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Ruth Krauss: Exceptional Storyteller for Children

Any vintage children’s book collector will have undoubtedly been on a hunt for books by the exceptional storyteller Ruth Krauss. “Everything Under a Mushroom” showcases Krauss’ wordplay and ability to capture children’s imaginative play.It’s the first of her books to adorn my collection, and I now have two copies. Both […]

Time is a Flower by Julie Morstad

Time is a Flower by Julie Morstad is a beautiful book featuring the concept of time through many perspectives. Find it here and here.

Picture Books with Big Feelings

These last eighteen months have been a rollercoaster of emotions and I have ridden a few of them. Swept up in a terrible mood, tightness in your chest, a sadness that lingers longer than we want – these can be big yet normal feelings. Picture books can be a therapeutic […]

Books for an Endless Summer

We are soaking in all the summer we can and yes, summer does feel different this year. We want to catch sunsets, swim in the clear lakes with our eyes open, have chlorinated tea parties with friends, and late-night sticky smores’ with family. We want to fill our bellies with […]

BC Yukon Bookmail with Julie Flett & Joy Kogawa

“The handwriting in the letter was as even as waves along the beach, row on row of neat curls and dots, perfect pebbles and shells on an ordered shore.” ― Joy Kogawa A tree, a seed, a kind elderly friend, these things hold generations of stories. The anticipation and gift of […]

The Rock From the Sky by Jon Klassen

The master of the side eye returns! At first sight, this turtle might look familiar but this one comes packing much attitude! Change of hat or different turtle, you decide. Which is one of the reasons we love Klassen books so much after all, isn’t it? The characters never tell […]

World Read Aloud Day 2021

“If every parent understood the huge educational benefits and intense happiness brought about by reading aloud to their children, and if every parent- and every adult caring for a child-read aloud a minimum of three stories a day to the children in our lives, we could probably wipe out illiteracy […]

2020 – The Year We Protected Childhood

“I think it is unnatural to think that there is such a thing as a blue-sky, white-clouded happy childhood for anybody. Childhood is a very, very tricky business of surviving it. Because if one thing goes wrong or anything goes wrong, and usually something goes wrong, then you are compromised […]

Books to spread joy and cheer

“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” – The Hobbit Breathing in the brisk air, the smell of pine as we walk through our front door, baking cookies, and twinkling lights – the holiday season is palpable. A […]

Vote in Kid Lit 2020

There’s no such thing as a vote that doesn’t matter. – Barack Obama These newly published picture books are a great way to start the conversation on the reasons we vote and why it’s so important. The election is just around the corner, kids love feeling involved. It’s their future, […]