My final post for this year’s Women’s History Month takes us to the world of sport. If any of you are living where libraries are still open, you can grab these books. For the rest, maybe reading a post that’s …
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another splash of summer…a list of five
Don’t let those back-to-school sales fool you. It’s still full-on summer, with sunny days plum perfect for outdoor fun. Here are five happy books to keep you in summer-mode! Run Wild, written and illustrated by David Covell published in 2018 …
this week’s crop of ten top books
Because it’s pool time! Swimming, Swimming, lyrics from an old song, illustrated by Gary Clement published in 2015 by Groundwood Books Big, bold, sunny-day illustrations carry us along an energetic run-through of this classic children’s song. If you don’t know …
ten plum picks for this week
Again today, I’ve got ten marvelous books, my favorites from what I read this week. Loads of goodness here… A treasure of a treasury from my all-time favorite: A Year of Stories and Things to Do, written and illustrated by Shirley …
five candles on the cake!…five to celebrate Orange Marmalade’s fifth birthday
Five years ago I started tentatively blogging about children’s literature, and what a treat this has turned out to be for me! Besides the gluttonous amount of children’s literature I’ve devoured in that time, I’ve also learned a great deal …
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nonfiction nuggets…a bicycle built for nine and other two-wheeled wonders
Pedal It!: How Bicycles are Changing the World, by Michelle Mulder Have you ever seen a pet shop on a bike? How about a bicycle-powered blender making smoothies to go? Or a load of children going to school on a …
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a list of…five zippy twists on sports (inspired by the summer athletes)
Around the World, by John Coy, illustrated by Antonio Reonegro and Tom Lynch It all starts with a game of hoops in New York City, namely, a game of Around the World. Jamal and Tanika, brother and sister, have hardly …
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nonfiction nuggets…when woman + bicycle = freedom
Tillie the Terrible Swede: How One Woman, a Sewing Needle, and a Bicycle Changed History, by Sue Stauffacher, illustrated by Sarah McMenemy In the year 2000, Tillie Anderson, a woman who was born in Sweden in 1875, was inducted into the …
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