Book Reviews — family
Wordless Book - Blue Rider
Posted by Anne Uebbing on
This makes my heart sing today ! After a long work day, I like to sit down and look at beautifully illustrated books just like this one-Blue Rider by the talented author and illustrator Geraldo Valério, Groundwood Books (My Book of Birds). It calms me down and I find peace.⠀⠀This wordless title is part of our wordless book collection. ⠀With wordless books children become creative storytellers. Pre-and early readers build important literacy skills such as listening skills, vocabulary, comprehension and structure of stories. By using words of their very own, struggling readers gain confidence and motivation as they read this...
Walk with Me
Posted by Anne Uebbing on
Authors: Jairo Buitrago & Rafael Yockteng Every time I travel to Vancouver, I pass by a neighborhood so stricken with poverty that I my heart screams inside. I always look out for the kids living there. I wonder if their imagination helps them to survive. If they have someone holding their hand when they need it. Walk with me. I have said these words many times to kids who were stuck in a situation. I have said it to myself when I needed my thoughts to get into motion. Walking away from a situation. Walking to get a new point...