We all hate waiting in lines... but these animals show us how it's done. The Long, Long Line, by Tomoko Ohmura OwlKids, ISBN: 978 1 92697 392 0 This book starts at the back of the line and we pan forward along with a bird who is flying from the back to the front of the 50-animal-long line. … [Read more...]
Creation and Survival
Creating and Survival and major themes in these two new YA novels coming out this month - though the two are very different, they ask some interesting questions about what could be. Vitro, by Jessica Khoury RazorBill, ISBN: 978 1 59514 645 2 When Sophie receives an urgent email asking her … [Read more...]
Kids Create
Give creative kids a little professional guidance with these new guides to making your own comics and film. Draw Out the Story, by Brian McLachlan OwlKids, ISBN: 978 1 77147 003 2 Comic artist Brian McLachlan takes kids on a thorough tour of how to build a comic, including the things to … [Read more...]
Scholastic Decoder: January 2014 Edition
School's been back in for a whole week, so surely you've got flyers by now? Elf If You Give a Mouse a Cookie - This series jumped the shark a while back, but the first couple of them are quite cute and have a great structure. On its own, I highly recommend this one if … [Read more...]
Little Chicken Duck
A chicken duck? Yep, she's feeling pretty nervous about swimming... Little Chicken Duck, by Tim Beiser Tundra Books, ISBN: 978 1 77049 392 6 Little chicken is invited into the pond by a frog, and confesses that she is too frightened of swimming. The frog tries to make her feel better by … [Read more...]
Canada’s Game
Everyone's been talking about hockey this week, with the announcement of our Olympic team lineup. If you're kid is starting to catch the spirit, try these two new additions to the Puckster series! Puckster's First Hockey Tryout (978 1 77049 596 8) Puckster Goes to the Olympics (978 1 77049 594 … [Read more...]
Winter Wondering
I love books about winter, even if I'm not a fan of the season itself. They are always full of playful fun, cool colours, and the beauty of snowflakes and animals. These two lovely books relate to winter, one about migration, and one a math book that uses nature to teach. Sizing Up Winter, by … [Read more...]
Scholastic Decoder: December 2013 Edition
December, omg. I don't know about you, but I'm up to my eyebrows in holiday stuff and still finishing up projects from the fall and hitting the wall with homework and and and... Ready for school break yet? Before we get there, one more set of book club flyers! Elf The Polar Express - This … [Read more...]
Ghostly Good
I haven't been much on the whole paranormal thing, but these two new teen books are deliciously good - and full of ghosts and demons. Unbreakable: The Legion, book 1; by Kami Garcia Little, Brown; ISBN: 978 0 316 21017 1 This first book in a new series introduces Kennedy to The Legion, a … [Read more...]
Persistence
Lessons without preachiness are worth their weight in gold when you can find them in kids' books. And I have not one but two about the value of persistence! Anything Is Possible, by Giulia Belloni & Marco Trevisan OwlKids, ISBN: 978 1 92697 391 3 Just in time for next month's Wright … [Read more...]
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