian' to raise awareness about the different monkeys & primates around the 🌍& highlight the issues they face. Do you have a fav monkey/ape? Here are a few of ours…

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2020-12-15

Our Walk-Up Window is busy today. If you have time, stop by & pick up a couple of books to take home with you. The window is open until 5pm.

We have a couple more Walk-Up Window days & some safe Holiday Fun planned before the holiday...

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2020-12-10

We are six days into our online auction and we are almost 80% of the way to our goal! And there is still time to bid on some amazing things. Don’t miss out on the fun.

https://t.co/MQGfNw8oM6

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2020-11-25

I had the pleasure of collaborating on ''A World of Mindfullness'' with and 13 other illustrators. I believe this book should be in every household, especially during these uncertain times. Below is the spread I got to contribute.

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2020-11-18

It's National Boss Day. So here's a shout-out to all the wonderful bosses out there, including our amazing ED, Mary Ladky - who helps us navigate and inspire us to achieve all the good we do here at the Book Bank!

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2020-10-17

Today is Mad Hatter Day –

Why not celebrate with some fun kids hat-making crafts?!

https://t.co/KcpoBXZI6i

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2020-10-07

We’re almost at the end of our campaign. So far, we have raised $36,000. That’s 18,000 more FREE books in kids’ hands across the GTA. A big TY to everyone who's donated. We’d love to celebrate the end of summer by reaching our $50,000 goal.

https://t.co/HZIQ92xcpZ

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2020-08-28

We are more than 70% of the way to our goal of $50,000 for our campaign! Since mid-March we have dist 30,000 books to kids all over the GTA for FREE & we have many more books looking for new homes & young readers.

To make a donation visit: https://t.co/HZIQ92xcpZ

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2020-08-21

Ask any kid and they’ll agree, undies are just funny. So, of course, we think there’s no better way to celebrate then to share some of our favourite underwear themed books!

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2020-08-06

To get you started we’ve posted a few favs to our YouTube channel incl Dennis Lee, Sheree Fitch, Loris Lesynski & others: https://t.co/FM0gBFAzHy

Do you have a favourite poet or poem (Canadian or otherwise)?

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2020-04-21

Today we're sharing a couple examples of his work & one extra by the Book Bank's Roxanne 😀

Follow this link for a fun activity and craft to experiment with haikus: https://t.co/cjyqdFMtvV

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2020-04-18

Tomie talks about the importance of reading: https://t.co/SY3g7YRdH6

Telling Stories with Tomie dePaola (and Jim Henson): https://t.co/8LDRBScdPd

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2020-04-01