Family Fridays – Bear Has a Story to Tell by Philip C. Stead and Erin Stead

Posted by on Jul 5, 2013

Genre: Children’s General Ages: 2-6 Blurb: It was almost winter and Bear was getting sleepy. But first, Bear had a story to tell… Bear found his friend Mouse, but Mouse was busy gathering seeds and didn’t have time to listen to a story. Then Bear saw his friend Duck, but Duck was getting ready to […]

Family Fridays – The Relatives Came

Posted by on May 24, 2013

Book: The Relatives Came Genre: Children – General Ages: 2-3 on up Blurb: In a rainbow-colored station wagon that smelled like a real car, the relatives came. When they arrived, they hugged and hugged from the kitchen to the front room. All summer they tended the garden and ate up all the strawberries and melons. […]

Family Fridays – Five of my favourite board books

Posted by on May 10, 2013

Confession: I love books for babies. When I was pregnant, I wasn’t tempted by baby gadgets, nursery decor, or clothes (well, not TOO badly by clothes – have you seen those tiny little jeans?!?), but books were a whole nother story (pun definitely intended). I acquired a LOT of baby and children’s books as I […]