The Ultimate Spring Family Fun Weekend: Whistler Children’s Festival
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As spring unfolds in Whistler, families have the perfect opportunity to create unforgettable memories during the Whistler Children’s Festival from May 16-18.
A Picture Says 1,000 Words
Tuesday, October 16
10:15am – 11:15am
Suitable for: Grades K-3
Get cozy during a morning of warm stories and bright ideas shared by three award-winning children’s
authors. Kids will be absorbed by these engaging tales of family, friendship and self-determination in the
face of challenges. Steve the horse is sure he’ll win this year’s Race-a-thon… until he finds out that
Turtle, Duck, and Snail are his teammates. He gains confidence—and important life lessons—along the
race track in Kelly Collier’s Team Steve. Eli bravely brings bagels to his grandfather when their weekly
tradition is interrupted by a nasty fall in Andrew Larsen’s The Bagel King. And a granddaughter asks her
kokum about the importance of her Indigenous traditions in David A. Robertson’s Governor General’s Award-winning When We Were Alone.
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