Breastfeeding in Pictures
Every week is Breastfeeding Week at my house, which is my best excuse for being a few days late with this post specially designed to coincide with World Breastfeeding Week (which ended last Sunday)....
View Article‘Why Do We Fight?’ Explaining Conflict To Kids
Conflict isn’t an easy thing for most of us to understand. That’s why author Niki Walker wrote Why Do We Fight? Conflict, War and Peace, a book for kids which explains conflict, why it happens, and the...
View ArticleKids: Imagine The Year 2035
Think about how much the world has changed over the last 22 years. In 1991 Wi-Fi did not yet exist, Canadians were getting used to the GST and 21 Jump Street was rocking our world on our analogue TV...
View ArticleGet Excited and Make Things!
My favourite picture books are the ones whose stories escape their pages, books that live on in the imagination long after they’ve been returned to the shelf, books which inspire their readers to get...
View ArticleTop 10 Picture Book Picks for 2013
The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers Humour, letters and the goodness of rainbows! One day Duncan discovers that his crayons have quit and have left in their place a stack of...
View ArticleIt’s Out of this world — Story Time From Space!
In 2013, Chris Hadfield made the Canadian Space Agency cool all over again. In 2014, story time is blasting off to a whole new, out-of-this-world level! Story Time From Space is a reading series...
View ArticleUnbearably Charming — Sara O’Leary and The Henry Books
Like most children, I was obsessed with small things: the more miniaturized and lifelike, the better. I read a pop-up version of Thumbelina until it disintegrated. A bookseller at Toronto’s TYPE Books...
View ArticleLove and Family Day
Family Day: the statutory holiday that makes February almost endurable. Though as the holiday is still new and as a concept sort of vague — beyond the “stay home from work and school” part — we’re...
View ArticleToon Books: Building Your Basic Comic Nerd
Most of what we give our children says far more about our taste than their actual heart’s desire. My son keeps mentioning something about a purple dinosaur who sings; I feign ignorance. Our viewing...
View Article5 Sloth Books You Need Right Now
Who knew books about sloths were a thing? Behold the awesomeness of these sloth books for kids. 1. “Slowly, Slowly, Slowly” Said the Sloth By Eric Carle Kids love Eric Carle and parents get sick of...
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