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The Silver Birch Award
and Kids
Who Rule!
Kids Who Rule was nominated for a 2008 Silver Birch Award. This is a book award where the kids decide who wins. Although Charis didn’t win the big prize, she and the Queen had a wonderful time going to parties, eating pizza and teaching kids how to curtsey.
To learn more about the award, click link below.
July, 2008
Charis and the Queen in Newfoundland
Charis and HRH will be appearing at the following libraries
to do their presentation about Kids Who Rule:
July 15:
Mount Pearl Public Library, Mount Pearl, 3 p.m.
July 16:
A.C. Hunter Library, St. John’s, 2 p.m.
Here the Queen demonstrates proper bowing technique, and happy Silver Birchers learn to curtsey.
Come on down and learn the correct way to greet a monarch AND exactly how many dozen pairs of underwear King Tut needed for the Afterlife.
April, 2008
Hackmatack! Hackmatack! Hackmatack!
Exciting news! Kids Who Rule has been nominated for the 2009 Hackmatack Award! Like the Silver Birch, this is a students' choice contest and reading program, and it takes place in the Atlantic Provinces. Eager readers in New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland will be reading about all those pint-sized kings and queens. Hooray! (says Charis) Nominations are fun!
School Visits in Newfoundland
Charis and the Queen are very excited to report that they will be making some guest appearances in several schools in Newfoundland in September 2008. Watch here for more details!
Winter/Spring 2008
Since Christmas, Charis and the Queen have taken their presentation based on Kids Who Rule to schools in Southern Ontario. They have been meeting lots of eager Silver Birch readers and entertaining them with curtsey lessons and “Rule Your School” – the quiz game.
School visits in Spring 2008
Holy Name Catholic School, Toronto
Diefenbaker Public School, Toronto
Blessed John XXIII Catholic School, Toronto
Bellwood Public School, Whitby
Holy Name Catholic School, Toronto
St. Mildred’s Lightbourn School, Oakville
District School Board of Niagara Silver Birch Celebration
at Brock University, St. Catherines
The Queen meets her royal friends
from the District School Board of Niagara in St. Catherines
Schools visited since January 2008
Frankland Community School, Toronto
Garden Avenue Public School, Toronto
Mother Teresa Catholic School, Ajax
Cottingham Public School, Toronto
St. Edward’s Catholic School, Willowdale
January, 2008
Hang on! This could be scary!
What’s Charis cooking up next? An illustrated book about ghosts around the world. Spooky, funny and sometimes downright terrifying, it seems that ghosts are just about everywhere. Watch for A World Full of Ghosts, coming in 2009.