Welcome to the TD Summer Reading Club 2006, made possible through the support of TD Bank Group. This award-winning program runs in libraries across Canada this summer. A team of children's librarians from the public libraries of Toronto, Ottawa and Montréal developed the theme and the materials for the program. It was specifically developed to offer libraries of all sizes the greatest flexibility in delivering the program.
The common element of the program has been that a child can visit any participating library and expect to receive a full-colour poster, a sheet of stickers and a logbook. In some locations the stickers are used as incentives: each time a book is reported on, a sticker is handed out. In other locations the stickers are given out all at once. Each sticker is placed on a given area of the poster, revealing something new.
This year's Quest For Heroes will take our readers in many different directions to find: everyday heroes, heroes in the worlds of culture, the arts and sports, heroes in Canadian and world history; heroes in mythology and legends; and heroes in novels, comic books or manga. So many heroes just waiting to be discovered!
The artist Martha Newbigging's imaginative and lively illustrations are featured on our fabulous poster and stickers.