Gathering titles for my culture-tour posts is one of my favorite blogging tasks! I especially love the increasing number of voices having the opportunity to tell their own stories, share their own perspectives. Today we are privileged to encounter another …
Tag: canada
six wintery stories celebrating cold weather!
Here in the Great North we’re looking forward to wearing our woolies, sipping our chai, and watching candlelight flicker in windows as December approaches. I love winter! What about you? Today’s books will warm your heart towards cold weather, even …
Tour the World: Destination Canada
It’s our penultimate stop on the world tour today, and we’re heading north to visit the vast beauties of Canada. From the Rockies to its cosmopolitan cities to the rocky cliffs of the Atlantic, all of Canada is on display …
two Christmas-y chapter books for holiday reading
If you’ve got a young bookworm who would love a short Christmas read, or are looking for a short read-aloud for the holidays, here are a couple suggestions: Have Fun, Anna Hibiscus! by Atinuke, illustrated by Lauren Tobia first American …
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there’s a summer place…five nostalgic pieces of summer
Memorial Day is the gateway to summer. My childhood memories are of the lovely idleness of summertime — of freedom to play unhindered; to wear any old thing and spend the day out of doors, returning home grass-stained, mosquito-bitten, grimy, …
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fiction favorites…Ting Ting
Ting Ting, by Kristie Hammond Every day Ting would rush home from school, hoping to see a letter from Mama…Finally, on Friday…Mei Yima met her at the door with a big smile on her face. “Your mama has called all …
orange marmalade 