(GIVEAWAY OPEN TO CANADIANS) Time for another great giveaway! The winner of this bundle will receive ALL FIVE of the prizes listed/shown below (worth over $125), and entry is super easy! #1: Posterjack Acrylic Block (create your own, includes free standard shipping) Posterjack is an amazing online source for all kinds of photo printing – […] Read more…
Lately most of my book recommendations have been shared as short items in my monthly “Favourite Things” posts, and not as full posts on their own, but when I reached the end of Kirstine Stewart’s Our Turn and realized how many pages I had dog-eared, I knew it was worth some extra attention here on […] Read more…
Happy November! Time to share my latest faves! BOOKS Clearly I OD’d on nonfiction this month, starting with: Primates of Park Avenue by Wednesday Martin. While I expected this to be light chick-nonfic, there was actually a lot of real anthropological analysis of the moms of Manhattan’s Upper East Side, with great anecdotes and experiences […] Read more…
Here are my top picks for the month! BOOKS The Girl in the Spider’s Web by David Lagercrantz This one continues the series begun by the late Stieg Larsson, and Lagercrantz does a great job staying true to the feel of the original books and characters – though I often wonder how much credit should […] Read more…
This month’s edition of Kate’s Favourite Things is significantly shorter than last month – I spent July focusing on rest and relaxation, but I never get too far into August before I’m thinking about school again! Here are my top picks for the month (please note: I’d love to hear your thoughts if you follow […] Read more…
I have a jam-packed edition of Kate’s Favourite Things for you this month, because when I’m on holidays I have the time to soak a lot up – especially books! To save time and space, I’ll spare you a personal review of each book (I’m linking to Chapters so you can find them), but rest […] Read more…
Here’s a list of my current favourite things – with a heavy focus on entertainment this month! BOOKS: The Knockoff by Lucy Sykes and Jo Piazza: especially if you’re interested in the writing/magazine world, and the young-protegee-tries-to-step-over-the-boss theme The Pocket Wife by Susan Crawford: a psychological thriller – did Dana murder her friend during a […] Read more…
“Disclosure” : only one of these items (as noted below) was free, in case anyone’s wondering about bias before you start reading! Next Issue If somehow you’ve missed this, I am totally in love with the Next Issue app. I pay ten bucks a month for unlimited digital magazine subscriptions (I currently have 26, including […] Read more…
When Today’s Parent recently released a list of the Top 100 Canadian Kids’ Books of All Time, (based on expert input from coast to coast) I thought it was a great idea…so great that I decided to chat about it with CHEX Daily hosts Teresa Kaszuba and Mike Judson in my latest Teacher, Teacher appearance. […] Read more…
We know kids love Lego, and The Brick Bible For Kids series by Brendan Powell Smith (fully illustrated with Lego scenes) is a fantastic way to introduce them to powerful Bible stories. When I was sent Joseph and the Colorful Coat for review, I decided to read it to my students (few were familiar with […] Read more…