You’re invited to CELEBRATE literacy, learning and having fun together. There will be coffee for the adults and breakfast snacks for the kids (thanks to Saanich Peninsula Literacy). There will be books for kids to take home and keep (thanks to the Peninsula 1000 x 5 Book Recycling Society) and some fabulous door prizes. Our very special guest author Lucky Budd and Librarian Virginia entertain from 10:45 – 11:30 am. This event is especially for kids but anyone who enjoys stories, making music together and spreading positivity is WELCOME. Free. No registration required. We hope you can join us!
More about Lucky Budd:
Rob “Lucky” Budd graduated from the University of Victoria in 2005, earning a Master’s Degree in History with a focus on oral history. Between 2000 and 2004 the CBC and the Royal British Columbia Museum entrusted Rob with the preservation and restoration of the “Orchard Collection”, one of the world’s largest oral history collections.
His books have been nominated for more than 30 awards including winning the second prize for the 2015 Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia’s Historical Writing Award, a Moonbeam International Children’s Book Award in 2015, 2018 and 2019. Titles include the West Coast Legends series (Raven Brings the Light, Cloudwalker, Orca Chief and Peace Dancer) and board books like “Hello Humpback,” “Raven Squawk, Orca Squeak” and “A Flock of Gulls, A Chorus of Frogs”.
Check out Lucky’s page on Harbour Publishing and his own website, Memories to Memoirs, to see more of his astounding accomplishments.
