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  • Picture Book Review: A Family Is a Family Is a Family by Sara O’Leary & Qin Leng

    Review: A Family Is a Family Is a Family by Sara O’Leary, illus. Qin Leng Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Groundwood Books. Thank you! Publication: September 1, 2016 by Groundwood Books Book Description: When a teacher asks the children in her class to think about what makes their families special, the answers are all different in… Read more


    November 13, 2016

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    Children’s, Reviews
    canadian lit, children’s, diversity, excellent, picture books, qin leng, read alouds, sara o’leary, storytime, very good
  • Top Ten Tuesday: Recently Added To My To-Read List!

    Welcome to another Top Ten Tuesday! Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. This week: title you’ve added recently to your to-read list. Well, this topic doesn’t require much preamble- I’m always and forever adding to my to-read list!  Here, in no particular order, are some of… Read more


    November 7, 2016

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    Adult Fiction, Children’s, Young Adult
    adult fiction, ami mckay, danielle younge-ullman, jason reynolds, jeff zentner, jennifer e. smith, melanie j. fishbane, middle grade, nina lacour, sarah glenn marsh, sherry thomas, sophie kinsella, top ten tuesday, Young Adult
  • Picture Book Review: How to Be a Hero by Florence Parry Heide & Chuck Groenink

    Review: How to Be a Hero by Florence Parry Heide, illus. Chuck Groenink Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Publication: October 4, 2016 by Chronicle Books Book Description: Once upon a time, there was a nice boy and his name was Gideon. He lived in a nice house, and he had nice parents… Read more


    November 6, 2016

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    Children’s, Reviews
    children’s, chuck groenink, florence parry heide, funny, picture books, read alouds, reviews, storytime, very good
  • Comic Strip Review: Molly and the Bear by Bob Scott

    Review: Molly and the Bear by Bob Scott Source: Hardcopy courtesy of the author and publisher. Thank you! Publication: March 8, 2016 by Cameron + Company Book Description: It can be tough on a family when someone new has moved in, especially if it’s a 900-pound scaredy-bear so terrified of wilderness life that he’s fled… Read more


    November 3, 2016

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    Non-Fiction, Reviews
    bob scott, comic strip collections, comics, excellent, humour, molly and the bear, non-fiction, reviews, very good
  • Top Ten Tuesday: If Your Book Club Likes…Contemporary Canadian Lit

    Welcome to another Top Ten Tuesday! Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. This week is all about titles you’d pick if your book club liked a particular genre. I decided to go with contemporary Canadian lit (a mix of adult fiction, YA and middle grade) for… Read more


    October 31, 2016

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    Adult Fiction, Children’s, Young Adult
    amy jones, canadian lit, contemporary, contemporary ya, katherena vermette, lisa moore, marjorie celona, mary lawson, middle grade, miriam toews, robin stevenson, sophie b watson, susan juby, susin nielsen, teresa toten, top ten tuesday, zoe whittall
  • Spotlight & Interview with If I Had a Gryphon Author Vikki VanSickle!

    I am delighted to be sharing this very special spotlight post featuring an interview with If I Had A Gryphon author Vikki VanSickle! Canadian author Vikki VanSickle has published a number of books that I have adored: the Clarissa Delaney middle grade series; the YA standalone Summer Days, Starry Nights; and more recently, the picture… Read more


    October 31, 2016

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    Children’s, Reviews
    cale atkinson, canadian lit, children’s, excellent, fantasy, picture books, read alouds, reviews, storytime, vikki vansickle
  • Halloween Fun with Curious George & Little Master Conan Doyle

    Review: Hooray for Halloween, Curious George by Margret & H.A. Rey (illus. in the style of H.A. Rey by Martha Weston) Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Raincoast Books. Thank you! Publication: July 19, 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Book Description: It’s Halloween! When George and his friend the man with the yellow hat go to a… Read more


    October 30, 2016

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    Children’s, Reviews
    alison oliver, board books, children’s, curious george, good, h.a. rey, jennifer adams, magret rey, martha weston, picture books, read alouds, reviews, seasonal, sherlock holmes, very good
  • Top Ten Tuesday: Spooooooky (or Not-So Spooky!) Picture Books

    Welcome to another Top Ten Tuesday! Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s focus is all about our top ten Halloween favourites! Here is my selection of top…eleven…not-so-scary picture books. Some are funny, some are gently spooky, some are more contemplative, some surprising, all are… Read more


    October 25, 2016

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    Children’s
    aaron reynolds, children’s, ed vere, gianna marino, jan thomas, jon klassen, jon stone, lemony snicket, levi pinfold, michael smollin, mo willems, patrick mcdonnell, peter brown, philippa leathers, picture books, read alouds, scott magoon, seasonal, storytime, top ten tuesday
  • Picture Book Review: Friend or Foe? by John Sobol & Dasha Tolstikova

    Friend or Foe? by John Sobol, illus. Dasha Tolstikova Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Groundwood Books. Thank you! Publication: October 1, 2016 by Groundwood Books Book Description: “A lonely mouse lived in a small house beside a great palace. In the great palace lived a cat.” Each night the mouse gazes up at the cat in… Read more


    October 25, 2016

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    Children’s, Reviews
    children’s, dasha tolstikova, excellent, john sobol, picture books, read alouds, reviews
  • Must Read Monday (52): Lucy by Randy Cecil & Ollie’s Odyssey by William Joyce

    Welcome to another edition of Must Read Monday! This feature is where I spotlight older, recent, or upcoming releases I am looking forward to. The lists will include all genres I like to read, everything from picture books to comics, children’s lit to adult fiction! This week: titles from Randy Cecil and William Joyce! Lucy,… Read more


    October 24, 2016

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    Children’s
    children’s, middle grade, must read monday, picture books, randy cecil, william joyce
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