Read … right out of the gate! Join the Okanagan Regional
Library as we kick-off our annual Okanagan Reads Book Club.
Saturday, January 11th from 11 am to 1 pm
K & S Elite Equestrian Centre, 3830 Casorso Rd, Kelowna
Meet this year’s author, Julie White. See some young riders
in action and enjoy a free hotdog and hot chocolate as well as a pony ride. Fun
for all ages!
Okanagan Reads for Kids is focused on kids aged 8 to
15. One Okanagan – one author: enjoy any one of Julie White’s four books about
horses, friendship and adventure. Take part in some of the great activities in
your local library branches, and win some great prizes, including iPad Minis as
well as family packs for Caravan Farm Theatre and the Armstrong IPE, when you
enter our bookmark, story-telling and book trailer contests! All details are
available at www.okanaganreads.ca.
Julie White, a Canadian Children’s author from Armstrong,
has written 4 books in a series. Her first book, The Secret Pony, has won
the “Our Choice Award” and was nominated for the “Chocolate Lily Award”!
In addition to writing, Julie is also a Pony Club Examiner, riding instructor
and course designer. She lives on a horse farm in Armstrong with her husband,
Robert, a former jockey, where they raise thoroughbreds for racing and jumping.
“The Secret Pony”: When Kristy finds out that her
neighbor’s pony, Lancelot, whom she has been taking care of and riding, is
going to be sold, she secretly buys him. Unfortunately, she doesn’t get the
chance to tell her busy mother and has to hide him at a friend’s stable. After
the secret is discovered, and Lancelot shows an act of bravery, Kristy finds the
support she needs coming from a most unexpected source.
“High Fences”: In order to stop their farm from going
into foreclosure, Faye allows her grandmother to sell her fantastic pony,
Robin. The new owner, Nicole, a spoiled rich girl, learns the “secret” of
how to handle him from Faye. In the end, Faye helps Nicole and Robin in a very
important competition and all three share a secret together!
“Riding Through Fire”: Twelve-year-old Kristy and her
pony, Lancelot, are asked to help in their first cattle round-up, but she ends
up being partnered with a 14 year-old boy, Jesse, who treats her badly.
When Jesse and his horse get lost in a raging fire nearby, the amazing Lancelot
saves all of their lives.
“Under The Wire”: Reid, a 16 year-old boy, holds down the
fort when his jockey mother ends up in the hospital after a serious fall during
a race. However, when she recovers she announces that she is getting out
of the jockey business and wants Reid out, too! But Reid wants a future
as a jockey and will try to prove to everyone that he’s got what it takes to
get in first under the wire.
As librarians, we know the difference that reading makes in
children’s lives – helping improve their school marks, teaching them empathy,
preparing them for a successful future - all while having fun! We hope you will
encourage your children to participate in Okanagan Reads for Kids!
The Heist introduces a new female lead character who
shoots like a sniper, eats like a starving man, and amazingly (to her) can con
the pants off nearly anyone! Kate O'Hare is an ex-Navy Seal turned FBI agent
who has spent five years chasing down elusive con-man and thief Nick Fox...only
to have her world turned upside down when her bosses decide she and Nick should
team up to bring down a man who has embezzled five hundred million dollars
and disappeared. With Nick planning the elaborate con, a buxom woman named
Willie as their wheel-woman, and two others working to set the scene; Kate must
put aside her moral and legal objections and learn to play well with
others...and resist her new-found desire to play a game for two with the sexy
and charismatic Nick.
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