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DAY 1 RESULTS: Skywalk defeats Mile Zero sign Chemainus Murals defeat World's Largest Burl Cathedral Grove CRUSHES Forest Discovery Centre 90-10% Goats on the Roof defeat Horne Lake Caves A Cathedral Grove vs. Goats on the Roof Island final seems likely in two weeks Tomorrow: the Battle of Hope!

This is next week! If you haven't signed up for the three day virtual conference, you still can.

IT'S BRACKET TIME The Search for B.C.'s Best Roadside Attraction is underway! 32 goats and waterfalls and giant trucks and gold pans and giant log men! A bracket I have definitely never done before! VOTE NOW AND EVERY DAY www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Search for B.C.'s best roadside attraction: Round 1, Vancouver Island | CBC NewsFrom more than 300 nominations, we're asking you to pick between 32 finalists in this month-long competition to determine the best of this province's roadside attractions.www.cbc.ca

🟠 #InternationalDotDay is coming — our favorite day of the year! 🎉 We're partnering with the @intldotday.bsky.social team on TWO new programs to help you celebrate! Free sign-up + Educator Handbook 👉 https://www.internationaldotday.org @peterhreynolds.bsky.social

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All those celebrating DOT DAY- there’s a brand new show done by the fabulous folks at KidLitTV! @intldotday.bsky.social

Together - it gets better.

Details of celebration of life for Mike

This thread is updated. "What can I do to let people know what's happening with book censorship?" "How can I change the tide of book censorship?" "What's happening with book censorship." I've got over 5 years of posts on this. I've threaded here a selection of crucial ones answering those ?s.

Last year, I asked my sister to sub for a few weeks while I found teacher.😅 She stayed, graduated her first kids, and now she’s starting her first full year! I couldn’t be more honored and more proud of Ms. Wells. Please help our kids and share her list if you can! www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

Check out my list on Amazonwww.amazon.com

A massive thread of resources, history, information, and material to help you not only fight and understand book censorship but protect the incredible democratic institutions of public libraries and public education. This is updated regularly!

SCBWI announces the winners and honour books of the 2025 Crystal Kite Awards https://kidsbooknews.ca/blogs/news/scbwi-announces-the-winners-and-honour-books-of-the-2025-crystal-kite-awards

More than a dozen Canadian creators were nominated for the annual Eisner Awards, with Mariko Tamaki and Eric Zawadski among the winners https://bit.ly/4xb4ers

Sad news ... Grouse Mountain's resident Grizzly bear Grinder died today. After he was diagnosed with a spinal condition that impacted his back legs, he was euthanized. He was 25 years old.

There’s a century’s worth of science behind these simple signs that denote different fire danger levels. And the fire risk they communicate affects how people live and work in B.C. thetyee.ca/News/2026/07...

The Science Behind BC’s Fire Danger Ratings | The Tyee‘Extreme’ isn’t just a vibe. How decades of research help inform the public and set rules for workers.thetyee.ca

Mariko Tamaki a double winner at the 2026 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards https://kidsbooknews.ca/blogs/news/mariko-tamaki-a-double-winner-at-the-2026-will-eisner-comic-industry-awards

We are pleased to host a giveaway of the picture book, THE PUFFIN WHO WHISPERED by @marciastrykowski.bsky.social illustrated by Roth Hercka (Lawley Publishing) To enter, L + RP and confirm your entry in our Friday weekly: kidlit411.com/2026/07/the-... (+ more ways to win)

Our weekly big list of kid lit links is up (July 31): kidlit411.com/2026/07/the-... Inside: @pbrisingstars.bsky.social sign up, Iterative Drafting, Novels in Verse, more. Thanks Kent Cullota for the illustration, @marciastrykowski.bsky.social & @nikkibergstresser.bsky.social for the PB giveaways.

The Weekly 411 (7/31/26)A one-stop place for all your kid lit information needs.kidlit411.com

We are pleased to host a giveaway of the picture book, GANDER, THE TOWN THAT WELCOMED THE WORLD by @nikkibergstresser.bsky.social illustrated by @reillyfitzgerald.bsky.social (Plumleaf Press) To enter, L + RP and confirm your entry in our Friday weekly: kidlit411.com/2026/07/the-...

Thank you to all who have shared your condolences about Mike's passing - it is overwhelming. There will be a celebration of life for Mike on August 9 at Dogwood Pavilion in Coquitlam - and a livestream to ensure all who were touched by him may come should they wish. More details later. Sylvia

Angeline Boulley, Linda Sue Park and I reflect on "Little House on the Prairie" on Netflix for PW: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/... #BookSky #KidLit

Authors Weigh In on Wilder’s ‘Little House’—Then and NowIn light of the new Netflix series based on Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie books, PW spoke with a trio of children’s authors—Angeline Boulley, Linda Sue Park, and Cynthia Leitich S...www.publishersweekly.com