They can accept board books, picture books, chapter and young adult books. Hope to see you there! 📚🎄. (Pictured here is Dawn sharing a recent donation from @cenovusenergy) . #bookbank #bookownership #calgaryreads #yycreads #yycusedbooks #magicofreading.

✨Calling all gently used children’s books!✨The Book Bank has so many requests for books to go into holiday hampers for children in need—and you can help! 📖💫. Book Bank Donation Day .📖Saturday Dec. 7 .📖Shedpoint (1212 34 Avenue SE (Bay 120), .📖10 am - 1 pm

Gail also enjoys helping shoppers find overlooked books. As long-time committee co-chair Shirly McIntyre prepared to transition out of the role, Gail's experience and love for the book sale made her an obvious choice for leadership. Please join us in welcoming Gail!✨.

Several years ago, Gail became one of the non-fiction super volunteers, and a few years later she became one of the non-fiction leads. She loves non-fiction because of her lifelong curiosity about all the topics you can find there. “It's like a treasure hunt every day.”.

📚💛 Welcome to our new committee co-chair!! . Many of you volunteers will recognize Gail Boehm, who first got involved with Calgary Reads Big Book Sale about 15 years ago. "It was a lot of fun, so I just kept volunteering," says Gail. Several years ago…

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RT @leftunreadAB: ⭐️Coming Soon⭐️The Left Unread Storybooth Series. Too many children right here in Alberta can’t read. Too many children….

📖✨Recipient News!!📖✨ For 20 years, proceeds of the Calgary Reads Big Book Sale have been helping local students become joyful, confident readers. 📚💛. Our sale steward, @rotaryyyc, is excited to announce this year's first recipients!.

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Follow this link for some tips to make family reading a part of your weekly routine:.👶🏽 for birth to age 5.👧🏼 for kindergarten to age 8. We'd love to see and hear about your family reading fun! Share your tips & photos with #ReadingTogetherBBS! 📖🌻.

🌻📖 The end of summer is a great time to make family reading a habit before the busyness of back to school. Pick a day and time, just like family movie night, and get ready for all kinds of reading fun + help your kiddo discover new words & worlds! . #calgaryreads #yycreads

🏕️What a fun way to help keep up reading skills over the summer and enjoy a readaloud in the wild! . @UForLiteracy is hosting a Summer Reading Tent:.Monday, July 22.11 am - 1 pm .Tuxedo Corner Playground . It's free & drop-in!.Learn more:

RT @leftunreadAB: Everyday activities are a great chance to help your grandchild hear new words. Here's a great article from @BBC with tips….