The Inimitable Miss Kleber

A Counting Primer, we are introduced to Pride and Prejudice. As always, words are highlighted by quotations from the original text. You...

A Camping Primer, we are introduced to Huckleberry Finn. To river, friends, raft, clothes, fishing line, dinner, riverbank, birds, and...

A Fashion Primer, we are introduced to Anna Karenina. To gown, earring, hairpins, uniform, hat, buttons, parasol, gloves, cloak, and...

A lovely Places Primer, we are introduced to Anne of Green Gables. To Price Edward Island, to Home, to Avenue, to Pond, to Garden, to...

I cannot imagine the joy of finding beautiful yarn in a lovely box, but I CAN imagine having Extra Yarn. It is something very familiar to...

This time we hear stream of consciousness diary writing from BABY wombat! So adorable! A poor beleaguered mother wombat tries to get some...

Written as a stream of consciousness diary entry, Christmas Wombat tracks the musings of a grumpy wombat's Christmas adventures. I loved...

Have you ever had an item of clothing you just hated? Well for poor little Owl, it's his new orange scarf. I loved the inventive ways in...

This is a beautiful book. Lovely watercolour illustrations on each page set the tone for this slightly more detailed story of the three...

A beautiful Ocean Primer, we are introduced to the bare bones of Moby Dick. Not to the story, but to the sailors, ship, gulls, captain,...

Sigh. I’m so torn about this book. The characters were wonderful, glorious even, but after reading a long line of crappy YRCA titles...

Leonardo is a really terrible monster. Actually, he is terrible at being a monster. He tries so hard to scare people, he just cannot...

Ollie is waiting. Gossie and Gertie are waiting for Ollie, their new sibling. Ollie however is a rather ornery little blighter who...

I love this book so much it makes my heart warm just thinking about it. And Tango Makes Three is about two male penguins, Roy and Silo,...

I’d like to introduce you to Scaredy Squirrel. Scaredy Squirrel is a germaphobic squirrel who suffers from panphobia (a fear of...

I never quite had the same connection to Calvin and Hobbes as my other friends did growing up. That being said, I did really enjoy...

Pet costume ideas, Haunted Vacations, Flying Monsters, this Hallowe’en special has it all. This issue contains some tips and tricks for...

When I was younger I used to watch Sister Wendy’s television show on PBS. Sister Wendy might be partially responsible for how I started...

Zen Ties begins with Stillwater waiting at the train station for his nephew, Koo. Stillwater brings all the children with him to visit a...

Siblings Abby, Michael, and Karl meet Stillwater the panda bear, who has newly moved into the neighbourhood. As Stillwater and the...