June was jam-packed. We finished up school, crossed ten summer activities off our homemade bingo card, and I got my… Read more Favourite Things: June Edition
More Shakespeare Discoveries
It seems like discoveries relating to Shakespeare happen all the time. I wrote about a manuscript of Sonnet 116 found… Read more More Shakespeare Discoveries
Two Picture Books About Microbes
Did you see that coming? Tiny Creatures: The World of Microbes by Nicola Davies, illustrated by Emily Sutton (Candlewick Press,… Read more Two Picture Books About Microbes
Two Picture Books About Zookeeper Helen Martini
Two years ago I read My Zoo Family (1953) by Helen Martini aloud to my kids (after it had sat… Read more Two Picture Books About Zookeeper Helen Martini
5 Things I Learned in May
2. Canola is an acronym?! It stands for Canadian Oil Low Acid and is made from a hybrid rapeseed plant… Read more 5 Things I Learned in May
Favourite Things: May Edition
It’s leafy and green, the sound of lawn mowers fills the neighbourhood, school is almost out! Here are my May… Read more Favourite Things: May Edition
Three Picture Books About Zoologists
More picture books! If your kids love animals they will love these gorgeously illustrated biographies of entomologist Jean-Henri Fabre (1823-1915),… Read more Three Picture Books About Zoologists
Four More Picture Books About Medical Heroes
In chronological order, let’s learn about more historical figures who saved lives and changed the world. Today we have picture… Read more Four More Picture Books About Medical Heroes
Ladybird, Ladybird
I knew I’d written a post about the origins of nursery rhymes, but I didn’t realize it was over nine… Read more Ladybird, Ladybird
15 Things I Learned in April
Let’s start with the item I forgot last month… 2. Bison calves are orange. 3. An unpublished sequel to The… Read more 15 Things I Learned in April
Favourite Things: April Edition
We had several fun outings in April, read lots of books, and kept working on our gardening project. (I even… Read more Favourite Things: April Edition
Three Picture Books About Medical Heroes
Picture books are endlessly fascinating to me. They can be amazing in completely different ways — or awful in completely… Read more Three Picture Books About Medical Heroes
Manuscript of Repurposed Shakespearean Sonnet Discovered
Do you remember the poem Marianne recites in Sense and Sensibility? “Let me not to the marriage of true minds… Read more Manuscript of Repurposed Shakespearean Sonnet Discovered