McNally Robinson Booksellers - Saskatoon has picked the winners of their Mysterious Happenings Mystery Writing Contest and the Winners are:

First: "Frostbite and the Mystery of the Missing Painting" by Hailey Weber of St. Matthew School

Second: "Emma Undercover" by Jessica Lemke of Holliston School.

Third: "The Mysterious Note" by Sarah Kiesman of St. Matthew School

Honorable Mentions Go To:

"The Handkerchief Hacker" by Hope Charney of St. Luke School and

"Family Matters by Paris Houlden of Holliston School.

All of the winners will be awarded their prizes at McNally Robinson on Wednesday, April 20 at 7:00 pm in the Art Alcove. Some of the winners will also be reading their entries!

Stop by the Circle of Trees Upstairs at McNally Robinson in Saskatoon every Tuesday and Friday morning at 10:30 am for Story Time.

November Themes are:

Bears, Bears, Bears on November 19

Under the Sea on November 23

Colourful Tales on November 26

Doggy Tales on November 30

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Congratulations are due for Saskatoon's Arthur Slade. On November 9, The Hunchback Assignments won the 2010 TD Canada Children's Literature Award, the children's literature equivalent of winning the Giller Prize.

Arthur Slade's steampunk thriller was selected from a stellar field of Canadian Children's Literature including Janet McNaughton's Dragon Seer, Sharon Jennings's Home Free, William Gilkerson's A Thousand Years of Pirates and Nancy Hartry's Watching Jimmy.

Arthur will be reading from the second book in his Hunchback Assignments Series, The Dark Deeps, at Saskatoon's Young Adult Author Extravaganza on November 25.

Drop by for story time in the Children's Department!

Every Tuesday 10:30 to ll:00 am we have story time for children ages 3 - 5. Join us at the Circle of Trees, where our expert storyteller will treat you to a half hour of fun and imagination. For further information, please ask at the Children's Desk upstairs.