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27sep2:00 pm2:45 pm2:00 pm - 2:45 pm Bookmark Happiness! With Elizabeth MacLeod

Event Details

What makes you happy? Join the author of Choose Happy and Be Kind, Elizabeth MacLeod, for a bookmark craft activity that highlights the things we can do to be happier and kinder to ourselves and others. Decorate your bookmark with helpful affirmations, kind reminders and things that make you smile. Happiness, kindness, empathy and hope can change us and the world!

Speakers for this event

  • Elizabeth MacLeod

    Elizabeth MacLeod

    Elizabeth MacLeod is a nosy children’s non-fiction writer who loves researching and discovering amazing facts, then sharing the information and secrets she uncovers with readers. Dinosaurs, royal murder, horses that changed history, forensic science — Liz has written about them all. She’s authored more than 80 books for kids and was named to the Order of Canada in 2025. Liz has won many awards for her writing, including the Sharon Fitzhenry Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction and Children’s Choice awards across Canada. Some of her most recent books include Choose Happy, Be Kind and Meet Frederick Banting. Liz lives in Toronto.

Books

Be Kind: It Can Change Everything

“Kindness is needed in the world today more than ever. Share this book with everyone and see how it can change things in all the best possible ways.”—School Library Journal (SLJ), starred review

There are lots of ways to be kind, like helping your family when they need a hand or splitting your last cookie with a friend. But why does kindness feel so good? And what exactly is it?

Be Kind: It Can Change Everything looks at how kindness can improve our health, self-esteem, relationships and more. Dive into the history and science of kindness and how it affects your brain, boosts happiness and can even inspire others. Learn new ways to give compliments to brighten someone’s day—and how to be kinder to yourself, others and the planet. With one small act of kindness at a time, we can change the world!

Be Kind is the second book in the “The Feel Good, Do Good” series, which explores how happiness, kindness, empathy and hope can change us and the world. With its bright, involving illustrations, this book will inspire middle-grade readers to try the many easy ways to make the world better with kindness.

AuthorElizabeth MacLeod

PublisherOrca Book Publishers

Choose Happy: Give a Smile a Try

This illustrated nonfiction book for middle-grade readers dives into the history and science of happiness and provides proven ways to help yourself and others lead happier lives.

Lots of things can make someone happy, like spending time with friends, re-reading a favorite book or taking a walk in nature. But why do those things create happiness? And what exactly is happiness?

Choose Happy: Give a Smile a Try looks at the facts behind happiness, smiling, kindness and more. Bright, colourful illustrations encourage readers to explore the history of happiness, the happiest—and saddest—countries in the world and how being happy helps you get more done. Dive into the obstacles to happiness, including worrying, climate anxiety, social media and the negativity bias, and why it is sometimes hard to be happy. Readers will also discover scientifically proven ways to be happier that they can incorporate into their lives. Who’s smiling now?

Choose Happy is the first book in the “The Feel Good, Do Good” series, which explores how happiness, kindness, empathy and hope can change us and the world.

AuthorElizabeth MacLeod

PublisherOrca Book Publishers