Extended to February 18th! Guided tour Added!![]() The 75th Anniversary Exhibition has been extended until February 18th. There will be a guided tour on Tuesday, February 13th from 3-4pm. Please meet in the gallery. For a quick peek, click here. ![]() Danny Ramadan: Writing an Immigration Children’s Book-While Also Keeping It Fun! Thursday, March 7, 6:30–7:30 In-person,lower-level auditorium Lillian H. Smith Branch Danny Ramadan is a Syrian-Canadian author and LGBTQ+ refugees advocate who will discuss his award-winning children’s books, the Salma Series. When we think of stories about refugees and immigrants, tanks and tents on a grim landscape come to mind; stories of separation and trauma. But Ramadan will describe how to tell a different story: one with joyful moments, community-building, and family love. Danny Ramadan is a Lambda-award winning Syrian-Canadian author. His novels, The Clothesline Swing and The Foghorn Echoes continue to receive accolades. His award-winning children’s books The Salma Series continues to grow. Ramadan has raised over $300,000 for LGBTQ+ refugees. His memoir, Crooked Teeth, comes out in the summer of 2024. No registration is required. Everyone is welcome. Books available for purchase from Little Island Comics. Photo credit: Dave Mac/Daily Xtra at TD Gallery (Toronto Reference Library) Nov. 11, 2023–Feb. 11, 2024
Explore artifacts and artwork that embody the best of the collection. Featuring manuscripts, books, toys, ephemera, and more! tpl.ca/tdgallery ![]() Join the Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books for our 35th Annual Helen E. Stubbs Memorial Lecture: Rocks and Trees and Lakes, Oh My! by Danielle Daniel on Thursday, October 26, 2023 at 6:30 p.m. Danielle Daniel is an award-winning author and artist, who has written two novels, Forever Birchwood, a middle grade novel set in her northern hometown and Daughters of the Deer, a historical fiction novel inspired by the lives of her ancestors. Her picture books include Once in a Blue Moon; You Hold Me Up (Illustrator), a finalist for the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award; Sometimes I Feel Like a Fox, winner of the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award and a Best 100 title at the New York Public Library; and her recently released picture book, Sometimes I Feel Like a River. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia and lives on Manitoulin Island with her family. Danielle Daniel will speak on her relationship with the natural world and how growing up in Northern Ontario, in a mining town surrounded by three-hundred and thirty lakes, has informed the way she views the world and the stories she writes and paints. (photo credit Gerry Kingsley) ![]() Join the Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books 16th Annual Sybille Pantazzi Memorial Lecture: Omission and Connection in Picture Books by Jon Klassen on Thursday, October 12, 2023 at 6:30 p.m. Jon Klassen is an award-winning author and artist of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Rock from the Sky and the much-acclaimed hat trilogy, which includes the #1 New York Times bestseller I Want My Hat Back, the Caldecott Medal and Kate Greenaway Medal winner This Is Not My Hat, and the best-selling conclusion We Found a Hat. With almost 3 million copies in print, in twenty-seven languages around the globe, Klassen's books have become beloved staples in nurseries, libraries, and classrooms, and have secured his place as one of today's preeminent children's book creators. Klassen frequently collaborates with friend Mac Barnett; their books together include Extra Yarn, Sam and Dave Dig a Hole, The Wolf, the Duck, & the Mouse, and the Shapes trilogy, which was adapted into the award-winning "Shape Island" television show on AppleTV+, with Klassen and Barnett serving as writers and producers. Their next book together, How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?, comes out in Fall 2023. Originally from Niagara Falls, Ontario, Jon Klassen now lives in Los Angeles, California. In October's lecture Jon Klassen will discuss his work in writing and illustrating books for children, including his newest book "The Skull", and how leaving things out is sometimes the best way to involve an audience and tell an interesting story. Books will be available for sale by Little Island Comics at the event. This free event will be held on the lower level of the Lillian H. Smith Branch in the Auditorium. The event will be simultaneously broadcast online via CrowdCast. Access is available via the following link, and for those not able to watch at the time of broadcast, the recording will be available for viewing using the same link for one year afterwards. https://crowdcast.io/c/uq7sz17p8q4w For the in-person event, doors will open at 6:00 pm and the event will start at 6:30 pm. No registration is required. Everyone is welcome. (photo credit Carson Ellis) |
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