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The TD Summer Reading Club is Canada\u2019s biggest bilingual summer reading program. Developed by the Toronto Public Library, in partnership with Library and Archives Canada, this free program highlights Canadian authors, illustrators and stories. The goal of the program is to foster literacy by encouraging kids aged 12 and under to read during the summer months. \n\nIn the second of this two-part episode, we talk with the TD Summer Reading Club French author for 2018, Camille Bouchard. Camille has been a children\u2019s author since the 1980s, and has written over 100 books! He has also won multiple awards, including a 2005 Governor General\u2019s Award for his book, Le Ricanement des hy\xe8nes. We also talk with a special surprise guest during this episode: a famous Canadian writer who was made an Officer of the Order of Canada, and once served as Canada\u2019s National Librarian.\n