Posted in Ages 2 to 5, Ages 4 to 8, Ages 6 to 9, Artsy Kids' Books, Canadian Superstars, Good Canadian Stuff, Ontario Authors/Illustrators, Pets and Animals, Picture books, Straight out of the headlines, Uncategorized on Mar 2nd, 2011
One of the items in the news today was about a recent draft report that fare evasion is cost the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) over 22 billion dollars last year, a jump of almost double than last year. Now anyone who lives in the Greater Toronto Area knows that the TTC hasn’t had an easy [...]
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Maybe it’s because I am a woman and pregnant (initially I was going to write pregnant and a woman but then I thought about that sentence…) but lately I have been thinking quite a bit about the strength and power of women. Having gone through pregnancy and birth, nursing, parenting and surviving on little sleep [...]
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Some of the most compelling images coming out of the unrest in Egypt in the past few weeks have not only been of the tens of thousands who refuse to leave Cairo’s Tahrir Square or the thousands of Muslim Egyptians praying as they protest for President Hosni Mubarak to step down, but the pictures of [...]
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January 27 is Family Literacy Day®, a chance to celebrate parents and children leaning and reading together for the day and hopefully forever! Parents are encouraged to set aside at least 15 minutes of reading time today for reading and inspiring learning. This year ABC Life Literacy for Canada is encouraging Play for Literacy using [...]
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Don’t worry your pretty little heads I am not trying to write my own wacky and ill-titled children’s book; the title of today’s post reflects my day. Like many in the downtown Toronto core, I arrived at work and found people spilling out of the place and into the street and the high rise I [...]
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A promising sign for the Canadian Childrens’ Book Industry: Children’s Publishers Hope for Good Finish. We should all continue to spread the Word of Mouse ! SM
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Posted in Ages 4 to 8, Ages 6 to 9, Ages 9 to 12, Award Winners, Canadian Superstars, Capers & other fun stuff, Good Canadian Stuff, Juvenile Fiction, Ontario Authors/Illustrators, Picture books, Straight out of the headlines on Oct 3rd, 2010
Lately on Twitter there has been much talk about banned books. Anyone interested in anything bookish and is even occasionally online has probably heard of “Banned Books Week” and the poster child for this year’s cause, YA writer Laurie Hales Anderson. Her book Speak, which is a story about a young girl being date raped [...]
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Anyone around my age (and who has grown up in North America) will have most likely watched the TV show, Family Ties. In this sitcom, the parents, Elyse and Steven, former hippies and liberals, raise three (and later four) children in the suburbs. The show focused a lot on the cultural divide between the parents [...]
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I should tell you up front that I am fairly excited about this post as I’ve had the opportunity to chat with the author of the book I plan to review on the same day! How great is that right? (Not to fret I will be sharing part of our conversation with you dear readers-see [...]
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