The theme for the 2011 TD Summer Reading Club is Splash! Celebrate Summer.

Illustrator

This summer children will be delighted to receive a poster illustrated by award winning artist Kim LaFave. As someone who lives next to the ocean, loves boats and is an enthusiastic sailor, Kim is the perfect choice to create artwork for the water based Splash! theme.
Examples of Kim’s award winning illustrations can be found in Amos’s Sweater, Big Ben, Shi-shi-etko and Shin-chi’s Canoe. The recently published Fishing with Gubby, Becca at Sea and previously, We’ll All Go Sailing demonstrate Kim’s interest in water related themes.
Kim’s illustrations and books have received many prestigious honours that include the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award in 2009 for Shin-chi’s Canoe by Nicola I. Campbell and the Governor General’s Literary Award for children’s illustration in 1988 for Amos’s Sweater by Janet Lunn.
Read more about Kim, his artwork style and books in a biography in the Staff Manual and in an interview on the Kids National web site when these become available in June.

More information will be forthcoming.

2011 Children’s Storyteller and Performer Tour
If you are a storyteller or performer and would be interested in being part of the 2011 TD Summer Reading Club in Saskatchewan, please check out the information and send in your application!
Invitation Letter

Performer Application

TD Summer Reading Club National Website
TD Summer Reading Club Kids Website - goes live in June each year

We appreciate our sponsors and partners:

Thank you to the TD Bank Financial Group for providing financial support in program development, production and distribution of material, as well as coordination and a promotional campaign which includes newspaper ads, in-brand advertisement in every TD Canada Trust and far-reaching public relations strategy.

Thank you to Library and Archives Canada for the national coordination and distribution, as well as the consultation, evaluation and promotion of the program.

We appreciate the assistance of SaskTel in presenting the Children’s Performer Tours.

Children’s storytellers and performers visit various communities throughout the province, presenting two shows per day for up to 50 performing days. The performers usually stage shows in a library setting to which children and their families are invited.

Each summer, the Saskatchewan Weekly Newspapers Association partners with the Saskatchewan Library Association to encourage children to become involved in the Summer Reading Club. Each week throughout July and August (for a total of 8 weeks) 84 member newspapers across Saskatchewan places puzzles and contest entry forms in their papers to promote the Summer Reading Club and encourage children to visit their local library. Prizes are awarded at the end of September. Over 1,000 entries are received on a yearly basis. An estimated space provided is valued at over $110,000 with circulation of over 289,000 and a readership of over 500,000.

Regional and Municipal Libraries

Each of Saskatchewan’s Municipal and Regional Libraries partner with the Saskatchewan Library Association to implement the TD Summer Reading Club and arrange Children’s Storyteller and Performer tours by providing staff time and expenses to organize the details of the program.