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JOMP BPC, January 29: This Month’s Favorite

Currently Reading: The Very, Very Far North by Dan Bar-El

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Not Your Typical Dragon (2013)

Story: Dan Bar-el - Art: Tim Bowers Canadian

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Review: The Very, Very Far North by Dan Bar-el and Kelly Pousette

Review: The Very, Very Far North by Dan Bar-el and Kelly Pousette. A sweet and gentle winter read.

Not only is Dream Boats one of my first reviews posted on The Book Wars, it is one of my favourite picture books ever to this day. So, when Dan Bar-el asked if I’d like to read and review his newest MG book, I didn’t give it a second thought.

  Luckily–and unsurprisingly–I don’t regret my decision one bit.

The Very, Very Far Northis a funny and sweet novel for young readers about Duane the polar…

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Book review of It’s Great Being a Dad by Dan Bar-el and Illustrated by Gina Perry

A cute little book about the upsides and downsides of being a unicorn, bigfoot, robot, loch ness monster, fairy queen ballerina doctor and sneaky flying alligator pirates. This book has positive messaging about being yourself and playing nicely with siblings. A great read for the very imaginative. 

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Review: It's Great Being A Dad by Dan Bar-el and Gina Perry

Review: It’s Great Being A Dad by Dan Bar-el and Gina Perry

A gang of mythical creatures is roaming around a magical land having a great time, until Bigfoot gets his foot stuck in a tree trunk and Unicorn gets her horn impaled on a table and Robot’s saw-arm gets rusted into position. But have no fear! Dad is there to fix things–even when a Sneaky Flying Alligator Pirate steals the Fairy Queen Ballerina Doctor’s wand. — [X] NOTE: I was sent a copy of this…

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Red Cedar Awards Gala 2016

Red Cedar Awards Gala 2016

Your Roving Reporter is back to write about the celebration last Saturday (May 7) which was the Red Cedar Awards Gala 2016.

Students from various Red Cedar reading clubs MC’d the event. They are to be congratulated for their clear speaking and poise in front of what was a large and enthusiastic audience.

The event kicked off, after announcements, thanks, and acknowledgement that we stood on the…

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TTT: Recently Added To Our TBR Lists ...

TTT: Recently Added To Our TBR Lists …

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme started by the brilliant folks at The Broke and the Bookish. *sigh* Anyone else feel like their TBR pile is the only pile that grows?

Steph

Yes, my TBR pile is like an infestation of tribbles…

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater. This isn’t entirely true, this series has been on my radar for a while but I just never got around to even reserving it at the library or…

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Interview With Dan Bar-el: On Picturebooks, Writing, and Collaborating

Interview With Dan Bar-el: On Picturebooks, Writing, and Collaborating

Dan Bar-elis an award-winning children’s author, educator and storyteller. His writing includes chapter books, picture books, and most recently, a graphic novel. For the past twenty years, Dan has been working with children ages 3 to 13. He’s been a school age childcare provider, a preschool teacher, a creative drama teacher and creative writing teacher. These days, when not writing, travelling…

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