“𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗨𝘀 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻” is almost like a riddle and a poem, and you will play the guessing game right up to the end where...

If you and the little ones in your care have enjoyed Kari Lavelle’s “𝘉𝘶𝘵𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘍𝘢𝘤𝘦?”, then this post is just for you! “𝗕𝘂𝘁𝘁...

Melissa Stewart, in her book “𝟱 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗼𝗻-𝗙𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻” challenges the assumption that children lean towards narrative...

For the World Read Aloud Day, why not read a non-fiction for a change? “𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀: 𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆...

Have you read this gem that was recently awarded the Robert Sibert medal? “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗮 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝗮 𝗩𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝘀” is beyond doubt one...

The Kohinoor diamond, one of the most famous in the world, was stolen from India and eventually went into the British hands as they...

A lovely combination of science and poetry makes this nonfiction picture book about the heart come alive! The heart is indeed a...

After a long wait, finally it was my turn to borrow this book – one look, and the reason for the long book reservation queue is obvious....

My copy of “𝗔 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗢𝘂𝗿𝘀” is finally here! Celebrating families of every size and form, this latest addition to the...

I finally had a chance encounter with this bestseller. “𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗲: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝘆 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗽𝗶𝘀 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗮” is a...

Whether or not you teach media literacy, “𝗞𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻!” by Elise Gravel is not to be missed. With a...

If you are still undecided about the nonfiction title that you’d read aloud next week (check out my previous post), try out Jessica...

If you teach poetry, then the upcoming “𝗣𝗼𝗲𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘁𝘀: 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝗲𝗺” by the...

“𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘍𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯...

Poetry is so often made formulaic by well meaning educators, that many children look at it as ‘yet another genre; yet another unit’. This...

Have you read Michael Rex’s latest “𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘃𝘀 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝘃𝘀 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗼𝘁𝘀”? Children’s books on wants versus needs often tend to...

In a conscious attempt to read more non-fiction to children, I found this picture book on Marie Curie and her sister - excellent for...

Our conscious effort to read aloud more non-fiction books led us to this ARC. “𝗚𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲! 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘁...

Discovered this amazing book on the process of making a book. The sheer number of people and processes involved surprised my Grade 4s....

“𝗟𝘂𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝘂𝘀: 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗟𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗨𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁” written and illustrated by Julia Kuo is an...