Word Vancouver

Join us for a day of author visits, storytelling, & family activities!
 

Family Storytelling Event
10:30-11:15am  |  All ages
Join Surrey Libraries staff for an exciting storytelling event for the whole family.

What We Give One Another
11:30am-12:30pm  |  Ages 4-8
Join us for readings by authors Joseph Dandurand and Mahtab Narsimhan. These books feature illustrations of children and their relationship to nature. The stories teach us the value of giving and sharing.

Storytelling for All Ages
12:45-1:45pm  |  All ages
Join us with your family, friends, and loved ones — sit back and listen to stories for all ages.

Stitch by Stitch
2:00-3:00pm  |  Ages 4-8
Join us for a reading of "The Secret Pocket" by author Peggy Janicki. This book is based on the author’s mother’s experience at residential school. It is a story of survival and resilience in the face of genocide and cruelty. It is a story of quiet resistance to the injustice of residential schools that tells of the sewing skills passed down through generations of Indigenous women that gave these girls a future, stitch by stitch.

Gifts of Knowing
3:15-4:15pm  |  Ages 11-15
Join author Eldon Yellowhorn as he explains the world around us in Indigenous terms.

Presented in partnership with Word Vancouver.