Eat, Leo!  Eat! is now included in Vancouver Public Library’s wonderful early literacy initiative. You can visit the plaque at Grays Park in Vancouver, BC.  Here’s a complete list of the Reading Light plaques and where they are located.

I’m one of the judges for the inaugural Joan Betty Stuchner Oy Vey Funniest Children’s Book Award!  “The $1000 Joan Betty Stuchner—Oy Vey! —Funniest Children’s Book Award will be presented biannually to a Canadian author or illustrator of the work of juvenile fiction that had the jury most: buckled over with guffaws, incapacitated with giggles, and/or rib-ticklingly, side-splittingly, thigh-slappingly entertained.”  That I am!  Thank you to all the publishers who sent in submissions!

I’m so happy to be presenting Jasper John Dooley, Public Library Enemy #1 at Word.  Come by and help with the Toast Restaurant!  Sunday 23 September at 1:20 at VPL Library Square.  See the full Word schedule here.

I’m thrilled to have received this gorgeous BC-shaped trophy for Jasper John Dooley NOT in Love.  The award is for the best BC chapter book published in 2015-2016, chosen by BC kids.  Thanks so much to all the readers!

… Lilies, that is!  Jasper John Dooley, NOT in Love has won the 14th Annual Chocolate Lily Book Award in the Chapter Book Category, along with Cyndi Marko’s Kung Pow Chicken: Let’s Get Cracking.  Thanks so much to all the young readers of BC!  Read about all the winners here.

Victoria kids!  Come on down to Munro’s Books!  I’d love to meet you!

Look who’s featured on Today’s Parent’s April reading list!  Congratulations, Jasper John Dooley!  Read more about Jasper John Dooley Public Library Enemy #1 here.

I’m honoured that Norman, Speak!  will be on permanent display on a light post next to Renfrew Park.  This is part of an initiative by Vancouver Public Library and Children’s Writers and Illustrators of BC to bring BC authored books into public spaces.  Read about all the Reading Lights books here.

What a delicious thrill!  Chef Mario Batali has selected Eat, Leo! Eat! for his Healthy Kids Foundation through First Book!  The Mario Batali Foundation “strives to ensure all children are well read, well fed and well cared for.”  Read about all the books and this initiative here.

CBC Books has pu together a list of 12 contemporary picture books every Canadian home should have.  And look who’s there!  Norman, Speak!  Thank you CBC Books!  Read the whole list here.