Tourism and Family Literacy Day
I am always amazed at how many people I know who do not have a book
on the go or can answer the question what is on your reading list?
Introduced to Farley Mowat's "The Dog Who Wouldn't Be" at age 10, I was mesmerized with the story, the flora and fauna, a prairie province, and finding out more about a pioneer grandfather.
In many ways it was a book that changed my life.
It stimulated a desire to travel, develop an interest in our great outdoors and to follow an author that continues today. Consequently, my life in the travel and tourism industry continues today.
I have always felt there is a gap in the tourism industry between reading about a destination and being romanced by a destination.
One of the great ways to get your kids into more reading today is trying to form a bond between a vacation and a real life Canadian story. See our kids reading picks at 411Ontario Kids
Who are the destination authors that need to be celebrated? How do you make those characters real and and alive within a tourist destination? Lakefield Ontario for example (photos) is the home of Margaret Laurence, one of Canada's more modern writers.
Who knew that Susana Moodie, one of Canada's
celebrated pioneer authors lived in the Lakefield area?
I feel there are the truths, the history, and the stretched truths that can add adventure and excitement to a desire and a vision to explore.
Celebrate Canada's National Literacy Day and try to answer the question "What are the books that can stimulate this desire and passion in children and adults to read and travel more in Canada?
Where is the "Literary Capital of
Canada"? Feel free to add you favourite authors or comment on the
Literary Capital of Canada.
Find out more about Family Literacy Day® | ABC Life Literacy Canada:
Introduced to Farley Mowat's "The Dog Who Wouldn't Be" at age 10, I was mesmerized with the story, the flora and fauna, a prairie province, and finding out more about a pioneer grandfather.
In many ways it was a book that changed my life.
It stimulated a desire to travel, develop an interest in our great outdoors and to follow an author that continues today. Consequently, my life in the travel and tourism industry continues today.
I have always felt there is a gap in the tourism industry between reading about a destination and being romanced by a destination.
One of the great ways to get your kids into more reading today is trying to form a bond between a vacation and a real life Canadian story. See our kids reading picks at 411Ontario Kids
Who are the destination authors that need to be celebrated? How do you make those characters real and and alive within a tourist destination? Lakefield Ontario for example (photos) is the home of Margaret Laurence, one of Canada's more modern writers.
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| Historic Plaque in Lakefield Onario |
I feel there are the truths, the history, and the stretched truths that can add adventure and excitement to a desire and a vision to explore.
Celebrate Canada's National Literacy Day and try to answer the question "What are the books that can stimulate this desire and passion in children and adults to read and travel more in Canada?
Find out more about Family Literacy Day® | ABC Life Literacy Canada:
Labels: Canada Literacy Day, Canada's Literary Capital, Canadian Literacy, Lakefield Ontario, Tourism and Literacy, Where is Canada's Literary Capital.
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