Due to Victoria Day, CELA will be closed on Monday, May 23. Our office will reopen and our Contact Centre services will resume on Tuesday, May 24. Enjoy your holiday!
The BC Summer Reading Club is a free literacy program designed to engage school-aged children, ages 5-14, with libraries and reading, throughout the summer!
The BC & Yukon Book Prizes celebrate outstanding writers and publishers in British Columbia.
It’s a Mitig! is a beautiful children’s book that combines Anishnaabemowin and English in a creative rhyming form. Children can learn some new words like amik (beaver) and gaag (porcupine) as they travel through the forest. Bridget wrote this special book especially for families learning the language together and reconnecting with their culture.
Read the selected Title in the Young Adult/Adult Category: It’s a Mitig! by Bridget George
The Forest of Reading® is Canada's largest recreational reading program! This initiative of the Ontario Library Association (OLA) offers ten reading programs to encourage a love of reading in people of all ages. The Forest helps celebrate Canadian books, publishers, authors and illustrators. More than 270,000 readers participate annually from their school and/or public library. All Canadians are invited to participate via their local public library, school library, or individually.
Check out our dedicated Forest of Reading page, to get the scoop on accessible titles!
All enchanted youngsters of New Brunswick can register for the 2021 Summer Reading Club. This years' theme is Reading is fantastic! featuring popular books on the theme of myths and magic.
Read accessible books from the New Brunswick Summer Reading Club
Over the course of a calendar year, the OLA Best Bets Committee reads hundreds of Canadian books, choosing what they consider to be the best, from picture books to young adult, in both fiction and non-fiction.
TD Summer Reading Club is Canada’s biggest, bilingual summer reading program for kids of all ages, all interests, and all abilities. This free Club celebrates Canadian authors, illustrators and stories, and inspires kids to explore the fun of reading their way. This is key to building a lifelong love of reading.
The 2021 TD Summer Reading Club books are now available in alternative formats!