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May 13th had been circled on my calendar for a while now as it’s the date of the Toronto Book Fair & Paper Show. According to its’ website, the show is the place to be if you are searching for rare and used books. Being that this was my first time, I was super excited. [...]

Redonkulous is one of my favorite words, it’s silly but it will always get a smile out of me. If you have seen Shrek (or have seen it a dozen times like me) than you’ll understand why redonkulous warms my heart and tickles my funny bone. Keep reading… Before Shrek hit the silver screen and [...]

Happy Halloween! This treat is for the adults. Keep reading… The Highwayman, written by Alfred Noyes and illustrated by Charles Keeping is not for the faint heart and surely not for four-to-eight-year-olds as recommended by the publisher. This tragic and haunting poem was first published in 1906 in Blackwood’s Magazine. Set in 18th century England, [...]

“Once upon a time three pigs built three houses, out of straw, sticks, and bricks. Along came a wolf, who huffed and puffed…” Read more after the jump. Author and illustrator David Wiesner explores the nature of storytelling in his book, The Three Pigs. In a new spin on this classic tale, Wiesner gives the three [...]

I don’t know how many versions of “Little Red Riding Hood” I have, but I couldn’t stop myself when I found this 1960s version in the collection of children’s books I came across at the St. Lawrence Antique Market. Read more after the jump. This copy of “Little Red Riding Hood” was obviously well loved because [...]

The moral of the story: modesty and perseverance will always be rewarded. Read more after the jump. Author and illustrator Brian Wildsmith gives us his personal take on an old classic, The Hare and the Tortoise. Inspired by the La Fontaine version, Wildsmith simply retells the fable about a race between a boastful hare who thinks [...]

Parlez-vous français? Read more after the jump. I knew I should have paid more attention in French class. Last year, I ordered a bunch of beautifully illustrated children’s books from a publisher in Paris called HongFei Cultures. Pi Po Pierrot is a Chinese folktale translated into French by Chun-Liang Yeh and illustrated by Samuel Ribeyron. According to [...]

I love libraries. I am a proud owner of two library cards: one for the city of Toronto, and one for the city of Mississauga. Libraries are amazing; where else can you walk out with an arm full of books and not get jumped by security? Read more after the jump. Now, for an immigrant, libraries [...]