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With the weather outside warming up, it's a great opportunity to start reading outdoors. Where's your favourite place to read? For some great resources, and free learning content, make sure you're staying updated on our website. http://ow.ly/P8Mi50zpx3L

To help your students continue to learn during the COVID-19 pandemic, CrossCan is showcasing many educational digital resources for you to use free of charge and share with other educators and students. Make sure you check our website for updates. http://ow.ly/gnwu50z9c4Q

Our publishing partners are offering free access to a variety of eBooks through June 30. These bundles are web-hosted, which means accessing your eBooks requires an internet connection. Visit the collections below, and feel free to share the links with your students and other educators.http://ow.ly/Gh2850z84G8

Would you like to view free eBooks from some of your favourite publishers? E Point Plus has free content from PowerKids, Gareth Stevens, Cavendish Square, KidHaven, and Enslow. Click the link http://ow.ly/Vkre50z6Tbp and use the username EL2020 and password CrossCan to view today! Don't forget to visit our website for more free content!

To help stop the spread of COVID-19, schools and libraries are closing across the country. ABDO wants to ensure that readers everywhere continue to have the opportunity to learn and grow during this unprecedented event.

Please go to http://ow.ly/kdq350z4L4o to take advantage of the free research materials for beginner's with ABDO Zoom.

To help your students continue to learn during the COVID-19 pandemic, CrossCan has partnered with many of our educational publishers to provide some unique and award-winning online and digital educational resources for you to use free of charge and share with other educators and students while schools are closed.

Today we are highlighting ABDO and their Online Digital Bookshelf. Click the link and scan the QR codes for your free resources today.

https://abdobooks.com/covid-19-resources

Although April Fool's Day is not an official holiday, we have some free Teacher Resources on our website. Click the link below to take advantage of these great resources!

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Today, we're highlighting AV2 World Languages - An online database of 1000 eBooks (100 titles in 10 languages) with text-to-speech. Click the link below for your free access! Available now until May 31, 2020.

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We hope everyone is staying safe and indoors during these trying times. CrossCan is currently offering a number of free resources to use. Today, we're highlighting LightBox - A digital interactive curriculum solution with videos, quizzes, audio and activities. Available for free until May 31, 2020. Click the link below for more details.

We hope everyone is staying safe and indoors during these trying times. CrossCan is currently offering a number of free resources to use. Today, we're highlighting LightBox - A digital interactive curriculum solution with videos, quizzes, audio and activities. Available for free until May 31, 2020. Click the link below for more details.

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"Following a rigorous process, peer assessment committees determined that these 70 books were the best to have been published in Canada in seven categories, in both French and in English."

The Canada Council for the Arts reveals the GGBooks finalists 70 Canadian books are among the best published this year in seven categories, both in English and in French. They are the works that stood out to peer assessment committees from close to 1,400 titles submitted for consideration.

"Last year, the New York Public Library released an experiment to put the full text of novels in its Instagram Stories. Today, an estimated 300,000 people are reading books this way."

Hundreds of thousands of people read novels on Instagram. They may be the future Last year, the New York Public Library released an experiment to put the full text of novels in its Instagram Stories. Today, an estimated 300,000 people are reading books this way.

"In this accessible informational picture book, young readers can follow the fascinating story of how we got from the very beginning of the universe to life today on the “bright blue ball floating in space” called Earth."

It Started with a Big Bang | Kids Can Press In this accessible informational picture book, young readers can follow the fascinating story of how we got from the very beginning of the universe to life today on the “bright blue ball floating in space” called Earth. They'll learn about the big bang theory, how our solar system was formed, ho...

"Mice friends Scout and Daisy embark on a series of nature-related adventures, bringing clues back to the library for investigation."

New nature mystery book series adapted from CBC's Gumboot Kids TV show | CBC Books Creators Eric Hogan and Tara Hungerford are taking their new book series on a tour across Canada.

"The idea for Ebb & Flow came during a summer visit to Newfoundland. I was on the beach and I found a piece of sea glass."

How sea glass inspired Heather Smith to write a timeless children's story | CBC Books The middle-grade novel Ebb & Flow is on the shortlist for $50K 2019 TD Canadian Children's Literature Award.

"This March 7, Annick Press launches Paper Bag Princess Day, a day for bookstores, libraries, and classrooms to show their love for North America’s unofficial princess and her message of empowerment."

Annick Press launches Paper Bag Princess Day this March - Canadian Children's Book Centre Celebrating 40 years in print for Robert Munsch’s beloved children’s book The Paper Bag Princess TORONTO (October 03, 2019) Children’s author Robert Munsch’s picture book The Paper Bag Princess has inspired and entertained countless readers and has become a cultural icon. It’s been celebra...

