Word Vancouver - 2016 Program Guide
Word Vancouver is Western Canada's largest celebration of literacy and reading. The festival takes place during the last week of September: September 21–25, 2016.
Word Vancouver is Western Canada's largest celebration of literacy and reading. The festival takes place during the last week of September: September 21–25, 2016.
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Sunday, September 25 | Robson Street<br />
Imagination Island<br />
Fun, interactive family activities all day long.<br />
ALL DAY<br />
Christianne’s Lyceum<br />
Join the staff and volunteers of<br />
Christianne’s Lyceum (<strong>Vancouver</strong>’s amazing community-based<br />
literature and art centre) to enjoy some word activities for the<br />
entire family. Help us dress the trees around the library in<br />
beautiful words, hunt for word treasure to turn into a sparkling<br />
poem, or write a fortune to add to our amazing (and incredibly<br />
accurate) fortune-telling machine. Making the world more<br />
beautiful, dazzling onlookers, predicting the future—words are<br />
basically superheroes, aren’t they?<br />
ALL DAY CWILL BC and Reading Lights Literary Art Making<br />
Read! Listen! Create! Explore! Compose a frameable, inspiring<br />
piece of literary art celebrating your adventures at <strong>Word</strong> <strong>Vancouver</strong><br />
with CWILL BC members and Reading Lights contributors. CWILL BC is a<br />
cooperative organization of BC children’s writers and illustrators. CWILL<br />
authors and illustrators have won nearly every North American award for children’s<br />
literature, including the: Governor General’s Award, Chocolate Lily Awards, and<br />
Red Cedar Awards. Reading Lights is a collaboration of <strong>Vancouver</strong> Public Library<br />
and CWILL BC. It celebrates BC children’s authors and illustrators and offers<br />
encounters with stories for children and their families near parks, playgrounds,<br />
schools, and libraries throughout <strong>Vancouver</strong>.<br />
ALL DAY<br />
ALL DAY<br />
ALL DAY<br />
Decoda Literacy Solutions<br />
You are encouraged to visit the Decoda Literacy<br />
Solutions table to try fun activities that engage children<br />
and parents while they learn together. Parents are the most<br />
important influence on the development of children’s literacy.<br />
There will also be a “literacy purple” socks fundraiser at the<br />
table. Decoda Literacy is the only province-wide literacy<br />
organization in British Columbia. For more information, visit<br />
www.decoda.ca.<br />
Downtown <strong>Vancouver</strong> Business Improvement<br />
Association<br />
Join the Downtown Ambassadors in the Downtown <strong>Vancouver</strong><br />
Business Improvement Association tent! There will be a<br />
photo wall you can take selfies at and a bubble station for<br />
kids to blow bubbles. The ambassadors will also be happy to<br />
provide general information and recommendations to festival<br />
attendees.<br />
FortisBC Street Team<br />
You’ll find fun when you find the FortisBC Street<br />
Team! They travel all over the province teaching kids to be<br />
safe around natural gas and, of course, conserve it. At <strong>Word</strong><br />
<strong>Vancouver</strong>, you can play a game and find out awesome tips<br />
about energy. You’ll even get your own activity book to take<br />
home and read so you can practise fun, energy-saving tips<br />
with your family. Ever wonder what makes the water for your<br />
showers and baths hot and your rooms cozy and warm in<br />
winter? It’s natural gas from FortisBC. Every day, we deliver it<br />
safely and reliably to homes across BC, and our Street Team<br />
can help you use it more efficiently.<br />
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