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  • Picture Book Reviews: Up the Mountain Path & The Night Box

    Picture Book Reviews: Up the Mountain Path & The Night Box

    Marianne Dubuc, the acclaimed Canadian author and illustrator behind picture books like Mr. Postmouse’s Rounds and The Lion and the Bird, brings readers Up the Mountain Path. Radiating kindness and sweet humour, Up the Mountain Path tells the story about Mrs. Badger and what happens after she meets a new friend while going about her… Read more


    November 17, 2018

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    Children’s, Reviews
    ashling lindsay, canadian lit, children’s, excellent, louise greig, marianne dubuc, picture books, read alouds, reviews, very good
  • Blog Tour Stop & Giveaway for Karen Rivers’s YOU ARE THE EVERYTHING!

    Blog Tour Stop & Giveaway for Karen Rivers’s YOU ARE THE EVERYTHING!

    Welcome to one of the stops on the Thomas Allen & Son blog tour for You Are the Everything, a new young adult novel from award-winning Canadian author Karen Rivers. Please read on for my thoughts, a very special guest post from Karen herself, as well as link to a tour-wide giveaway for Canadian residents.… Read more


    November 14, 2018

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    Reviews, Young Adult
    blog tour, canadian lit, contemporary ya, giveaways, good, karen rivers, reviews, very good, Young Adult
  • “Hey book, been traveling anywhere exciting?!”

    The latest wonderful bookish comic from Tom Gauld, one of my favourite cartoonists, as featured in The Guardian:   Read more


    November 12, 2018

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    comics, funny, humour, miscellaneous, tom gauld
  • Coming up: Blog Tour for Karen Rivers’s You Are the Everything!

    Coming up next week is the Thomas Allen & Son blog tour- with giveaway!- for Karen Rivers’s latest release, the young adult novel You Are the Everything. Hope you are able to come back here on Wednesday, November 14th when I will be sharing my thoughts on the book as well as a special guest… Read more


    November 9, 2018

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    Young Adult
    blog tours, karen rivers, Young Adult
  • Great Picture Books! (18)

    Great Picture Books! (18)

    Welcome to another round-up of recently read and recommended picture books! In no particular order, here are the titles: the supremely adorable and charming The Doll Hospital by Kallie George, illustrated by Sara Gillingham (my daughter has been loving this one and clamoring for re-reads); the energetic and fun koala-centered story Don’t call me bear!… Read more


    November 9, 2018

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    Children’s, Reviews
    aaron blabey, brian lies, canadian lit, cozbi a. cabrera, excellent, funny, grace lin, great picture books, helaine becker, isabelle simler, joey chou, kallie george, kyrsten brooker, leanne shapton, mara rockliff, marisa polansky, max lang, orbie, philip c. stead, picture books, read alouds, reviews, ryan t higgins, sara gillingham, storytime, suzanne lang, very good, yuyi morales
  • Picture Book Reviews: Deep Underwater & Grandmother’s Visit

    Picture Book Reviews: Deep Underwater & Grandmother’s Visit

    I have had the great pleasure to pore over some seriously lovely and moving picture books as of late… (I cannot even imagine how mammoth my year-end picture book list is going to be!). Here are two beautiful recently read (and Canadian authored and illustrated!) picture books courtesy of Groundwood Books: Deep Underwater by Irene… Read more


    November 8, 2018

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    Children’s, Reviews
    betty quan, canadian lit, carmen mok, children’s, excellent, irene luxbacher, picture books, read alouds, reviews, very good
  • Picture Book Reviews: The Dreamer & Zola’s Elephant

    Picture Book Reviews: The Dreamer & Zola’s Elephant

    Yes indeed, it is time for more picture book talk! I have two elegant and imaginative picture books here, courtesy of the kind folks at Raincoast Books! The Dreamer by by Il Sung Na tells the story of a pig whose big dream is to fly. He thinks about the possibilities of flight- of somehow,… Read more


    November 4, 2018

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    Children’s, Reviews
    children’s, good, il sung na, pamela zagarenski, picture books, randall de sève, read alouds, reviews, very good
  • Halloween Reading with Peppa Pig & More Seasonal Suggestions!

    Halloween Reading with Peppa Pig & More Seasonal Suggestions!

    Over the last few Halloweens, I have put together book lists with spooky and fun picture books and board books perfect for celebrating and enjoying Halloween. Before I get to amalgamating and posting a master list, I wanted to share my thoughts on one recently read picture book title as well as share a list… Read more


    October 30, 2018

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    Children’s, Non-Fiction, Reviews
    board books, book lists, canadian lit, children’s, children’s non-fiction, excellent, funny, good, halloween, peppa pig, read alouds, seasonal, storytime, very good
  • Picture Book Review: She Made a Monster: How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein by Lynn Fulton & Felicita Sala

    Picture Book Review: She Made a Monster: How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein by Lynn Fulton & Felicita Sala

    Review: She Made a Monster: How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein by Lynn Fulton, illus. Felicita Sala Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Penguin Random House Canada. Thank you! Publication: September 18, 2018 by Knopf Books for Young Readers Book Description: On the bicentennial of Frankenstein, join Mary Shelley on the night she created the most frightening monster… Read more


    October 30, 2018

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    Children’s, Reviews
    biographical picture books, children’s, excellent, felicita sala, lynn fulton, mary shelley, picture books, reviews, seasonal, very good
  • Review & Giveaway: SNAZZY CAT CAPERS by Deanna Kent & Neil Hooson!

    Snazzy Cat Capers is the first book in a fun new chapter book series from author Deanna Kent and illustrator Neil Hooson. Read on for my thoughts on the book as well as giveaway information for Canadian readers who would like to win a copy of this book courtesy of Raincoast Books! Snazzy Cat Capers… Read more


    October 26, 2018

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    Children’s
    canadian lit, children’s, deanna kent, giveaways, good, neil hooson, reviews
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