"The new children's book “The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family” looks at a common childhood experience — the first day of school."

Olympic Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad Turns Bullying Experiences Into New Children's Book In her new children's book, Ibtihaj Muhammad writes about two young sisters who endure bullying at school for wearing a hijab — something she also experienced growing up.

"The sun on your face. The smell of warm bannock baking in the oven. Holding the hand of someone you love. What fills your heart with happiness? This beautiful book reminds readers young and old to cherish the moments in life that bring us joy."

Get to Know Monique Gray Smith and Julie Flett, creators of My Heart Fills With Happiness - Canadian Children's Book Centre This year’s TD Grade One Book Giveaway title is My Heart Fills With Happiness by Monique Gray Smith, illustrated by Julie Flett and published by Orca Book Publishers. We sat down with these award-winning creators to get to know them better before their book is given to every grade one in Canada. T...

"Welcome the season of fall fairs, apple picking, jumping in piles of fallen leaves, celebrating Halloween and more! We've put together our favourite fall themed books to get kids in the spirit for the season!"

Series - Our Favourite Fall Themed Books! Welcome the season of fall fairs, apple picking, jumping in piles of fallen leaves, celebrating Halloween and more! We've put together our favourite fall themed books to get kids in the spirit for the season!

"What a joy it is to read a picture book that is both eventful yet very comforting."

Hide and Seek Hide and Seek by Polly Noakes What a joy it is to read a picture book that is both eventful yet very comforting. The soft illustrations on the cover promis

"The point that I really remember, and I blame a teacher, is that I got 100% on a short story. It was this big award for something that I had created. I thought, 'If I can do this, I can write a novel.'"

Meet Arthur Slade, award-winning kids writer Arthur Slade is the winner of the 2019 Kloppenburg Award for Literary Excellence, to be presented by the Saskatchewan Writers Guild on Sept.

"How do you begin to explain the concept of gender equality, feminism and inclusivity to your child in a world where it’s imperative to raise strong women and sensitive men? The simple answer is: books."

10 Books To Help You Raise A Feminist Son Bringing up a feminist son is as important as raising a feminist daughter, so I looked for books that challenge gender stereotypes, especially those...

"Hawks Kettle, Puffins Wheel by Susan Vande Griek is part poetry collection, part educational tool featuring a dozen birds with unique flying behaviours (including Arctic terns that rise up suddenly – called a dread – and starlings that fly together in a murmuration)."

Helen's Birds | Quill and Quire Birds give earth-bound humans plenty to marvel at, but they can also carry symbolic power, acting as sources of comfort or inspiration. Three new releases – two fiction and one non-fiction – encourage readers to look up, way up, and consider the multi-faceted beauty of birds. Hawks Kettle, Puffi...

“The Canadian Children’s Book Centre is proud to collaborate with and bring together so many important groups, at the launch, to share this amazing book and to promote a love of reading"

Every Grade One Student in Canada to Take Home Their Own Copy of My Heart Fills With Happiness - Canadian Children's Book Centre Over 550,000 Copies Given Out Through the TD Grade One Book Giveaway Text includes Plains Cree and Select Copies in Braille FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Toronto (August 26, 2019) – The start of the new school year marks the beginning of this year’s TD Grade One Book Giveaway, with over 550,000 copies ...

"Vote for your favourite book to enter CBC’s Fan Choice Contest to win: a visit by one of the finalist creators to your school, copies of that creator's book for all of the students in your class, a $2,000 donation to your school library and $500 spending money."

CBC Fan Choice Contest page This is the contest page, where audiences can enter

"A library book 32 years overdue has been returned anonymously with a handwritten apology that the borrower is not a “scoundrel.”"

Overdue library book returned 32 years late with handwritten apology A library book 32 years overdue has been returned anonymously with a handwritten apology that the borrower is not a “scoundrel.”

"Spring has sprung and our brains are filled with two of our favorite things: flowers and books."

Bookishly Blooming: 10 Floral Gifts for Bookworms | Bookish Whether you need a birthday present, a gift for a grad, something special for a bridal shower, or a sweet treat just for you, we’ve pulled together ten floral gifts for your favorite bookworm.

"The Saskatchewan and Canadian governments are committing over $2 million to literacy initiatives across the province for children aged six and under."

Sask. and Canadian governments invest $2M into literacy initiatives Funding for over $2 million in literacy initiatives in the province is being provided through the Canada-Saskatchewan Early Learning and Child Care Agreement.