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VALUE: $26. How to be inspired on a rainy day? Use our Canadian made jumbo journal for your ideas, dreams, doodles, delights and drafts. Cover design is based on an original painting by Carolyn Gavin. With watercolour and gouache.
Ecojot is a family-run business founded in 2007 by brother and sister team Mark and Carolyn Gavin. Their love for paper and great design has enabled them to create a sustainable brand made entirely in Toronto, Canada. Learn more about Ecojot at https://www.ecojot.com/
PRIZE DELIVERY INFORMATION: The company will cover the cost of shipping the prize to a Canadian address.

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VALUE: $35. Spruce up your look and add elements of elegance to your reading experience. The prize includes a pair of earrings, a bookmark, and a page marker.
These items are made by Ursula, a small batch polymer clay and resin jewelry maker based in Edmonton.
PRIZE DELIVERY INFORMATION: Prize will be shipped from Montreal to a Canadian address with the winner covering the cost of shipping.

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VALUE: $40. Spruce up your look and add elements of elegance to your reading experience. The prize includes a pendant necklace, a bookmark, and a page marker.
These items are made by Ursula, a small batch polymer clay and resin jewelry maker based in Edmonton.
PRIZE DELIVERY INFORMATION: Prize will be shipped from Montreal to a Canadian address with the winner covering the cost of shipping.

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VALUE: $35. Spruce up your look and add elements of elegance to your reading experience. The prize includes two pairs of earrings and a page marker.
These items are made by Ursula, a small batch polymer clay and resin jewelry maker based in Edmonton.
PRIZE DELIVERY INFORMATION: Prize will be shipped from Montreal to a Canadian address with the winner covering the cost of shipping.

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VALUE: $25. 6x8 Market is a one-stop gift shop located in the heart ofToronto's Kensington Market.
It features 80+ vendors whose products include art prints, hot sauce, soap, candles, vintage home decor, pottery, and handmade jewelry.
6x8 Market aims to help small scale artists, makers, and entrepreneurs showcase their products, reach more customers, and grow their businesses.
Learn more about 6x8 Market at Home | 6x8 Market
PRIZE DELIVERY INFORMATION: The prize will be emailed to the winner.

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VALUE: $44. This pottery piece is crafted by Gena Denning. The New Brunswick artist draws inspiration from the intricate patterned surfaces of textiles and knitwear. Whether it is wheel thrown or hand built, she delicately carves her patterns by hand into each form.
Learn more about artist Gena Denning at https://artisandistrict.ca/collections/gena-denning-pottery
PRIZE DELIVERY INFORMATION: Winner will be required to cover the cost of shipping the prize from New Brunswick.

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VALUE: $50. How about a gift card from Toronto's The Big Beer Soap Company, the maker of all-natural beer soap. The store's products are hand-made using natural ingredients that are sourced locally and ethically. The Big Beer Soap Company is located in Toronto at 46 Annette Street.
Learn more about the store at www.bigbeersoapcompany.com
PRIZE DELIVERY INFORMATION: The winner will receive gift card by email or snail mail.

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VALUE: $50. Woozles is where the kidlit goodness is at in Halifax! In business since 1978, Woozles is Canada's oldest children's bookstore.
Learn more about Woozles at www.woozles.com
PRIZE DELIVERY INFORMATION: The bookstore will send the gift certificate by snail mail to the winner.

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VALUE:$50. How about a gift card to a popular Toronto bookstore? Queen Books is an independent general interest community bookshop located in Toronto's east end Leslieville neighbourhood.
Learn more about the Queen Books at http://queenbooks.ca/
PRIZE DELIVERY INFORMATION: The gift card will be mailed (free of charge) to a Canadian address.

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VALUE: $60. This prize offers a Block Shop Books gift card and a t-shirt from the store which features the design shown. Block Shop Books is an independent bookstore located in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
Visit Block Shop Books to learn more about the bookstore.
PRIZE DELIVERY INFORMATION: The winner will be required to cover the cost of shipping the prize from Nova Scotia.


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VALUE: $60. For the knitters! A Noro Yukata silk-and-wool ball of beauty donated by The Wool Mill.
Noro Yukata is made with a silk, wool, and polyamide blend of fibers and color twists, in a fine gauge.
Yukata has great stitch definition with long repeats and great yardage. Makes great shawls and sweaters.
Needle: 3.25 - 3.75mm
Gauge: 24 - 26 stitches = 10cm
Weight: 200 grams
Length: 787yards, 720 meters
Content: 50%,silk, 25% wool, 25% polyamide.
The Wool Mill is Toronto's longest operating yarn shop. Visit www.woolmill.ca to learn more about the store.
PRIZE DELIVERY INFORMATION: The prize may be picked up in Toronto or be shipped to a Canadian address with the winner covering the cost of shipping.

