Children's Books and Illustrations

From beautiful picture books to challenging novels for young adults, come celebrate the best in Canadian kid-lit.

Join Luminato and the Toronto Public Library for a free series celebrating children's books at library branches across the city. Before and after each event there will be programs from maskmaking to illustration workshops which will bring the books to life!

Meet Jeremy Tankard, with his new book Boo Hoo Bird, and Marie-Louise Gay, illustrator of Please, Louise! and the Stella series. Learn why ants don't wear shoes from Musharraf Ali Farooqi, catch toothbrush artist Robin Muller (The Nightwood) and, for the first time in Toronto, meet B.C.'s Hiromi Goto, author of the young adult novel Half World.

Plus, all Festival long, pop into the Lillian H. Smith branch to see Robin Muller's original illustrations.

Meet the artists at a panel discussion. See Illuminations on the right side of this page.

For a full list of family and school workshops with authors, click here. 

Marie-Louise Gay
Flemingdon Park | Friday, June 5, 1:30 - 2:30 PM
Registration begins in branch or by calling 416-395-5820 on Tuesday June 2
Recommended ages 3-12.

Jeremy Tankard
S. Walter Stewart Branch | Saturday, June 6, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Registration begins in branch or by calling 416-396-3975 on Tuesday June 2
Pre-school audience.

Marie-Louise Gay
North York Central | Saturday, June 6, 2:00 - 2:30 PM
Free tickets available, ½ hour prior to performance, in the Children's Department at North York Central Library
Recommended ages 3-12.

Shoe Decorating Workshop
Dufferin/St. Clair Branch | Saturday June 6, 2:00 - 3:00 PM
Registration begins in branch or by calling 416-393-7712 on Tuesday June 2
Recommended ages 7 and up.

Marthe Jocelyn
Northern District Branch | Sunday, June 7, 2:00 - 3:00 PM
Registration begins in branch or by calling 416-393-7610 on Tuesday June 2
Pre-school audience.

Medieval Music--Soundstreams
Northern District Branch | Sunday June 7, 3:30 - 4:30 PM
Free tickets available in branch 1/2 hour prior to the performance

Hiromi Goto
Parkdale Branch | Tuesday, June 9, 4:00 - 6:00 PM
Registration begins in branch or by calling 416-393-7686 on Tuesday June 2
Young adults and teens.

Medieval Storytelling with Kathleen McDonnell and Soundstreams
Runnymede Branch | Tuesday June 9, 6:30-7:30
Registration begins in branch or by calling 416-393-7697 on Tuesday June 2

Robin Muller
Lillian H. Smith Branch | Wednesday, June 10, 1:30 PM (reading)
Recommended ages 7 and up.
Registration begins in branch or by calling 416-393-7746 on Tuesday June 2

Andrew Larsen and Irene Luxbacher
Presented in association with TINARS for Tots.
High Park Branch | Wednesday, June 10, 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Registration begins in branch or by calling 416-393-7671 on Tuesday June 2
Recommended ages 3-12.

Hiromi Goto
Centennial Branch | Thursday June 11, 4:30 - 6:30 PM
Registration begins in branch or by calling 416-395-5490 on Tuesday June 2

Robin Muller - Theatrical Production of "The Nightwood"
Lillian H. Smith Branch | Friday June 12, 7:00 PM
Free tickets available in branch on Thursday June 4

Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Dufferin-St.Clair Branch | Saturday, June 13, 2:00 - 3:00 PM (author visit)
Registration begins in branch or by calling 416-393-7712 on Tuesday June 2

Six String Nation
Agincourt Branch | Saturday June 13, 2:00 - 3:00 PM
Free tickets available, ½ hour prior to performance, at the Children's Information Desk at Agincourt