CBC Arts: Canada gets new children's book prize
The former CEO of TD Bank Financial Group is launching a new $10,000 children's book award.
Marilyn and Charles Baillie have announced a new children's literature prize for Canada. (Photo courtesy Art Gallery of Ontario)
Charles Baillie announced Tuesday that he's funding the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award to be given out each year, beginning in November.
globeandmail.com : The author's response
Deborah Ellis said that when she heard people were concerned that her book, Three Wishes, was promoting suicide bombings, she was beyond shocked -- she was upset. "God, the whole notion that I would encourage children to do this to themselves is incredibly offensive," the award-winning writer of children's books and long-time peace activist from Simcoe, Ont., told The Globe and Mail in a telephone interview from her Shelbyville hotel room... ...
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