Hello Red Cedar, Like all of you, we’ve had to switch some stuff up this year because of things far beyond our control. Because we know that some of your Groups and classes will be working from very different spaces – hopefully spaces that look and feel a lot more like home – we will…

Hey Red Cedar! Author Interviews are happening once again! If you and your group would like to participate with some of the authors of the Red Cedar awards, you should let us know! We will try our absolute best to set up and interview with your group and an author. To apply to do this…

Hey Red Cedar! You can now post your reviews of the books you’re reading for the awards! To post a review, go to either the Fiction or the Information lists, click on the book cover you want to review, and fill out the review form at the bottom of the book description! It may take…

Hello Red Cedar! Our website has been in need of a massive update for a long, long while now. We know it, you know it, and we know you know it. Over the next few months, things will be changing and updating on this site, and we greatly appreciate your feedback and patience with all…

Congratulations to the Prince George School District, on holding another very successful Battle of the Books! It looks so fun – great job everyone! See the article here Maybe next year other school districts can hold their own battles….

Did your group conduct an author interview this reading season? Send the transcript to redcedaraward@gmail.com and we will put it on our news blog!  

Abbotsord Christian interviews Top Dogs author Elizabeth MacLeod: What inspired you to write this book? I knew there were lots of great stories about dogs in history and dogs who have shown incredible bravery during war time. I wanted to share these tales with kids. I’d just written a similar book about horses (called Galloping…

Voting will be open from May 6-17 this year! Don’t forget to download your voting tallies at the Group Leader Resource site https://www.redcedaraward.ca/group-leaders-resources/ Who will win? Not long now before we find out!

For Red Cedar Leaders! A message from Sigmund Brouwer: The presentation, Vimy Ridge Today, tells the story of how Canadians succeeded (without any spoilers for the students reading the book!). Along the way, I encourage students to use story as foundation in their own expository writing. I also celebrate the ways that teachers in the…

Interview with Charis Cotter, author of The Painting, Elizabeth Rayner, Elementary Teacher-Librarian, and students from Brentwood Elementary School (SD63) A great many of us had the opportunity to read “The Painting”, but as you can see there are quite a few of us. For those of us who haven’t had the chance to yet, can…