May 10 – June 9, 2024

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Book Reading of ‘I Love You More’

Barbara Reid (Ontario)

Book Reading of Emil Sher & Barbara Reid’s I Love You More

I Love You More, written by Emil Sher and illustrated by Barbara Reid, is a gorgeous, playful story that opens up infinite possibilities for saying “I love you” that carry on long after closing the book. Barbara & Emil will share with the audience the stories’ affirming sentiment as well as some activities.

I Love You More is for 2.5+ year olds, with a 45 minute duration.

Published by Scholastic.

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About Barbara Reid

Barbara Reid is the author and illustrator of more than a dozen picture books, and the illustrator of over twenty five.

Barbara’s illustrations are made by spreading and modelling plasticine to create relief images.

Awards for Barbara’s book include: the Ezra Jack Keats Award, the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People, The Governor General’s Award for Illustration, and the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award. Some of Barbara’s books have been selected for the IBBY International Honour List, Sydney Taylor Notable Books, the Toronto Public Library’s First and Best List and the Ontario Library Association Best Bets.

Literacy programs have distributed Read Me a Book across Canada. Gifts, written by Jo Ellen Bogart, was a TD Grade One Book Giveaway Program selection, distributed to 250 thousand first grade students. Baby’s First Treasury is a collection of my favourite board books. Companion books Picture a Tree and Picture the Sky were finalists for the Governor General’s Award and the TD Children’s Literature Award. In 2013, Barbara was honoured to become a member of the Order of Canada and is the Honorary Chair of ABC Life Literacy Canada’s Family Literacy Day.

Barbara’s books have been published in Canada, The USA, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Holland, Finland, Norway, China, Denmark, Germany, Brazil, Korea, Russia and Thailand and translated into at least nine languages.

 

Visit the Barbara Reid website

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