Kelowna radio host publishes first children’s book

By Adam Proskiw December 07, 2017 – 4:30 PM KELOWNA – What does Santa Claus do in the summertime? That’s what a Kelowna father tries to answer in his first children’s book, a book he wrote in his head during countless bedtime tuck-ins. Harry Callaghan is a local radio personality on AM 1150 but he is also a proud father of …

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Kelowna publisher supports Mother-Daughter book

KELOWNA NEWS STAFF May. 11, 2017 8:00 a.m. Kelowna-based Big Heart Publishing Inc., book Dreamland creates positive bedtime ritual for children Dreamland is a creative children’s book written by Dr. Ramneek Dosanjh and her eight year old daughter, Niyah. First imagined when Dr. Dosanjh was training to become a family physician and working long hours, this creative venture brought her and …

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Grade 5 class published

Nicholas Johansen – Dec 16, 2017 / 3:00 pm More than 30 Grade 5 students in Rutland became published authors this week. On Saturday, Suzan Miles’s Grade 5 class at South Rutland Elementary held a book signing for their recently published collection of short stories, Animal Tales. Ms. Miles’ class has been working on the book since September, and the grand reveal and book …

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Fifth grade Rutland students publish their first book

posted December 16, 2017 by   Savannah Bagshaw Thirty Grade 5 students from South Rutland Elementary School received celebrity treatment as they signed autographs at their official book launch on Saturday. The students of Mrs. Miles’ class had worked tirelessly during the past couple of weeks on their very own book titled Animal Tales. The idea came in partnership with a literacy …

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Kelowna students write their own book

KELOWNA NEWS STAFF Dec. 2, 2017 10:57 a.m. Grade 5 students at South Rutland Elementary are getting into the book-writing business. Working with Big Heart Publishing, of Kelowna, the students are producing their own book titled the Dynamite Book Project. The official launch will take place at the Rutland Library, Dec. 16, from 12 to 3 p.m. Students will be there to …

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SOUTH RUTLAND ELEMENTARY STUDENTS SELLING THEIR BOOK SATURDAY

HARRY CALLAGHAN Friday, December 15th 2017 – 10:53 am Grade 5 students at South Rutland Elementary School will be signing and selling their book titled “Animal Tales” this Saturday December 16th. It’s all part of the Dynamite Book Project – a literacy program that gives students a chance to create, market and sell their own books of stories. Lynn Stevens …

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Children’s author visits Williams Lake library

MONICA LAMB-YORSKI Oct. 23, 2017 12:30 p.m. Retired teacher and local author Jeanie Vant will read from her latest book at the library on Tuesday. Local author and retired teacher Jeanie Vant will be visiting the Williams Lake Branch Library on Tuesday, Oct. 24 at 10:30 a.m. During the library’s regular story time program, Vant will read from her latest children’s …

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Special Children’s Book Launch & Signing

Museum of Vancouver15 Apr ’17 @ 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM “I’ll see you in my dreams” is a phrase that we often hear and say to those who can’t be with us at all times. For one Ladner working mother, she discovered a place where she and her daughter can always meet.  Together they turned Dreamland into a children’s …

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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2015-16 SMALL BUSINESS BC AWARDS TOP 5 FINALISTS

POSTED ON JANUARY 29, 2016 Your Top 5 Finalists for the 13th Annual Small Business BC Awards have been chosen after careful consideration by our judges. The competition was strong with a record-breaking 535 nominations from across the province and a standout selection of Top 10 Semi-Finalists. Now, the Top 5 Finalists, with the exception of the Premier’s People’s Choice Award, will …

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B.C. publisher creates books for kids, written by kids

BRIAN MORTON, VANCOUVER SUN  03.24.2016 Having trouble getting your kids to read? How about giving them family-friendly books written for children and, more importantly, by children. That is the idea behind Big Heart Publishing, a B.C. publisher that was a Small Business B.C. award finalist for Best Concept. “The benefit is they’re books written by kids for kids,” said Lynn Stevens, …

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