A Good Book Drive: Tammy Bannister

A Good Book Drive has teamed up with a great group of independent Vancouver retailers that will each house a Good Book Box. Here you can drop off your favorite kids book and personalize your donation with a special bookplate, sharing the story of why that book is special to you.

		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 to be donated to this year’s book drive recipient, Vancouver literacy program The Writers Exchange.

Tammy Bannister, coordinator for Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth and programming consultant for Vancouver Queer Film Festival and VIFF, donated books she wished were available to her as a child.

On her hunt for queer content in Vancouver, Tammy found a selection of books she fell in love with at Kidsbooks in Kits including: Mommy, Mama and Me, The Boy Who Cried Fabulous, The Heart and the Bottle, And Tango Makes Three.

Tammy tells us why these colourful, and enlightened books appeal to both children and adults alike regardless of sexuality...

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