“This was the garden. It didn’t look like much, but it meant everything to its gardener.”
M: Do you think this picture book should be on our blog?
B: Yes.
M: Why?
B: Because it is interesting, cute but sad as well. Continue reading
“Two arms two legs? Anyone?’ – Zita
Planet Earth. An enormous crater scars a grassy clearing in some woods. Zita and Joseph chance upon the depression and discover a squareish object within the meteoroid that lies smouldering at the bottom of the hole. There is an enticing red button on the object, which of course, Zita mischievously pushes. Multiple times.
And of course, all hell breaks loose. Continue reading
“Violence is not just efficient, it feels good too.” – Claudette
Ah, such words of wisdom from Claudette, the ferocious, intrepid and sassy ginger-haired heroine of Giants Beware! She may be pint-sized – like her pet pug Valiant – but she has bucketloads of chutzpah (one of my favourite Yiddish words that loosely translates into “ballsy attitude”). Moreover, she’s intent on slaying the baby-feet eating giant that is holding her village psychologically hostage.
Hold on to your hats, folks! We’re in for a rip-roaring ride.
“Mr McGee went out to play, down to the beach one windy day.”
Reading aloud to, and with, my children must be one of the best perks of being a parent. Rhyming picture books are the most fun to read aloud, bar none. And Mr McGee and the Biting Flea has male frontal nudity to boot.
Stories That Stay With Us 