Book Launch for O'Shae the Octopus!

Totally Cute Art Exhibition!

If you are in Vancouver, check out an exhibition of new works by Sleepless Kao & Lisa Cinar!
May 22 through May 24, 2014
Visual Space (2075 Alberta Street)
More info here!

HOW TO winner of the 2014 Christie Harris BC Book Prize!

YIPPEE! Julie Morstad is the winner of the 2014 Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize!

Find out more here. 

First Nation Communities Read Award!

Yay! Congratulations to Julie Flett and Wild Berries for being nominated for the First Nation Communities Read Award!

More here.

some of the world's most beautiful bookshops!

How beautiful!

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Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Picture Book Award!

Wahoo!! How To by Julie Morstad is the winner of the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Picture Book Award for 2014!

And... Wild Berries by Julie Flett is an honor book! We are so so proud of our authors/illustrators!
As the jury says: "How To is intelligent. It is a book that is raucous and quiet, active and contemplative, child-focused and ageless. It presents a unique perspective on “seeing” things and opens up all sorts of possibilities."

For more about IBBY check here.

BC book prizes shortlist announced!

Yippee! Two of Simply Read's picture books are on the BC book prize shortlist--How To by Julie Morstad and Wild Berries by Julie Flett! Congratulations to them and to all the other nominees!

Cozy Classics Quiz!

Too cute! Here's a quiz done by The Lady Magazine, where you have to guess the Cozy Classic characters! Can you get them all right?

Horn Book review for The Wild Berries

A beautiful review from The Horn Book for Wild Berries by Julie Flett

“The muted earth tones of the watercolor and collage illustrations in browns, grays, and reds perfectly complement the quiet tone of the story, as they offer a sense of the natural world in which Clarence is at home." Thanks, Horn Book!