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A Good Book Drive: Clinton McDougall

Day, night, or even in the wee morning hours Clinton McDougall can be found sporting his signature toothy smile while slinging Chinatown’s finest currywurst at Bestie , a neat little sausage and beer parlour he co-owns with his friend Dane Brown.

Day, night, or even in the wee morning hours Clinton McDougall can be found sporting his signature toothy smile while slinging Chinatown’s finest currywurst at Bestie, a neat little sausage and beer parlour he co-owns with his friend Dane Brown.

Clinton McDougall - Bestie - A Good Book Drive - Vancouver is Awesome

Clinton donated a very special homage to Vancouver art and dining legends, contributing Delicious Chicken Soup by Chef Andrey Durbach (Pied-a-terre, Sardine Can) and illustrated by Robert Chaplin. As much as we extol the benefits of fostering a lifelong love of literacy, Clinton would add the importance of instilling kids with a lifelong love of food: “I was raised in the kitchen … it’s an important and lifelong skill to learn how to have fun with food and how to make good food for yourself, your friends, and your family. ” What Clinton loves best about this book is that it also “treats kids with respect and teaches them about the scientific things happening in the kitchen.”

Hear Clinton’s story of playing sous-chef in his home kitchen with his father and about the original Australian-based book that inspired his donation.

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A Good Book Drive is an annual book drive to bring stories to a new generation of readers, and support kids in need of new books. Running through the month of November, A Good Book Drive will be inspiring Vancouverites to purchase a new copy of their favorite kids’ book and deliver it to set locations throughout the city. At these drop off locations you can personalize your donation with a special bookplate, sharing the story of why that book is special to you. All books will be donated to this year’s book drive recipient, Frontier College Waiting Room Literacy Pilot Project. Share your favourite stories with A Good Book Drive on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.