DESTINIES - Winnipeg and Saskatoon Writing Contest Winners

Congratulations to the award-winning authors of this year's Grade 5/6 Writing Contest. Thank you to everyone who entered!

                                   MANITOBA                           SASKATCHEWAN
First Place:                   Alexandra Patterson              Jaqlyn Ai          

Second Place:               Brennan Clayton                  Ivan Brkic

Third Place:                   Lincoln J. Lim                      Katherine Chang

Honourable Mention:   Aira Ambay

A big thank you to our special guest judge, Tui T. Sutherland!

Please join us for our Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, April 27 at 7:00 PM for a chance to hear our authors read aloud their award-winning entries.

Manitoba Book Awards 2016 - Children and Teen's Shortlists

Congratulations to the following nominees for the 2016 Manitoba Book Awards:

Manuela Dias Book Design and Illustration Awards
Children’s Illustrator Category

• Alexia Wants to Fly by Talia Pura, illustrated by Wai Tien
• Fur Is Only Fur Deep by Julia Schettler, illustrated by Sarah Neville
• Misaabe’s Stories: A Story of Honesty by Katherena Vermette, illustrated by Irene Kuziw

McNally Robinson Books for Young People Awards (Younger)

• Alexia Wants to Fly by Talia Pura, illustrated by Wai Tien
• Fur Is Only Fur Deep by Julia Schettler, illustrated by Sarah Neville
• InvisiBill by Maureen Fergus, illustrated by Dušan Petri?i?
• Misaabe’s Stories: A Story of Honesty by Katherena Vermette, illustrated by Irene Kuziw
• Nana and Me by Kathy Knowles, illustrated by Edmund Opare 

McNally Robinson Books for Young People Awards (Older)

• Betty: The Helen Betty Osborne Story by David Alexander Robertson, illustrated by Scott B Henderson
• Broken Stone by Gabriele Goldstone
• Forever Julia by Jodi Carmichael
• Ghost Most Foul by Patti Grayson

Winners of the Manitoba Book Awards will be presented at a gala dinner on April 30th, 2016. If you are interested in attending, tickets can be purchased online.

Grade 5/6 Writing Contest - Destinies

McNally Robinson Booksellers and Scholastic Canada invite Manitoba’s grade 5 and 6 students to enter our annual writing contest. This year the theme is DESTINIES — what will happen, what was meant to be, and how it did (or did not) come to pass. Is the future already written or can it be shaped? If you could change your destiny, would you?

We are excited to announce that this year’s special guest judge is Tui T. Sutherland, author of the New York Times bestselling Wings of Fire series. The winning author receives a $75.00 McNally Robinson gift card and the winner’s school receives a selection of books by Tui T. Sutherland.

Entries will be accepted in-store or via email until 10:00 pm on Thursday March 24, 2016. Winners will be announced on Monday April 18. For more information, click here, or call:
Wpg: 204-475-0492     Sask: 306-955-1477

Celebrating I Love To Read Month with the Blues & Moose

February is I Love To Read Month, and McNally Robinson is proud to be teaming up with the Winnipeg Blues and the Manitoba Moose to celebrate literacy in our schools and community.

Throughout the month, the Winnipeg Blues will be visiting schools across Winnipeg to exercise both the minds and bodies of students with their Read and Run program. Players from the Blues will be reading to classes, answering their questions about hockey, and then leading each class in a run. Each school will also be entered in to a draw to win a donation of books from McNally Robinson for their library.

Meanwhile, the Manitoba Moose will be celebrating with their Stick to Reading initiative. Students and teachers from Winnipeg schools can enter for their chance to win a visit from Moose players, where the players will interact with the students and read to them in their classroom. For more information about how schools can enter, visit the Moose website here.

The Manitoba Moose will also be accepting donations of new or gently used children's books to give to schools and community services. The donations can be dropped off at our Grant Park bookstore, and for each donation you will receive a buy-one-get-one-free voucher for tickets to the Stick To Reading Moose game on March 28th, as well as a ballot for a chance to win a signed Josh Morrisey jersey.

Thank you to the Winnipeg Blues and the Manitoban Moose for taking such a keen interest in supporting literacy and helping to foster a better future for our students. McNally Robinson is eager and proud to sponsor their cause.