Kids Books
Three Books of the Week: Olympic Edition!
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...
Three Books of the Week: Cuddle Up Reads for Age 3-7
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...
Three Books of the Week: Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica
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...
Three Books of the Week: Bedtime Reads
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...
Three Books of the Week: Winter Blues
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...
Three Books of the Week: Baby & Toddler Board Books
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...
Three Books of the Week
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...
Three Books of the Week
Get Out of My Bath! by Britta TekentrupThis is a perfect book for just before bath time – especially if you have a reluctant bather. Ellie the elephant has just gotten into her bath when other animals start to join her. A crocodile, a tiger, a flamingo and a mouse....
Christmas Reads 2017
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Or, if you are like me, it’s the most stressful time of the year! I want to know who these people are who can have their homes decorated by December 1st. HOW do they do it? My goal was the 1st. Alas, the tree wasn’t up and...
Three Books of the Week: A Yeti, a Tiger, and a Chrismukkah
The Thing About Yetis by Vin VogelFor whatever reason, George is obsessed with yetis at the moment. We read this book again and again. Yetis love winter. They love to make snowballs (or become snowyetis), they love to build snow castles and then play Godzilla, and...
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