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Children’s Book Review – A Winter’s Tale
A Winter’s Tale By Ian Wallace Abigail is nine! For her birthday, her father and brother take her on the first of many winter camping trips to the woods. She has been waiting for this day all her life and it proves to be a wonderful experience. Abigail sees, feels, smells, and experiences the beauty […]
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Children’s Book Review: Mia’s Story
Mia’s Story: a Sketchbook of Hopes and Dreams By Michael Foreman Through this story, Michael Foreman captivates the reader with the story of Mia, a little girl living in a garbage dump with her family, a little dog named Poco, and a horse called Sancho. The sensitively drawn illustrations try to show the melancholy […]
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Children’s Book Review: Sizing Up Winter
Sizing Up Winter Book 3 in the Math in Nature Series By Lizann Flatt & Ashley Barron Sizing up Winter is a fantastic book about math in the natural world. It combines beautiful cut-paper collage images with fun activities. The animals, fish and birds are adorably interspersed with mini lessons on mass, basic measurement, […]
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The First Snow
The First Snow by David Christiana This tale of young Mother Nature is a captivating and charming look at the seasons. Mother Nature is a lovely little girl who is afraid of Winter and his friend the Wind. She stubbornly refuses to allow him to have his turn as a season. A wise old […]
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Backyard Birds, An Introduction
Backyard Birds, An Introduction By Robert Bateman & Ian Coutts What better way to introduce the world of birds to your young person, than to open Robert Bateman’s wonderfully illustrated bird guide for kids. Robert Bateman is known the world over as a wildlife artist, a naturalist, and a fierce supporter of natural education […]
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All The World
All The World by Liz Garton Scanlon & Marla Frazee All the World is a beautifully written story of a rich and connected human existence. It encompasses sea, sky, weather, earth, trees, human companionship, and the interconnectedness of us all. The book is filled with large colourful pages of illustrations in great detail. There […]
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About Birds: A Guide for Children
About Birds: A Guide for Children by Cathryn & John Sill Anyone who has ever wandered around outside has most definitely seen countless colourful and energetic bird species. They flitter around, enticing us with their playful chirps and their hop skippety jump routines, and when they take flight, we all have a secret longing […]
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All Around the Seasons
All Around The Seasons by Barney Saltzberg What a wonderful book about the seasons. In this book, Barney Saltzberg sneakily introduces the seasons by describing the fun activities we do outdoors at each time of year. Who doesn’t like to climb trees, have snowball fights, walk barefoot in the grass, play on a swing […]
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Bingo In The Park
BINGO!! That’s what I shouted with a fist-pump of victory when I found the last clue on the Winter Bingo card. I was that excited. Wait a minute….what? How could I be so excited over sighting naturally occurring items on a BINGO card at my local park? Here’s how…it’s all in the competitive search. When […]
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Adventures in Komoka-Land:
A trip to Komoka Provincial Park Blue Birds! I saw three gorgeous Bluebirds. Thirty seconds into my Komoka Adventure, they appeared in front of me on a berry bush at the entrance to the trailhead. I was enraptured. I’ve been trying to find bluebirds for years on hikes up the Bruce Peninsula and at Provincial […]
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