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We All Fall Down by Eric Walters- Book Review

This is a suspenseful and emotional account of a father and son trapped inside the World Trade Centre on 9/11. Will, a grade nine student, thinks his father has a pretty boring job but when he is taken to work for the day the unexpected and terrifying happens. A plane is deliberately flown into the building, below where he and his father are stationed. Wills’s father meets resistance when he…

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New Video on Catherine of Aragon's Childhood

New Video on Catherine of Aragon’s Childhood

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Using the Game Upwards with Young Children

Durability There are various levels of quality in this game. Mine is an older version but it has lasted quite well. .Play quality This is a fun game for adults as well as children. It is a great way to teach children spelling and reading. Safety The tiles should be kept away from children under three as they are a choking hazard .Age interest The game is designated for eight years and older…

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Books for Christmas Clearout

Still looking for a great Christmas gift? Nothing beats a good book. It’s Christmas Clearout time! I need space so some books must go. HALF THE PRICE AS POSTED ON AMAZON. Plus no shipping costs. Pick it up in Thunder Bay. Get it signed by the author. For more Information on a book, click here to see Amazon blurbs and ratings. For Adults Bouquet: Short stories with a Buddhist Twist (Collection…

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Welcome Back, Maple Mehta-Cohen by Kate McGovern. Book Review.

The premise of this story is that a girl, Maple, is kept back in grade four while all her friends move to grade five, middle school, and shun her. She fails because she can’t read. This has just been discovered by her “excellent” teacher and she is diagnosed with dyslexia. Before I address the story writing, I must address this issue of failing a child for the teacher’s inadequate assessments.…

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Switch - Five Star Review.

Switch – Five Star Review.

My recently released novel just received its first review. It is available free on Smashwords until Sept. 23, 2001. https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1097582 Get your copy now. Here is the blurb followed by the review. Blurb In the time of Queen Elizabeth I of England, fourteen-year-old Rosemary Prowd has a secret that could kill her. When she flees, with her parents, to her godmother’s…

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#coming of age #Elizabethan #England #ghosts #healer #herbalist #historical fictiom #magic #Tudor #witch #witchcraft

The Gazebo by Emily Grayson. Book Review.

This is a romance story about lovers who cannot be together but cannot stop loving each other. No matter what, they meet once a year at the gazebo to reaffirm their devotion. By a series of circumstances, they live on two different continents and this cannot be reconciled. The romance is sweet but I felt a little frustrated that they didn’t figure out a way to make it work. Many couples face…

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Camino Winds buy John Grisham. Book Review.

Well, this was a real disappointment. It was a detailed, well-thought out plot but read like a second draft. Forget the overwhelming number of characters. Forget that lack of individual personality for the characters. But, for heaven sake, put some tension into it. It read like a police officer’s notebook, a dispassionate, flat recitation of events. There were numerous opportunities for suspense,…

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#book review #murder #thriller

Vampire Academy by Rachel Mead. Book Review.

https://amzn.to/3mGu1Hd I’ve read a lot of vampire stories and it’s hard to find something that’s new but this one sparked my interest. There are no coffins, crosses, or garlic in this story. There are two kinds of vampires, strigoi, the dead who have come back and are fearful killers. and the vampires who were born. The strigoi are determined to kill the natural vampires but they are…

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#book review #horror #teen #vampire

All Those Things We Never Said by Marc Levy. Book Review.

Buy link. https://amzn.to/3yrUkmw Three days before Julia‘s wedding, she is notified that her father has died in Europe and the funeral is on the day of her marriage. Of course, she postpones it and tells her husband-to-be that they must cancel the honeymoon to Montreal, Canada. However, When a mysterious will wooden crate shipped to her house, things take a strange twist. What would you do if…

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#Berlin wall #book review #death #fathers #love #romance

Good Night, Noah by Eric Walter. Illustrated by Eugenie Fernandes. Book Review.

This is a very basic picture book for babies. Noah is saying goodnight to someone on each pages. He p[ats a dog on his bed and says, “Woof. Good night, doggy.” Then his bed appears in a field by a cow. “Moo Good night, cow.” In a field of flowers, he says “Buzzzz Good night, honeybee.” He visits a duck, a lion, a bird, a pig, a monkey, a fish, a kangaroo, an owl, and lastly, his daddy. Each page…

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#baby #bedtime

We Are the Brennans by Tracey Lange: Book Review

This is the story of an Irish family reuniting after a well-kept secret drove them apart. The devotyed daughter, Sunday, fled to New York for a mysterious reason. Her three brothers and her boyfriend do not understand why she has cut herself off from the family. When she’s involved in a serious car accident, while driving drunk, her older brother it’s called by the hospital staff as next of kin.…

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New Videos to Help Your Child with School Curriculum in a Fun Way

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Back home by Dan L. Walker- Book Review

This novel takes place in 1968 and focusses on two brothers who live in Alaska and are affected by the Vietnam war. The older brother, Joe, signs up to fight while the younger brother, Sam, becomes involved with the peace movement. When Joe is injured and returns home he is suffering from PTSD. He cannot understand his younger brother’s actions and their relationship suffers. Sam just wants to…

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Teaching Your Child the Four Seasons

If you live in a part of the world that has the four seasons, spring, summer, autumn, winter, this video can help your child learn them in order. A mini lesson and a song for ages 3 to 8.

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#earth #science #seasons #teaching #video #Youtube

Book Review - Leonard (My Life As A Cat) by Carlie Sorosiak

Book Review – Leonard (My Life As A Cat) by Carlie Sorosiak

Buy Link https://amzn.to/3mTrZBI Leonard (My Life As A Cat) by Carlie the Sorosiak is one of the best children’s books I’ve read in a long time. I chose to read this to my granddaughter and found myself struggling not to read ahead when she wasn’t around. The author has a wicked sense of humour and a profound sense of humanity. We laughed out loud more than once. Leonard is actually an alien…

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