Picture Book Spotlight: One Little Dragon
Drake is a little dragon who likes to play outside. He observes a group of children who regularly meet in the same place and longs to join them but he’s afraid they might be afraid of dragons.
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Ten Things to Do with Kids on Granville Island
Years after I moved away from the Pacific Northwest, I couldn’t forget a magical place with parks, glass studios, and a giant store just for kids.
Lily Lemon Blossom: Where is Lily’s Miss Kelly Kay?
In this story, Lily receives a doll she names Miss Kelly Kay for her third birthday and then promptly loses her.
Picture Book Spotlight: Last Stop on Market Street
A grandmother takes her inquisitive son on a bleak bus ride through a rundown neighborhood and encourages him to see beauty in their surroundings.
Picture Book Spotlight: Yellow Kayak
In the story, an unnamed child climbs aboard a yellow kayak with a giraffe from a small island and has an adventure on the water.
Picture Book Spotlight: What the Wind Told
What the Wind Told is about a little girl named Tossy who spends a week of sick days listening to stories told to her by the Wind.
Picture Book Spotlight: Inside My Hat
It’s another Theodore Clymer early reader! Inside My Hat alternates photographic and illustrated stories to teach new words with similar ending elements like “-ick” and “-ain.” The theme this time is wheels, which has nothing to do with hats.
Picture Book Spotlight: Sally Goes to the Mountains
Sally is a curious Labrador—and that’s all you need to know, really. She plays, she runs, she meets new friends, and her best friend is a cat.
Purple Crystal Growing Kit
The kit came with chemicals for growing our crystals, a paperback book about crystals, a real piece of amethyst, and a cardboard backdrop for displaying the crystals.
Picture Book Spotlight: The Great Big Elephant and the Very Small Elephant
The Great Big Elephant and the Very Small Elephant is about two elephants who can’t make it through life without each other.