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📕Fun books for resilient kids! 📕Book me today for your school!🎤 Kindergarten | Elementary Grades | Preschool | Infant/Toddler📚

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lanabuttonauthor@LanaButton
22 May 2025
I would love to inspire your students! I’m booking presentations for the upcoming school year! Drop me a message here or at lanabutton3@gmail.com for more info I’ve got new books and a brand new presentation!! Please share with educators in Canada!❤️🥰
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#readingfortheloveofitis the largest language arts conference in Canada! I’ll be there discussing my favourite topic! Enhancing Social-Emotional Learning Though the Read -Aloud, Thursday and Friday Thanks @mariamartella Tin Lids for arranging book signing after my presentation
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Hey, Milton! Our Family Literacy Day event is moved to TOMORROW!!! to get ahead of the upcoming storm. Bring the family out tomorrow!
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On Family Literacy Day- I've Got a Story for You! lanabutton.wordpress.com/202… via @LanaButton

On Family Literacy Day- I’ve Got a Story for You!

One Can (groundwood books) I’ve got a story for you, and I can’t wait to share it! Actually, I’ve got three (maybe more, depending on the crowd!) I’ll pack all 18 of my publ…

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ONE CAN (@groundwoodbooks @EricRWalters @_isabelle_malenfant_ ) has received an exciting NCTE honour, as a Charlotte Huck Award recommended book!This award recognizes fiction that has the potential to transform children’s lives.❤️ #ncte @ncte
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Thank you @KirkusReviews for including ONE CAN (@groundwoodbooks @EricRWalters @_isabelle_malenfant_ ) in your awesome list of BEST PICTURE BOOKS OF 2025!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 What an honour to be on this Groundwood team!! I’m so proud of this book! #bestpicturebooksof2025
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6 Nov 2025
“Kid lit is powerful; it can potentially transform young people into kinder, more understanding grown-ups.” @DibblyFresh recommends three picture books that cultivate empathy. ow.ly/p6U950XnImT @GroundwoodBooks @LanaButton @EricRWalters @HolidayHouseBks @penguinkids 🫶 📚 🫶 📚 🫶
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Such a pleasure to join @EricRWalters to talk with Lola Opatayo on her @journeyoftheartpod about ONE CAN (@groundwoodbooks @_isabelle_malenfant_ ) We discussed the impact our book is having in understanding food insecurity. We talked about empathy, dignity, and hope.
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Thank you, Kirkus, for including One Can in this important conversation kirkusreviews.com/news-and-f… #kirkusreviews

3 Picture Books That Cultivate Empathy in Kids | Kirkus Reviews

Titles like these have the potential to transform young people into kinder, more understanding grown-ups.

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📕Here’s TWO kid-sized literary events! 📗FREE! Designed to inspire your kids to read for fun! 📙Meeting an author, hearing them read is great literary exposure for kids! 📕signed, personalized copies of books are cool! 📗Shopping local, reading Canadian Rocks! @DrummerBooks
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#MeetMeAtWOTS Word on the Street is almost here! Join Jillian Dobson GIRL TAKES DRASTIC STEP (@NimbusPub ) Howie Shia RA! TA! MA! CUE! (@annick_press ) and me BRIANNA BANANA, HELPER OF THE DAY (@orcabook ) at the CBC KIDS STAGE, David Pecault Square, Saturday at 11
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Thank you, Helen Kubiw, CanlitforlittleCanadians for your incredibly thoughtful review of ONE CAN (@groundwoodbooks ) co-written by myself and @ericwaltersauthor and illustrated by @_isabelle_malenfant_ Check out Helen’s full review canlitforlittlecanadians.blo…
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🎉Happy Book Birthday 🎉to ONE CAN (@GroundwoodBooks ) It’s co-written by myself and @EricRWalters and beautifully illustrated by @_isabelle_malenfant_ celebrating this new book SUNDAY! I hope to see you at @DrummerBooks for storytime fun! Bring a food donation if you can
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Thank you so much, Ian! I can’t wait to celebrate at my favourite spot!!
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Thank you Emily R. Zarevich for this thoughtful review of ONE CAN (Groundwood Books, @EricRWalters Isabelle Malenfant) Please join the @DrummerBooks launch Sept 7th at 1 pm and bring a can if you can for @feedhalton @cityburlington @BeeBoptheClown local-news.ca/2025/08/15/how…

How to Give: Lessons from Lana Button and Eric Walters’ “One Can”

By Emily R. Zarevich, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter It’s a collaboration between three luminaries timed to usher in the new...

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4 Aug 2025
⭐️starred review ⭐️ by @kirkus_reviews for ONE CAN (@groundwoodbooks ) cowritten by myself and Governor General Literary Award winning author, @EricRWalters , and illustrated by award winning @_isabelle_malenfant_
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Quill & Quire ❤️Canadian book industry’s must-read magazine said- in their 2025 fall preview of books they are most excited for- ONE CAN (@groundwoodbooks @ericwaltersauthor @_isabelle_malenfant_ ) is a “touching story of what it means to give and receive.”
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A picture book is a tiny performance, and children stretched out in the grass is my favourite audience. Point me to the children’s tent- I’ll take that stage any day! ❤️Lakefield Literary Festival and the Selwyn Public Library
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The best kind of book attention is from @HelenKubiw and her CanlitForLittleCanadians upcoming releases! I’m thrilled that ONE CAN (@groundwoodbooks @EricRWalters @_isabelle_malenfant_ ) is a title she is looking forward to checking out!
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SAVE THE DATE! for this fun celebration we'll launch my upcoming ONE CAN @groundwoodbooks ⭐️co-written with @EricRWalters !! ⭐️story time @BeeBoptheClown 🫟face painting! @sweet_n_salty905 🎵music! @feedhalton will be collecting food Please bring if you can.@DrummerBooks
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