Jon Klassen appointed to Order of Canada

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Canadian author-illustrator, Jon Klassen is being appointed to the Order of Canada. The award-winning author was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and grew up in Niagara Falls and Toronto.

You can checkout Klassen's works at the library in both English and French.

The CBC has the full story here:
https://bit.ly/2zGaRdo

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