Young Reader Choice Awards Across Canada & BC's Two Programs: Red Cedar & Chocolate Lily, 2018-19

Young Reader Choice awards across Canada aim to have students choose their favourite literary young adult titles rather than adults. 


BC's program is called Red Cedar and an includes fiction and nonfiction categories; Click here for FICTION reading age levels, summaries, and critical reviews from the Novelist database and the Okanagan Regional Library (ORL).

Another Young Reader Choice Award for just BC writers is the Chocolate Lily Award & includes categories for chapter books/early novels (grades 2-4), novels (grades 4-7) and picture books.


Manitoba's is the Manitoba Young Reader's Choice Award (MYRCA)



Ontario's is called the Forest of Reading & includes three French categories: La Foret de la Lecture, Prix Peuplier, Prix Tamarac = Tamarac Express et Tamarac


The Pacific Northwest Library Association is a binational association and includes the areas of BC, Alberta, Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington and beyond. 

Scholastic Book Fair, 2018, Two Days Left!

Alrighty we've thus far grossed $2360.75.  I'm not sure if we'll break over $4000 like some previous years, but we're still doing great and I, Ms. Murrells-Allaway, will be able to buy hundreds of dollars of scrumptions books for our beloved & heavily frequented Bastion Library.

Check out some of the Scholastic book trailers - yum.

AND tomorrow is Wacky Wednesday, & our theme is Scholastic Book Fair's - Enchanted Forest!  In fact, Robin Hood is visiting our Bastion book fair tomorrow!

Two days left to get your fav book(s).  See you at the fair ...

Book fair closes at 3pm Thu., Dec. 6th, 2018.  More adult and youth pack-up volunteers would be lovely. 

Scholastic Book Fair at Bastion Elementary this week: Mon-Thu

The Scholastic English Book Fair starts tomorrow!

Four Day Book Fair Hours:
7:45-8am Mon-Thur
Little recess Mon-Thu
Big Recess Mon-Thu
Mon, Tue 2:05-4pm
Wed, Thu 2:05-3pm
Thu Pack & clean up 3-4:30pm
Sales will occur during class time too for both students, staff, and parents

Ms. Murrells-Allaway is still in need of adult cashiers and Thu., 3pm clean up & pack up helpers.  Please email her at smurrell@sd83.bc.ca

See here for the volunteer schedule (view only doc)