Books

Have your kids come home from school this past month sharing what they are learning about Black History? If they are, there is one person we must all thank: Akilah Newton. February was first declared Black History Month across Canada in 1995. That was after I graduated from high school,…

I saw the Star Wars Trilogy when I was very young. The first movie, Star Wars IV – A New Hope, was released a week or so after I was born, in 1977. When I saw the first released movie (it’s so confusing, but for the sake of argument, I’m…

We have all of these book in our Christmas library and we pull them out each year to read and enjoy together. It takes time to build up such a collection but it’s a beautiful tradition to add a book each year. I know some families wrap books for each…

As a family, we spend many hours on the road. Whether it is commuting from school or family visits, long trips to the country, or even longer trips anywhere from 3-9 hours (or more). Since the boys were little, I made it a point to have an activity bin in…

Slowly but surely, I have been compiling a list of children’s books to review here and will be adding a new page of book reviews to my blog in 2017. So I thought now would be a good time to introduce you to some new books I received for review…

I recently had the chance to hang out with friends and the conversation came up about princesses. One mother was not into getting her daughter princess costumes. One part of me got it, even though I have three boys. Sometimes princess dress-up can go a little overboard with full on…

If you went to school within a 500-mile radius of Stratford, Ontario, then you might have been lucky enough to take a school trip to the Stratford Festival. Montreal is a good six or more hours away from Stratford but the festival left such an impression on me when I…

Just in time for my animal-loving birthday boys, comes two new additions in the Put Me In The Story collection! If you have animal lovers in your family, these National Geographic Kids books are perfect! I can’t recommend Put Me In The Story enough. I already wrote about them a…

It’s no exaggeration that I was excited the moment the Peanuts Movie trailer came out months ago. So excited, in fact, that I ‘Peanutized’ myself! I can’t wait to take my little guys to see the movie because I know it will be fun and family-friendly. So imagine how happy…

In an effort to close summer and start the next school year on the right track, here are some sweet books you can find at your local bookshop or library. Let me know what you think in this list and if you have some favourites of your own in the…