Loan Stars is the readers’ advisory tool that allows library staff across Canada to collaboratively select their favourite forthcoming titles. Using CataList, the online catalogue service and order management tool available for free to libraries, library staff can endorse the Fiction, Non-Fiction, Juvenile, and Young Adult titles they want to recommend to their patrons. The titles with the most recommendations become Loan Stars picks!
But who are the authors and illustrators behind these great Loan Stars reads?
We find out in our series, Meet the Loan Stars.
Meet Monique Gray Smith 🍁
Photo credit: Centric photography
Monique Gray Smith is a bestselling author and the winner of the PMC Indigenous Literature Award for her book, Tilly and the Crazy Eights. Monique is Cree, Lakota, and Scottish and is well known for her storytelling, spirit of generosity, and focus on resilience.
Monique’s latest picture book, I Hope, is on the September & October 2022 Jr. List!
Meet Monique and learn all about her love for libraries, book recommendations, and more in the interview below.
If you could visit any library in the world, where would you go?
Iceland.
Do you have a favourite librarian, real or fictional?
Which book would you choose to recommend to library patrons?
What does being a Loan Stars pick mean to you?
Being acknowledged and appreciated by those who probably are some of the most avid readers in our society truly warms my heart! It is inspiring to know books I write are being shared with children, youth, and their families.
Thank you for answering our questionnaire, Monique!
Are you a Loan Stars-recommended author or illustrator who wants to be featured on our blog? Get in touch with us to get started.
Until next time!
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