by Melanie Jeffs | May 30, 2019 | Books for Young People, Education, News & Musings
Tomorrow is the last day of Mental Health Awareness Month in the United States, so we’re going to take some time to talk about mental health. Did you know that mental health issues are the most disabling types of disorders for youth and that right now, 3.2 million...
by Melanie Jeffs | May 15, 2019 | Books for Young People, Education, News & Musings
Award-winning author K.L. Denman toyed with the idea of becoming a journalist when she was in school. She chose the life of a fiction writer instead, and I’m glad she did. The world of Canadian Children’s Literature is much richer thanks to her contributions. Her...
by Crwth | Mar 6, 2019 | Books for Young People, Education, News & Musings
We enjoyed reading Eileen Holland’s guest blog post about the genesis of her new novel Sophie Trophy, and we hope you did too. We liked it so much we tracked her down to ask a few follow-up questions. Crwth: Were you still actively teaching when you came up...
by Crwth | Feb 12, 2019 | book industry, Books for Young People, Education
This week we have a guest blog post from Eileen Holland, author of Sophie Trophy. This past January, I found the scrap of paper I was looking for in my bedside table. As it was only four inches square, I had feared that it was lost. To the unknowing eye, the crumpled...
by Melanie Jeffs | Jan 30, 2019 | book industry, Books for Young People, Education, News & Musings
Lessons from Sophie Trophy Were you a well-behaved child? I got into trouble now and again. In fact, Grade 3 was a rough time for me. I was often in trouble at school, and when the rest of the class got to use pens to write in cursive, I was only allowed to print...
by Crwth | Jan 23, 2019 | Education, News & Musings
This week we have a guest on the blog: Nadine Siever – Grade 3 teacher at Rose Valley Elementary School in West Kelowna, BC. It is with pleasure that I share with you why I believe author Karen Autio’s latest book, Growing Up in Wild Horse Canyon is an excellent...
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