Goldy Luck and the Three Pandas by Natasha Him & Grace ZongAs you can guess from the title, this is a twist on the classic fairytale with some Chinese New Year Themes. Goldy Luck’s mom sends Goldy Luck to the Chan’s with a plate of turnip cakes to wish them a Kung...
After Christmas I thought that there was a lull in my thematic reading to the kids and then I realized February was rife with exciting things to read about and they appear to all be happening within a very short span of time: Valentine’s Day, Chinese New Year, and the...
After posting my flying tips, a friend of mine asked me to explain how I actually moved through the airport. Ummm, I don’t. Not really. I have done it approximately 2.5 times. Time #1 was when I landed at Heathrow airport. I had concentrated so much on the flight...
OH MY GOSH IT'S MY MOST FAVOURITE TIME OF THE YEAR! Well, my favourite time of every four years: The Winter Olympics! I feel most people love the summer Olympics but not me. It's all about the winter ones. I think partly because Canada does best in those and...
The Wish Tree by Kyo Maclear and Chris TurnhamThis is a perfect book for a mid-winter blues afternoon snuggle read. Charles wants to go in search of the wish tree in the forest. His brother and sister tell him it doesn’t exist but his trust sidekick, a toboggan named...
Okay, there are no beets or Battlestar Galactica, or sadly, no Dwight Schrute/Jim Halpert. But every time I even say the word 'bears', I hear this phrase. If you have no idea what I am talking about that's okay just start watching The Office because you should know...
Goodnight World by Debi GlioriI love this book – I think I happened upon it based on new books of 2017. It’s a fantastic bedtime book and one that I eventually had to buy as a permanent one for our bookshelf. We start big and say goodnight to the planet and the...
With the latest nor'easter slamming the eastern seaboard of Canada and the States, Toronto in a continued state of extreme cold weather, and western Canada going between -45°C and +4°C in a matter of days and then back down again - we are in the midst of wicked winter...
I realized that it was time for some great books for the youngest of readers seeing as I focus so much on what I read to my preschooler. I read to George as a baby and toddler ferociously, Alice merely gets the listen to the books her brother is reading most of the...
Beastly Babies by Ellen Jackson and Brendan WenzelThis is a fantastic book for babies, toddlers and preschoolers. Jackson explores all the babies of the beast world from whales to dromedary (this is a particular shout out to my dear friend K. A. Fischer who once...
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