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It was the surprise of a lifetime for 15 teenage girls belonging to a book club at Toronto’s Lillian H. Smith Public Library. The teens, who go to C.W. Jefferys high school, are going to have a private meeting with Michelle Obama.
Share the Magic Book Program, the Manitoba Pediatric Society and First Book Canada teamed up for ‘I Love to Read’ month.
In partnership with Share the Magic Book Program, The Manitoba Paediatric Society and First Book Canada, the doctors will be handing out free books during February.
Wellington & Area Boys and Girls Club is partnering with First Book Canada to host PEI’s very first free Pop Up book distribution.
Picking out a new book to bring home isn’t something all kids get to experience. And for those growing up in low-income communities, they might not even have a single book — new or used — to call their own. Matt Galloway speaks with a Grade 2 teacher about the power of books and the gift of reading.
About 30,000 books were at the pop up shop, all donated by a national non-profit group called, First Book Canada.
Every book is brand new and every one, free of charge.
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