Posted in Books, baby, friends & family on Mar 2nd, 2010
One of my favourite books as a kid (or at least one I remember most vividly) was Judith Viorst’s Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Even though the illustrations are black and white, Amelia loves it too and often pulls it off the shelf for us to read.
Today I think both [...]
Last chance to win a copy of The History of Love for the February book giveaway. Tell me your favourite love story in the comments to be entered to win.
The past few days, Amelia has had a hard time falling asleep at naptime. I’m not sure whether she is getting more teeth (the usual reason for her having a tough time napping), going through a growth spurt, or something else. Luckily, she’s not upset by being left alone in her room to “rest.” Rather, [...]
Love is the theme of this month’s book giveaway for one obvious reason. Also, I happen to have two copies of this month’s book, The History of Love. I can’t believe I’m admitting this but I actually bought a hardcover version, read it and then when I saw the softcover version in the bookstore a [...]
Using random.org’s random generator, the book giveaway winner is commenter #5: Bre, who said:
Because there are too many textbooks and not enough “literature for leisure” type books on my bookshelf.
BTW I loved going to the library growing up. Hope you girls have fun! xo
Congrats, Bre! Assuming you haven’t read Bel Canto, by [...]
Posted in Books on Feb 2nd, 2010
As I mentioned recently, in honour of Canada’s Family Literacy Day (last Wednesday) I am giving away a book. Go to last week’s post and comment if you want a chance to win it. I’ll be choosing someone at random on Friday.
I also aim to have reviews of some recent books sent by Penguin posted [...]
Today is Family Literacy Day in Canada. I, for one, didn’t know this “holiday” existed until I read it on meli-mello’s blog (she’s having some giveaways so you should head over to visit). In celebration, Amelia and I are going to go get a library card at our local branch this afternoon.
I am also going [...]
Posted in Books on Jan 5th, 2010
In recent years, our family has essentially given up giving presents between adults – opting instead to donate money to a charity that one of us selects each year. This year it was Right To Play. However, despite not exchanging gifts, I still managed to find myself $150 richer in gift cards for that big-box [...]
Amelia loves The Paper Bag Princess. And although the board book version is not the same as the original, it still calls Ronald a “bum” and the end of the book. Amelia loves that part and if you listen closely you’ll hear her say “bum bum” when it gets to that bit of the story.
For [...]
Written by Jennifer Kolari, Connected Parenting, Transform Your Challenging Child and Build Loving Bonds for Life is exactly the type of book I would normally glance at as it sits on the shelf at the local big box bookstore and then I’d keep walking. Why? Because from the title I would infer that it is [...]
Now we are three
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