THE ROCK BOOK

Ever since he started walking, my son has been obsessed with rocks. Every rock he picks up has something “special”: it’s shape, it’s color… he always comes up with a good reason to pick up yet another rock. Last summer, we went to Ottawa and visited the Canadian Museum of Nature. One of his favorite…

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MAPS

Oh, this book. It was love at first sight. I first found out about this title browsing through blogs. This title came back again and again. The moment I saw a picture of one of it’s double-pages, I fell in love. Maps isn’t like any other atlas. It’s a reference book. It’s a seek-and-find book.…

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PLANETS

Recently, at daycare, my son started a three-week activity program about the solar system: so, you guessed it, he would come back home with LOTS of questions! He was hooked!! (We even had to show him the Apollo shuttle and the moon landing on YouTube, haha!). He just couldn’t get enough. Even his room has…

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AN ANTHOLOGY OF INTRIGUING ANIMALS

I had a very hard time finding an animal anthology that sparked the same amazement I had with the one I used to have when I was little. The one I had would mesmerize me over and over again. I could spend hours going through, looking at the beautiful pictures. Sure, there are a lot…

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