Event Details
Laugh, imagine, and celebrate what makes you unique with three stories about the power of being yourself.
Event Details
Laugh, imagine, and celebrate what makes you unique with three stories about the power of being yourself.
Speakers for this event
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Chris Paul Rainbows
Chris Paul Rainbows
Chris Paul (Rainbows) Farias is an award-winning storyteller, creative strategist, and online creator with over 400,000 followers. Founder of Unicorn Rebellion, Chris speaks with students, educators, and organizations about creativity, identity, and happiness. Their picture book, Guinea Pigs Don’t Wear Pants, has earned widespread acclaim, with Alexandra Billings calling it “one of the most important books to come out in decades.” A recipient of the King Charles III Coronation Medal for advocacy and philanthropy, Chris lives in Ontario with their husband, Jared, and shares their home with a joyful menagerie of pets including, of course, guinea pigs.
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Paul Coccia
Paul Coccia
Paul Coccia, self-proclaimed author of Glitterature, writes primarily for young readers of all ages (although sometimes adult readers sneak in). He has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia and is often found baking in his Toronto kitchen with his nephew, dogs, and parrot who loves French fries.
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Sophia Robinson
Sophia Robinson
Sophia Robinson was born and raised in Ontario, Canada. She has been an elementary school teacher for over 20 years, where she shares her love of picture books with her students. Sophia is proud to write stories that allow children to see their lives reflected on the pages they read, because all children need to know their lives and their stories are important.
Books
Beautiful Black Boy
This powerful picture book is a gorgeous lyrical ode teaching and instilling self-love, the power of one’s Blackness, and confidence into young males of color.
A simple yet poetic composition celebrating and uplifting positive attributes of Black boys such as strength, bravery and joy.
AuthorSophia Robinson
PublisherScholastic Canada
Guinea Pigs Don't Wear Pants
Guinea Pigs Don’t Wear Pants is a whimsically joyful and empowering children’s book that celebrates individuality across the rainbow-hued spectrum. With playful rhymes and exuberant illustrations, author-illustrator Chris Paul (Rainbows) Farias celebrates the freedom to express yourself and the beauty of being exactly who you are.
Readers are invited to imagine a world where animals are hilariously limited in what they can do while humans are gloriously free to saunter, flaunt, and wear just what you want. From lipsticked llamas to tumbling giraffes, each page bursts with colorful chaos and loving affirmation.
At its heart, this is the book Chris wished they’d had as a kid growing up in a small town—one that gently opens the door to conversations about self-expression, gender, and being true to yourself.
AuthorChris Paul Rainbows
PublisherRebel Goose Books
The Bear Fairy
Fairies should be pretty and sparkly and dainty . . . not chubby, not fluffy and NOT lured in by potato chips. But when Spencer catches a fairy in the park, he’s shocked to find that’s exactly what he’s got!
The Bear Fairy is no delicate Tinkerbell: he hogs the remote, drops crumbs everywhere and snores like a truck. But he’s still a fairy, and when Spencer’s friend insults the Bear Fairy’s appearance and hurts his feelings, Spencer must step up to defend his new friend.
With wit, charm and hilarity, author Paul Coccia and illustrator Fred Blunt have created a modern classic about being proud of who you are and fighting for the people you care about.
AuthorPaul Coccia
PublisherTundra Books (Penguin Random House Canada)
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