Does your story hour need a little mid-winter boost? A good story doth warm the heart, you know! These five oughta perk up everyone’s spirits: Sometimes Rain, written by Meg Fleming, illustrated by Diana Sudyka published in 2018 by Beach …
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need a gift for a grown-up? consider a children’s book!
Today’s post is my last of the 2018 holiday gift guides. Phew! This one is geared towards grown ups. Since every title on Orange Marmalade is one that I enjoy, it’s understandable that I think children’s books in general make …
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what do we give when we give the gift of reading?
I had a social media meltdown the other day. Not a meltdown on social media, mind you. Thank goodness for that! This was a meltdown over social media. I’ve been thinking about how I can reach more people with my …
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2017 Orange Marmalade Non-Electronic Gift Guide: Bookish Edition + Giveaway!
Have I saved the best for last? Giving books and bookish gifts is obviously what I love to do! Here are some great ideas for the kids in your life, plus a give-away! Litograph t-shirts Text and illustrations make up …
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the luminous face of a reader
Several weeks ago I came across an article on the BBC highlighting a new book of photography by Steve McCurry. The theme of McCurry’s project, displayed in this stunning book, is reading. Readers, to be more precise. I immediately requested …
quietest and most constant friends…five books about books
Charles William Eliot, the transformative president of Harvard from 1869-1909, called books “the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers.” All of us who love books …
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summer reading contests
It’s Memorial Day week-end, the harbinger of full-on summer! Once again, I’m posting a number of programs created to reward kids for reading over these school-vacation months. Whether your kids need incentives to read or actually need to come up …
reading as an act of listening
Atticus Finch, that beloved and most fatherly-father, tells Scout in one of their heart-to-hearts that if you “can learn a simple trick you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you …
children’s literature in a grief-struck world
By far the most popular post I’ve written in five years of blogging is my musing on the role of children’s literature in a sorrowing world. I wrote that in March of this year. Here we are in November, and …
a book is a book
Here’s a little treasure I’ve fallen in love with lately: A Book is a Book, by Jenny Bornholdt, illustrated by Sarah Wilkins first published in 2013 by Gecko Press and Whitireia Coming out of New Zealand, this paean to the joys of …
