Once in a while, you just happen to stumble onto a book that was written for young people but that you can’t put down. Book Scavenger is one of those. Emily. aged 12, has just moved to San Francisco with her parents and older brother. They move a lot, as her parents have a goal […]
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Recently released from Coteau Books is a book about a 12 year old boy named Ari who had been looking forward to spending a summer with his grandfather at his cabin, but whose plans all change when his grandfather dies – forcing him and his dad to meet up with his aunt to get the cabin ready
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As a homeschooling parent, I’ve always been curiously drawn to the idea of unschooling, but have mostly stuck to conventional methods of teaching. I think I am scared that I will fail my kids if I drop the basics of “school,” so I was glad to get the opportunity to read Canadian unschooling mom, Lael
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Art Before Breakfast is a book to designed to encourage the creativity of art by looking at the every day things around you and learning to take a few minutes to express what you see. This book is for people who don’t have time to read it. You don’t have a second to catch your
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The minute I heard our book club theme was POETRY, I raced to the library. There was no need to do some digging to find a good Canadian book of poetry. I already knew what I was going to do – it popped right into my head, thanks to the many readings from my childhood.
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Welcome to this month’s edition of Poppins’ Book Nook – a free monthly book club that invites you to join in by reading a book and doing a related activity that fits into the theme of that month and an opportunity to link up your blog posts. It’s open to anyone – in any age range. I hope
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Back when I was a kid, I used to read a series of books called, The Babysitter’s Club. The author of these books was Ann M. Martin – who has recently added a new book to her list of publications – Rain Reign. Written from the perspective of 12 year old Rose – a girl
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These fun books from Raincoast Books (a distributor of international books to Canada) make reading time fun with the kids in your life. Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site: If you have a toddler or preschooler who is into trucks or construction vehicles – this is the perfect book. Including 5 buttons that add sounds like the
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