Shining Willow 2024 – Sid Sharp for The Wolf Suit!
Diamond Willow 2024 – Lorna Schultz Nicholson for Taking the Ice!
Snow Willow 2024 – Gordon Korman for Operation Do-Over!
It was an exciting day at P.J. Gillen School in Esterhazy! We want to extend a huge shout-out to the staff and students there for the amazing welcome we received and for the beautiful Willow artwork that decorated every wall in the school and the gymnasium! We could tell that you loved reading the Willow books this year and hope that you enjoy reading next year’s finalist books too!
A special thank you to authors Lorna Schultz Nicholson who flew in from her home in Edmonton to attend, and Sid Sharp who was able to meet with students virtually via zoom from her home in Toronto. The students and staff were thrilled to meet and spend time talking with you!
We also want to thank the special guests who attended and our sponsors for this past year. We appreciate the support that you have shown to help us encourage a life-long love of reading in the children and youth of our province!
Thank you also to everyone who was able to watch the live-stream. It was exciting to see so many “attend”!
Pictures and a link to the Gala video will be posted soon on our Gala page.