Snuggle time!

'Tis the season to snuggle and read, especially when it's so cold outside, like right here, in Oakville!  An article I recently read was about adults enjoying children's literature.  When you think of the countless number of times that you curl up with your kids to read a story, well, it's a good thing we enjoy them, because we read them over, over and over again.  How many times did my daughter insist on Robert Munch's Jonathan Cleaned Up - Then Heard a Sound.  Way too often yet enjoyable every time.  Probably because it was about city hall!  Jan Brett's books were loved by my primary classes.  They would sit closer and closer to see the illustrations around each page.
Then there was E.B. White's Charlotte's Web, read so many times over the years to my 7-9 year olds.

Eric Wilson's mysteries, especially Lost Treasures of Casa Loma and Code Red at the Supermall were also really popular. The Supermall being the West Edmonton Mall, still the largest mall in North America, where this book takes place!  These are two of his older novels, but new ones are out.    

My daughter followed the moon in Margaret Wise's Goodnight Moon and loved the characters in Wind in the Willows, which was written by Kenneth Grahame way back in 1908!
Remember Mr. Toad, Ratty, Mole, Mr. Badger?  Then of course onto the Little House on the Prairie series, by Laura Ingalls Wilder.  My Gr 5's got really involved in Holes by Louis Sachar.
I could go on forever.  Even as computers, tablets & digital games take over, the kids still want to sit in the story corner and listen to a really great book and look at the pictures.  A real book, you know, with paper pages and great illustrations!!
Books, a perfect gift at anytime!

Jan Brett   Kenneth Grahame   Robert Munsch   E.B. White   Laura Ingalls Wilder   Margaret Wise

Linwood's A TAP ON THE WINDOW

I'm halfway through Linwood Barclay's 'A TAP ON THE WINDOW'.   It takes place in the small town of Griffon, upstate New York, not too far from the Canadian border.  Borrow or buy, just read it! Really good!!  Try any of his books!

                                                           A TAP ON THE WINDOW

'Twas the Night Before Christmas

My post on Nov. 11 was about the shared reading my daughter & I did with the Little House on the Prairie series.  A dear friend of mine shared with me her tradition.  Every year she bought a new and different 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, so she & her daughter could snuggle & read. A perfect tradition for the night before Christmas, that ended at the age of 21! Yes, 21 beautiful, different versions of this favourite, to be passed down to the next generation!

Another great bookshop!

I would have loved this as a kid.  Think I still would!

Poplar Kid's Republic, Beijing, China

Look at this...

Just look at this book store. Wow...I want to go!  This is a converted Dominican church, called the Selexyz Bookstore, Maastricht, Holland.

Little House on the Prairie

Little House on the Prairie. As I was browsing books for my BOOKSHOPPE, I came across the Little House Nine-Book Box set, by Laura Ingalls Wilder. I'm sure many of you have fond memories of this show, which I watched for the first time because of my crush on Michael Landon in Bonanza!  So another family series was added to our limited TV viewing.  Then my daughter decided to have this added to her book series. Nothing is better than the memories of curling up in bed, sharing those books, starting with Little House in the Big Woods! In fact we shared the reading: She read a page, then I read a page.

Kobo's best!

Browse the top 50 bestsellers  on Kobo

I included this link because I, like many others, own a Kobo.  I'm hooked into the library but when my favourites aren't available, I check out the bestsellers.  So start working on your Wish List..
Happy reading!.

Jan Brett's Snowy Treasury

  I just came across Jan Brett's Snowy Treasury.  This is a collection of four of her best sellers: Gingerbread Baby, The Mitten, The Hat and The Three Snow Bears.  These take place in Switzerland, Ukraine, Denmark and the Artic.  Absolutely beautiful!   A great gift for youngsters!

Jan Brett

Jan Brett, children's author/illustrator, whose books put a spell over kids.  They lean in closer and closer to see the exquisite pictures, around the borders of each page.  Brilliant colours, great stories.
I love these, as do kids of all ages.  A great gift, from BOOKSHOPPE

BOOKSHOPPE

BOOKSHOPPE is my new website, for selling all types of books and magazines.  Paper books, digital, audio, eBooks and eReaders.  Check it out and please, if anyone has ideas or suggestions, let me know!  So far I have Children/teens, Zinio, Kobo, Amazon, Cooking, business, Christmas ideas and more...  Thank you, Heather

Indigo Kids!

The Indigo Kids Gift Guide arrived the other day. I love looking through and seeing the new but also  old and proven favouites! Some of the old treasures: Judy Blume's, Freckle Juice; Green Eggs and Ham, Dr. Seuss; If you Give a Mouse A Cookie, Laura Numeroff and the new (to me, that is): Mo's Mustache, Ben Clanton; Little Red Writing, Melissa Sweet; Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse, Chris Riddell.  And so many more!

Halloween

Last night was perfect for Halloween. Not too cold, windy and damp. Lots of kids, and parents, in their fun and scary costumes. I have fond memories of Halloween in the past, but I can't remember any really good classic Halloween stories for the younger kids! Any ideas?
Try my BOOKSHOPPE