Warthog - A Counting Adventure by Birdie Black and pictures by Rosalind BeardshawThis is an absolutely fantastic lift-the-flap counting book starring a mischievous little warthog. Our warthog heads out on an adventure and counts as he goes. With each adventure we see...
JOHN LAWSON PARK Address: 750 17th Street, West Vancouver, B.C. (Just west of Ambelside Park – a fantastic beach and place to walk when in Vancouver) How to Get Here: Ummm, I have only ever driven here. Usually from Downton Vancouver. So head on over the Lion’s...
GRANGE PARK Address: Beverly Street & McCaul Street Toronto (Behind the Art Gallery of Ontario at 317 Dundas Street West) How to Get Here: By car: various parking garages around the area and street parking that can be hard to come by mid-afternoon. 3 hour limit...
88 INSTRUMENTS by Chris Barton with pictures by Louis ThomasIn this story, a little boy is faced with the daunting task of choosing which instrument he would like to learn. There are squeezy ones (an accordion) or wheezy ones (a bagpipe) or simple and easy ones (a...
A GUIDE TO FINDING GREAT PLAYGROUNDS FOR THE KIDS AND FANTASTIC COFFEE FOR YOUIf your kids are now the age of independent play, chances are, you spend lots of time at the playground. And unless you are a mutant or a saint, this can be pretty boring. This is my guide...
This week I am concentrating on months and seasons. I think seasons are much easier to grasp that what a month is but hopefully these books will help with that!The Magic in a Year by Frank Boylan (with thanks to Sara Coleridge for inspiration) and pictures by Sally...
CIBOLA PLAYGROUND ON WARDS ISLAND Address: 101 Cibola Ave, Toronto, ON Wards Island How to Get Here: Yep – this one is a tricky one! You can only get to it via ferry. You either must take public transport or park near the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal and take the ferry...
I can’t put into words just what makes British kids books different – they just are. If you read enough books, you can eventually tell a Canadian book from an American book from a British book from an Australian book (you get my point). Kids books from the UK have a...
A GUIDE TO FINDING GREAT PLAYGROUNDS FOR THE KIDS AND FANTASTIC COFFEE FOR YOUIf your kids are now the age of independent play, chances are, you spend lots of time at the playground. And unless you are a mutant or a saint, this can be pretty boring. This is my guide...
Nobody's Duck by Mary SullivanI don’t know why ducks make everything funny – but they do. In this book, an alligator finds a duck in his yard and wonders this duck belongs to. They go to the library, the movies, the go-carts and even skydiving searching for the owner...
Recent Comments