Children's Activity Tent

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• 11:15 - 11:45 AM :: Body Works Series - My Itchy Body and My Healthy Body

  Liza Fromer and Francine Gerstein MD
  Tundra Books - $14.99
  Activity suitability: All ages

  In their Body Works series Liza Fromer and Dr. Francine Gerstein have taken it upon themselves to think up every question a child could have about their body and answer them in an educational and amusing manner. Each title in the series is divided up by topic and focus on giving all the information a child could want to feel safe and secure in their own skin.

  Join Liza Fromer and Dr. Francine Gerstein fora fast-paced Body Works Quiz – and test your knowledge about the human body!

• 12:00 - 12:45 PM :: Counting on Fall

  Lizann Flatt and Ashley Barron
  Owlkids Books - $14.95
  Activity suitability: Ages 5+

  What if animals and plants knew math, just like you? Would leaves fall in patterns? Would whales enter a race? In Counting on Fall, nature comes to life to help children grasp concepts of number sense and numeration. Colorful, cut-paper collage art uniquely evokes the natural world, while two levels of text — one a lyrical story, the other asking children to problem-solve — bring the reader to a full understanding of the math concept being covered.

  Join author Lizann Flatt and illustrator Ashley Barron for some hands-on numbers and paper collage activities inspired by Counting on Fall.

• 1:00 - 1:45 PM :: Checkers and Dot & Checkers and Dot at the Zoo

  J. Torres and J. Lum
  Tundra Books - $8.99
  Activity suitability: Ages 3-7

  Welcome to the wonderfully patterned world of Checkers and Dot, a sweet and striking series of board books with high-contrast, patterned art for developing eyes, simple but memorable rhyming text for reading aloud, and cute-as-a-button characters!

  Join J. Lum and J. Torres for a felt puppet decorating and a hat making activity.

• 2:00 - 2:45 PM :: I'm Bored

  Debbie Ridpath Ohi (illustrator)
  Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers - $19.99
  Activity suitability: Ages 5+

  Just when a little girl thinks she couldn’t possibly be more bored, she stumbles upon a potato who turns the tables on her by declaring that children are boring. But this girl isn’t going to let a vegetable tell her what’s what, so she sets out to show the unimpressed potato all the amazing things kids can do. Too bad the potato is anything but interested….

  Join illustrator Debbie Ridpath Ohi for a fun-filled drawing activity!

• 3:00 - 3:45 PM :: The Pirate Girl's Treasure: An Origami Adventure

  Peyton Leung and Hilary Leung
  Kids Can Press - $18.95
  Activity suitability: Ages 5+

  This book’s got it all: hidden treasure, a spunky pirate heroine and an origami activity at book’s end that lets readers relive the adventure.

  Join the Brothers Leung as they present their new book, The Pirate Girl's Treasure - An Origami Adventure and lead kids through an origami activity.

• 4:00 - 4:45 PM :: An Alligator Pie Party with Dennis Lee!

  Activity suitability: All ages

  Join renowned children’s author Dennis Lee for a reading and celebration of two of his well-loved titles, Alligator Pie and The Ice Cream Store. Step into a book and pose with our bigger-than-life size standee of Alligator Pie and enjoy a colouring activity based on illustrations from theIce Cream Store!

  Dennis Lee is Toronto’s first poet laureate, an Officer of the Order of Canada and the author of timeless children’s collections such as Alligator Pie, Garbage Delight, Jelly Belly, Bubblegum Delicious, and The Ice Cream Store.

• 5:00 - 5:45 PM :: Folk Music Feast for the Small Fry, With Andrew "Too Tall" Queen

  Activity suitability:  All ages 
  Get kids connected with their food through this musical performance! From his latest release, GROW, Andrew Queen performs songs all about food: eating food, growing food, cooking food, and sometimes even being eaten! There are some of his signature fairy tale/folk tale songs, plenty of silly sing-a-longs and even one dedicated to eating local and saving the family farm. This performance will have audience members moving, grooving and building up their appetites for more!