Thursday, October 18, 2018
The 12th annual Sybille Pantazzi Memorial Lecture
Sydney Smith: Small in the City: Building a Picture Book
Governor General’s Award-winning children’s book artist Sydney Smith will use his forthcoming book Small in the City to discuss his process of illustration, his influences and the inspiration behind his work.
at 7:00 p.m., Community Room, Lillian H. Smith Branch

Thursday, November 15, 2018
The 31st Helen E. Stubbs Memorial Lecture
Jan Thornhill: On Capturing Children’s Ecological Imagination
Award-winning author and illustrator Jan Thornhill will speak about the methods she has used in her nature-based children’s books to encourage young minds to appreciate the natural world and to see the interconnections of life on our planet.
at 7:00 p.m., Community Room, Lillian H. Smith Branch

Osborne Collection of Early Children’s Books
4th floor, Lillian H. Smith branch
239 College Street
Toronto, ON  M5T 1R5
416-393-7753
osstaff@torontopubliclibrary.ca