Posted in Ages 2 to 5, Ages 4 to 8, Artists, Award Winners, Good Canadian Stuff, Oldies but Goodies, Ontario Authors/Illustrators, Pets and Animals, Picture books, Sunday Shuffle Picks on Aug 22nd, 2010
My love of children’s book fittingly began when I was a child. Perhaps it was that my parents were avid readers or something innate in me, the minute I touched a book, I felt at peace and happy. My most salient childhood memories usually involve reading, or being read to, receiving a book as a [...]
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In honour of World Breastfeeding Week (August 1-7) I was hoping to do my Sunday edition on Canadian children’s books that are either about or feature breastfeeding/nursing as part of the story but unfortunately my search came up with precious little (a glaring sign if I do say so myself). It’s a shame really as [...]
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I hope you’ll forgive me; this post is cutting it a little close. I fell asleep after putting Emmerson down and just woke up in a start realizing I almost slept through a day. Yikes! Long weekends will do that to you I suppose and ours was jam-packed, it’s no wonder I gave in to [...]
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Another beautiful weekend; dinner with family and friends on Saturday (including great food and conversation), a celebration of another baby’s first year on this planet with delicious cake and there was sunshine, laughter and great books! One would think that a weekend like this one would be lacking nothing, and one would be right unless [...]
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When I began this blog I didn’t think too much about the particulars. I knew I loved Canadian kids’ books and I wanted to share that with anyone who wanted to read what I had to say and that was enough to start. Not to be selfish, but this is something I am doing for [...]
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