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A Good Book Drive

November 2, 2013 by Emily Leave a Comment

My favourite book when I was a kid was Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary. It was also The Sky Is Falling by Kit Pearson and Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett and all the Babysitter's Club books, and then when I was a teenager all the Maeve Binchy books because I was going to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family, Parenting Tagged With: A Good Book Drive, books, books for kids., children's books, kids books, mothers, Oak Tree Clinic, reading, reading to kids, reading to toddlers, Vancouver

A Present You Can Open Again and Again

November 27, 2012 by Kath

A little while ago I wrote about my love of reading. I love books - everything about them. I love the smell of them, the look of them, the feel of a book (or my Kobo) in my hand. I love to lose myself in imaginary worlds, to have my worldview questioned, my mind opened like a flower. When I was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family, Kids, Parenting Tagged With: books, children's books, reading, reading to children, TD Canadian Children's Literature Awards, TD Summer Reading Club

Reviewing Reviews

June 20, 2012 by Alice

I'm feeling all meta, reviewing a book of reviews of kidslit on my kidslit column today. and honestly, I'm delighted that this book is out, because my knowledge of graphic books is admittedly weak, and this is a great help. So. Got a kid who loves comics and graphics? There is great stuff … [Read more...]

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Scholastic Decoder: November

November 4, 2010 by Alice

Your kids are in school, or maybe in daycare, and they have started to bring home those book club flyers. You know, the ones you got when you were in school, packed with good deals on books great and not-so-great alike. But now what?I have a lot of parents tell me that they are stymied by these. If … [Read more...]

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We Are Extremely Very Good Recyclers

July 8, 2009 by Kath

"I have this little sister Lola. She is small and very funny."Thus begins We Are Extremely Very Good Recyclers, a small and very funny book about recycling from award-winning children's author/illustrator Lauren Child. After Charlie convinces Lola to recycle her old toys instead of throwing them … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: book reviews, books, Charlie and Lola, children's books, Lauren Child, We Are Extremely Very Good Recyclers

What’s in a Name?

March 6, 2009 by Jennifer

I read an article today about how people with the most -or least - common names around are forming alliances to "make a better name for their names". You can find an entire website devoted to the name Wendy (with members bonding over nicknames and sharing their favourite movie characters), and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: books, children's books, custom gifts, names

His Current Obsession

February 10, 2009 by Jen

Of course I love my children. And, like most moms, I think they are totally the bomb. But part of this is that there are things I truly admire about them. Things that are quirky and unique and represent something that sets them apart. These things, for the most part, are qualities that I didn't … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Motherhood Tagged With: blog mom, books, children's books, England, history of england, history of the kings and queens of england, London, mom, mom blog, motherhood, parenting, reading

“A Book is a Present You Can Open Again and Again”

December 23, 2008 by Jen

My Aunt Barb once gave me a gift of a book and a package of adhesive book plates inscribed with this phrase:A book is a present you can open again and again.I cherished both the book (the complete and uncut hardcover version of Stephen King's The Stand: an extraordinary read) and the book plates. … [Read more...]

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