TIFA Kids

Decoration Station

Vikki VanSickle and Miki Sato

TIFA Kids

Decoration Station

Vikki VanSickle and Miki Sato

3:30pm

Sunday, September 24, 2023

Wordlab

60 mins

Make your list and check it twice – there are a lot of things you need to decorate the perfect Christmas tree, like lights, hot chocolate, and, of course … ornaments! Whether you like rainbow lights or popcorn garlands, sparkles or ribbons or jingling bells, this charming yuletide tale is the perfect way to get into the holiday spirit.

Join author Vikki VanSickle & illustrator Miki Sato as they unwrap their new book, How to Decorate a Christmas Tree, featuring festive feline, Taffy the cat, and learn how to make your own Taffy-inspired ornament.

Suitable for ages 3+.

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This event will be followed by a book signing.

Free
Outdoor Event
Reading
TIFA Kids

How to attend

This FREE event requires registration. Pass Holders should register for free events as well.

Make your list and check it twice – there are a lot of things you need to decorate the perfect Christmas tree, like lights, hot chocolate, and, of course … ornaments! Whether you like rainbow lights or popcorn garlands, sparkles or ribbons or jingling bells, this charming yuletide tale is the perfect way to get into the holiday spirit.

Join author Vikki VanSickle & illustrator Miki Sato as they unwrap their new book, How to Decorate a Christmas Tree, featuring festive feline, Taffy the cat, and learn how to make your own Taffy-inspired ornament.

Suitable for ages 3+.

TIFA Kids Logo

This event will be followed by a book signing.

Free
Outdoor Event
Reading
TIFA Kids

Featured Authors

Vikki VanSickle is the author of a number of acclaimed novels for children including P.S. Tell No One, Words That Start With B, Summer Days, Starry Nights, and the 2018 Red Maple award-winning The Winnowing. She has also written the picture books If I Had a Gryphon, Teddy Bear of the Year, and Anonymouse. Vikki started her career as an independent bookseller and spent 12 years working in children's publishing. A devoted member of the Canadian children's book world, she curates and presents regular book segments for CTV Your Morning and balances her writing with her advocacy work in menstrual equity.

Read more about Vikki VanSickle

Miki Sato is a Japanese-Canadian illustrator who uses a variety of different papers and fabrics to create layered, three-dimensional illustrations. Born and raised in Ottawa, she currently resides in Toronto, where she attended the Ontario College of Art and Design to study illustration.

Read more about Miki Sato

3:30pm

Sunday, September 24

Wordlab

60 mins

How to attend

This FREE event requires registration. Pass Holders should register for free events as well.

What to read

How to Decorate a Christmas Tree by ,
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