2/24/2020 August Newsletter https://ola.informz.ca/informzdataservice/onlineversion/pub/bWFpbGluZ0luc3RhbmNlSWQ9NDUyNTI2 3/7 New Forest of Reading Registration Fee! Become a part of the incredible Forest of Reading program for one low cost. Register the entire school, public library or family, and pay only one small fee, whether there are 600 participants or only six! *Each school, library branch or location must register individually. The registration fee covers ALL 8 programs, and provides access to everything needed to run a successful and engaging program. Groups have the option to run either 1 or all 8 for the same fee. This offers readers and communities more options and we encourage using more programs. For more information, download the Registration and Pricing brochure. *Note: The Forest of Reading and all of its 8 programs are trademarked or registered and cannot be run under the tree names (i.e. Silver Birch Book Club etc.) without registration. Give the Gift of Reading! Donate to the Festival of Trees! The Festival of Trees occupies a major place of prominence in Canada's literary landscape. The Festival is Canada's largest literary event for young readers and continues to grow each year. In addition to the award presentations, the Festival programs include author/illustrator workshops, games and autographing. Impact of the Festival cultivates a love of reading in children and helps foster life-long readers children get the chance to meet authors/illustrators from their favourite books and participate in educational workshops and fun activities children receive free books, prizes and other give-aways children get to socialize with others and be a part of the largest literary event for kids in the country Your Donation Will... assist with travel expenses to bring First Nations communities to the Festival enrich the programming at the Festival support Festival expansion into rural and at-risk communities ensure nominated authors can attend the Festival and interact with children through author signings and workshops https://accessola.com/forest https://www.accessola.org/Documents/OLA/Forest/Registration/Registration-and-Pricing.pdf https://www.accessola.org/OLAWEB/Forest_of_Reading/Donations.aspx