2/24/2020 February Newsletter https://ola.informz.ca/informzdataservice/onlineversion/pub/bWFpbGluZ0luc3RhbmNlSWQ9NjQzOTU5 3/4 Tickets for the Festival of Trees™ on Sale NOW! SELLING FAST.... About the Festival: The Festival is Canada's largest literary event for young readers and is continuing to grow. More than 10,000 people attend this event in Toronto, which is co-presented by IFOA, at Harbourfront Centre. The satellite Festivals are attended by thousands more. In addition to the award presentations featuring the nominated authors/illustrators, the days are packed with fun and engaging activities, including workshops put on by the authors/illustrators themselves. Confirmed Festivals to Date: Visit the Festival of Trees website for more information and to purchase tickets. Festival dates TicketsAvailable Ticket Price London, Western Fair District (May 13) Silver Birch, Red Maple NOW $11 Toronto, Harbourfront Centre (May 17, 18) All school-aged programs NOW May 17 & 18 $15.50 French Festival, Harbourfront Centre (May 19, Toronto) Le Prix Tamarac, Tamarac Express, Peuplier NOW $15.50 Sault Ste. Marie, Essar Centre (May 27) Blue Spruce, Silver Birch NOW $11 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. 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 giveaways 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 http://forestfestivaloftrees.ca/ https://secure.e-registernow.com/cgi-bin/mkpayment.cgi?state=2070 http://ifoa.org/events/forest-of-reading-festival-of-trees-day-1 http://ifoa.org/events/forest-of-reading-festival-of-trees-day-2 http://ifoa.org/events/forest-of-reading-festival-of-trees-day-3 http://www.essarcentre.ca/events.aspx?ID=780 http://www.accessola.org/web/OLAWEB/Forest_of_Reading/Donations.aspx http://forestfestivaloftrees.ca/donate-today/ https://www.facebook.com/accessola http://twitter.com/#!/onlibraryassoc