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VALUE: $60. Ottawa children's book illustrator Amberlea Williams has created this print which is unframed and measures 8 x 10. Medium: mixed media digital collage; scanned monoprint, pencil sketch, and other textures, coloured digitally. NOTE: The print is a portfolio piece (not from a picture book).
Learn more about the illustrator by visiting her website at www.amberleawilliams.com
PRIZE DELIVERY INFORMATION: The prize can be picked up in Ottawa or be shipped to a Canadian address with the winner covering the cost of shipping.

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VALUE: $70. This prize offers a voucher for two general admission tickets to Toronto's Dream in High Park 2026.
NOTE: The tickets are redeemable for any performance before August 2026.
PRIZE DELIVERY INFORMATION: The voucher will be emailed to the winner.

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VALUE: $74. Discover the secrets of Quebec City's Morrin Centre (a National Historic Site). Walk through the sinister jail cells and decipher the graffiti carved into the floors by former inmates.
Learn about the extraordinary discoveries of some of Quebec’s first scientists by visiting the rooms of Morrin College, the city’s first English-language institute of higher education open from 1862 to 1902.
Then, let yourself be spellbound by the haunting stories surrounding the charming Victorian Library, home to a collection of literary gems, some of which date back to the 16th century.
This guided tour also grants you access to our permanent exhibit, Behind Bars: The Quebec Gaol and Its People, 1812-1867.
PRIZE DELIVERY INFORMATION: The prize's tour passes will be emailed to the winner.

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VALUE: $80. This prize offers one lucky illustrator the chance to have a review of some of their work.
Ontario author-illustrator Marcus Cutler will review up to 12 illustrations and/or an illustrated book dummy. He will provide feedback over a 30-minute Zoom call, and provide a written summary afterwards.
Learn more about the author-illustrator on his website: https://www.marcuscutler.com/
PRIZE DELIVERY INFORMATION: The author-illustrator will contact the winner by email.

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VALUE: $100. This prize consists of an e-gift card for Babar Books which be used online or in store. Babar has been in business since 1986 and is Montreal's leading children's bookstore.
Check out Livres Babar's website located at https://livresbabarbooks.com/
PRIZE DELIVERY INFORMATION: The winner will receive the gift card by email.

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VALUE: $100. This prize consists of an e-gift card for Babar Books which be used online or in store. Babar has been in business since 1986 and is Montreal's leading children's bookstore.
Check out Livres Babar's website located at https://livresbabarbooks.com/
PRIZE DELIVERY INFORMATION: The winner will receive the gift card by email.

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VALUE: $100. This basket features the following comfy and cozy things for baby:
*a board book, Sweetest Kulu (acclaimed Inuit throat singer Celina Kalluk's beautiful bedtime poem which describes the gifts given to a newborn baby by all the animals of the Arctic)
*a handmade crochet baby blanket in baby soft yarn (Donated by Terri Pamenter)
*galaxy nightlight and Baby Jellycat plush singing star
*a board book, All my Relatives / Indinawemaganidag - (Donated by Silly Goose Kids)
PRIZE DELIVERY INFORMATION: The winner can either pick up the prize in Toronto or be shipped to a Canadian address at the winner's expense.



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VALUE: $100. One lucky baby or toddler will enjoy this selection of nine board books from Orca Book Publishers: When Stars Arise; Stay My Baby; You Hold Me Up BB; Pride Puppy!; Runaway Blanket; Feelings Come, Feelings Go; Oops!; We Can't Wait to Hold You; and When Sunlight Tiptoes.
Founded in 1984, Orca Book Publishers is an independently owned Canadian children’s book publisher based in Victoria, BC. www.orcabook.com
PRIZE DELIVERY INFORMATION: The prize can be picked up in Victoria, BC or or it can be shipped to a Canadian address with the winner covering the cost of shipping.



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VALUE: $100. This prize has all the makings to spread literary joy and goodness beyond the page. The bundle contains the following items:
*3D printed dragon + bookmarks (Donated from Idea Dragon)
*list pads, greeting cards, and mini notes - (Donated from Silver Antelope)
*cat book bag
*book-themed stickers
*bedtime tea
*book-themed green tea, hand cream and lip balm
*Gabriel's Handmade Candle
*other reading accessories
PRIZE DELIVERY INFORMATION: The winner can either pick up the prize in Toronto or the prize can be shipped to a Canadian address at the winner's expense.
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