Red Cedar Book Award

British Columbia's Young Readers' Choice Award

Tag: Animals

  • École South Sahali interviews Gabrielle Prendergast, Author of Pandas on the Eastside

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      How did you come up with your characters? Usually I start with a situation or a premise and I slot in a character who is very much like me to start with. As I write I kind of carve away my own personality and carve in a new personality if that makes sense. Sometimes…

  • Animal Hospital: Rescuing Urban Wildlife

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    ​Julia Coey’s Animal Hospital: Rescuing Urban Wildlife covers the easily overlooked world of wildlife rehabilitation efforts around the world.  Coey focuses on city animals such as birds, squirrels, raccoons, and skunks that have been injured or orphaned, often because of human interference. Unlike zoos or wildlife sanctuaries that are long-term animal homes, the goal of…

  • Animal Hospital: Rescuing Urban Wildlife

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    ​Julia Coey’s Animal Hospital: Rescuing Urban Wildlife covers the easily overlooked world of wildlife rehabilitation efforts around the world.  Coey focuses on city animals such as birds, squirrels, raccoons, and skunks that have been injured or orphaned, often because of human interference. Unlike zoos or wildlife sanctuaries that are long-term animal homes, the goal of…

  • Manoah Steves Elementary Interviews Tanya Lloyd Kyi

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    We are super excited that Tanya Lloyd Kyi, author of the fascinating book DNA Detective, will be at the Red Cedar Gala at Vancouver Public Library on May 6. Ahead of her appearance, students from Manoah Steves Elementary interviewed her and asked her some thought-provoking questions. MSE: Did you know any of these facts before?…

  • Our first book trailer! And it’s for…

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    …Kenneth Oppel’s The Nest!  Eden Forbes of Victoria West Elementary created this fantastically creepy trailer. Many thanks to Rachel Speller, Victoria West’s teacher-librarian for sending it our way. We’d love to see your book trailer too!  Want tips on how to create your own?  Check out our handy dandy how to guide. -Patricia

  • Eco Warrior

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    Eco Warrior by Philip Roy Eco Warrior is a wonderful tale about a sixteen year old boy named Alfred that pulls you in right away and keeps you reading from page one to the end. Alfred is traveling to Australia in a homemade submarine with his pet seagull and dog to learn how to be an…