Malaika’s Costume with Nadia L. Hohn & Irene Luxbacher

Nadia L. Hohn and Irene Luxbacher

Malaika’s Costume with Nadia L. Hohn & Irene Luxbacher

Nadia L. Hohn and Irene Luxbacher

1:30pm

Thursday, October 28

Malaika’s Costume, the title selected for the 2021 TD Grade One Book Giveaway, will be distributed this fall to Grade One children all across Canada. Join us for a sumptuous celebration of Carnival as we hear from author Nadia L. Hohn about young Malaika, and follow along with illustrator Irene Luxbacher as she shows us how to design our own Carnival costumes. Then, get ready to join Grade One students from across Canada for a colourful dance party that celebrates family, community and the Caribbean diaspora.

Recommended for ages 4 and up.

English captioning is available for this video. Please click the ‘CC’ button in the video toolbar to turn it on.

This event is in partnership with the Canadian Children’s Book Centre, a national, not‐for‐profit organization dedicated to encouraging, promoting and supporting the reading, writing and illustrating of Canadian books for young readers. For more information, visit bookcentre.ca.

TIFA Kids is generously supported by Gail and Mark Appel.

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Malaika’s Costume, the title selected for the 2021 TD Grade One Book Giveaway, will be distributed this fall to Grade One children all across Canada. Join us for a sumptuous celebration of Carnival as we hear from author Nadia L. Hohn about young Malaika, and follow along with illustrator Irene Luxbacher as she shows us how to design our own Carnival costumes. Then, get ready to join Grade One students from across Canada for a colourful dance party that celebrates family, community and the Caribbean diaspora.

Recommended for ages 4 and up.

English captioning is available for this video. Please click the ‘CC’ button in the video toolbar to turn it on.

This event is in partnership with the Canadian Children’s Book Centre, a national, not‐for‐profit organization dedicated to encouraging, promoting and supporting the reading, writing and illustrating of Canadian books for young readers. For more information, visit bookcentre.ca.

TIFA Kids is generously supported by Gail and Mark Appel.

TIFA LogoCanadian Children’s Book Centre Awards

Conversation
Reading

Featured Authors

Nadia L. Hohn
Nadia L. Hohn is an award-winning writer and educator. Her picture books include, Malaika’s Costume, Malaika’s Winter Carnival and Malaika’s Surprise; A Likkle Miss Lou: How Jamaican Poet Louise Bennett Coverley Found Her Voice, illustrated by Eugenie Fernandes; Harriet Tubman: Freedom Fighter, illustrated by Gustavo Mazali; and two titles in the Sankofa series — Music and Media. Nadia’s writing is inspired by her childhood memories, Jamaican heritage, Black culture, world travels and social issues. She lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Read more about Nadia L. Hohn

Irene Luxbacher
Irene Luxbacher is an artist and author living in Toronto, Ontario, who has received many awards for her work. She has written and illustrated Deep Underwater, an Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Award finalist, and Mr. Frank, which was selected as a USBBY Outstanding International Book. Her illustrations for the Malaika series by Nadia L. Hohn have been highly acclaimed, and her illustrations for The Imaginary Garden by Andrew Larsen were shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award.

Read more about Irene Luxbacher

1:30pm

Thursday, October 28

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