Cheers to all the March and April birthdays! Two birthdays in our home will be celebrated under quarantine. This cake box is easy to make and fun to fill & gift! You could drop one off on door step, ring the bell and sing Happy Birthday from 6 feet away! …
Read moreWe get you Cactus, we could all use a hug right now
Today’s Read + Make This fun and easy project requires no shopping as long as you have paint and cardboard. I’ve included a fun pattern that slips right into the other like a puzzle, feel free to change up the shape, get creative. Maybe it needs arms, it definitely needs …
Read moreKing Mouse and the crowns of quarantine
I’m optimistic friends. I live in the world of children, it’s impossible to not have hope. It’s strange to think there is a time when someone might come across this post and remember our time of quarantine. We did it because we cared about each other and we came together …
Read moreThe Traveler’s Gift by Danielle Davison
It is often hard to see hope when struggling with grief. Danielle Davison has woven a beautiful journey of loss and hope in her debut picture book, The Traveler’s gift. I have had known Danielle for some time, that’s the magic of the children’s literature community. Although we have never …
Read moreGreystone Kids
Five new picture books hit the shelves this September and they were meticulously crafted under a new imprint. You can see the talent in the detail before you open the cover. It’s in the small things like endpages and book undies that let you know that this imprint is something …
Read moreBooks and Food with Kelsey Garrity Riley
Secret Society of Books: Two things I imagine for your book inspiration: Idea one: You were sitting in a cozy restaurant pushing your dumplings around on their plate and you imagined them dancing on a stage. Idea two: You were asked in an interview what your favorite food was and …
Read moreBooks on Death and Bereavement for Children
When I was six years old my father became ill by the time I was seven he had passed away. Seeing his health decline was painful and tumultuous. He didn’t live to see his 40th birthday, and we were the first family anyone knew who’s parent had died of cancer. …
Read moreSelf-Publishing with Audrey Smit co-author of The Adventures of Lily Huckleberry
The Adventures of Lily Huckleberry are rich stories for your little adventurers that weave imagination & cultural discovery, bravery & laughter, beautiful artwork & the spirit of adventure. Kellie: You not only co-authored your first book but self published it too! Congratulations! Audrey: Thank you! It’s been quite an adventure to get …
Read moreA Velocity of Being – Letters to a Young Reader
I would be doing any reader and lover of picture books a great disservice if I didn’t share this book in all its brilliance. Every page drips with inspiration in visuals and text. Diverse voices and artwork fill the pages and just like a good story, some you will get …
Read moreIllustrator’s Breakfast with Sara Gillingham
This Saturday, October 13th, I will have the pleasure of introducing Sara Gillingham at the Illustrator’s Breakfast held by the Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable. She is an extremely talented illustrator, author and designer in the Children’s Lit industry. Sara has a hand in a great number of book designs, she …
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