I don’t know about you, but lately my heart feels as though someone has been scouring it with steel wool. Raw. Abraded. Grieving over violence and suffering, abuse of power and abuse of Earth, caustic tongues and acrimony, overwhelmingly loud …
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hope and kindness…books to lift spirits
The devastation of Harvey is overwhelmingly present both for those on site and those helplessly watching from afar. That’s not the only bad news that might be greying your spirit these days. Here’s a brief selection of some of my …
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 …
sugar and spice and a detective that’s nice…a list of five holiday easy readers
Gus and Grandpa and the Christmas Cookies, by Claudia Mills, pictures by Catherine Stock Gus and Grandpa are good buddies. Today they’re in Grandpa’s charming old kitchen baking Christmas cookies together. It’s a quintessential holiday scene, with snowflakes sifting down …
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nonfiction nuggets…a life of charity towards all
Martin de Porres: The Rose in the Desert, by Gary D. Schmidt, illustrated by David Diaz Martin de Porres, the child of a wealthy Spanish father and an enslaved African mother, was born in Lima, Peru, in 1579. His early …
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