Young Alberta Book Society
Story Avenue is an annual set of writing workshops held in Edmonton for all of the Grade 5 and 6 students from five Edmonton schools: Mee-Yah-Noh, Norwood, Oliver, John A. McDougall and Delton. The program was started in 2007 and offers writing workshops taught by professional children’s authors and illustrators for approximately 400 students. Session sizes are small, allowing for some one-on-one interaction between students and artists. Each child receives a healthy snack and also takes home the gift of a book by one of his or her instructors. The Werklund Foundation is proud to be a sponsor to offer Story Avenue free of charge to the schools who participate.