Media Advisory / Photo Opportunity - 10th annual TD Canadian Children's Literature Award recipient to be announced on November 6

TORONTO, Nov. 3, 2014 /CNW/ - In partnership with the Canadian Children's Book Centre (CCBC), TD Bank Group will honour the best in Canadian children's literature by announcing the winner and bestowing the coveted TD Canadian Children's Literature Award on November 6, 2014 at a ceremony in Toronto.  The award recognizes the most distinguished English-language children's book of the year with a gift of $30,000. The remaining four finalists will share a prize of $10,000.

WHAT:	TD Canadian Children's Literature Awards Gala
WHERE:	The Carlu, Toronto
	444 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON
WHEN:	Thursday, November 6, 2014
	Presentations begin at 7:15 p.m.
WHO:	Kerry Peacock, Executive Vice President, TD Bank Group
	Daryl Novak, President of the Board, Canadian Children's Book Centre
	Charlotte Teeple, Executive Director, Canadian Children's Book Centre
	The nominees for the English Canada TD Canadian Children's Literature Award:
	Branded by the Pink Triangle	Once Upon a Northern Night
	Written by Ken Setterington	Written by Jean E. Pendziwol
	Second Story Press	Illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault
		Groundwood Books
	In the Tree House
	Written by Andrew Larsen	The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B
	Illustrated by Dušan Petričić	Written by Teresa Toten
	Kids Can Press	Doubleday Canada
	The Man with the Violin
	Written by Kathy Stinson
	Illustrated by Dušan Petričić
	Annick Press

SOURCE: TD Bank Group

To RSVP or for more information: Amanda Tran, TD Bank Group, 416-983-7212, [email protected]; Sheri Papps, Paradigm Public Relations, 416-413-5207, [email protected]