Light and Darkness

Light and Darkness (For Yom Hashoah – Holocaust Remembrance Day) Light and Darkness Good and Evil Today, Yom HaShoah, We remember. We remember the millions who died in the Holocaust— Victims of incredible darkness, incredible evil. But the evil was not victorious. I am here. My husband is here. Our children are here. Our people […]

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Faces of Tomorrow

Faces of Tomorrow is a boardbook for babies and toddlers written by Mary Gordon; the photographs are by her daughter, Melanie Gordon. (I always love a mother-daughter team!) There are words in five languages on the left-hand pages – those are for the parents. On the right-hand pages are phototgraphs of babies’ faces. Those are for

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Finding Winnie

Most of us have read the stories of the loveable “Winnie-the-Pooh” – “Finding Winnie” is the true story of this most famous bear, told by the great-granddaughter of the man who saw a bear cub at the train station and bought him off a trapper. This man, Harry Colebourn, was a veterinarian in Winnipeg and

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The Winged Watchman

“The Winged Watchman” is a wonderful book by the very talented chilren’s auther, Hilda Van Stockum. It is the story of a Dutch boy and his family during the last year of the Nazi occupation. It has the perfect amount of tension, humour, hardship and adventure that makes a great children’s novel. (It’s a very

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The Ordinary Princess

“The Ordinary Princess” is an absolutely delightfully written tale of a princess who started out as the perfect golden-haired beauty just like her six sisters who preceded her, but then was given the gift of being “ordinary.” Her extraordinary beauty disappeared, and really, she had a pretty good time of it. She did end up

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The Farmhouse

“Farmhouse” is a new book by the award winning author, Sophie Blackall. It’s a story told in delightful rhyme about a farmhouse in which lived a large family. The story of the farmhouse continues after all the children in the family grow up and move away, leaving the house empty. With the people gone, it

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