books
Gardening Books & Songs
For Toddlers
Gardening is such a great activity with kids. You get to spend time outdoors, learn about botany and get your hands dirty with soil and wet with water (wonderful sensory experiences). Gardening also teaches good work ethic and care for other things. Patience is a virtue, so we can add that life lesson to the [...]
Books Everyone Will Love!
This Valentine’s Day, fight the urge to buy your grandchild chocolate and show up with a book for them instead. There are so many wonderful children’s books that focus on love. Here are a few of our favourites to inspire you.
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Karen Katz is at it again with another wonderful book of discovery. This time, baby [...]
Create a Book your
Family will Cherish
Toddlers love to be read to. Books are the best gifts that you can buy a child. What if you could create a one-of-kind book that combined your grandchild’s love of books with your love of family. This easy to complete project will accomplish both!
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See? By Bill Martin [...]
Holiday Books for Toddlers
Holiday time is a great time to cuddle on the couch and read a book with your grandchild. Truthfully, we feel that anytime is a good time to read with your grandchildren, however, now you have a valid excuse to buy them more books! Holiday time is a great time to purchase some new books [...]
Books For New Grandparents
Being a new grandparent may present you with a series of questions and concerns. Here we have selected a few books to help you find your way. Some have humor and some are touching, some can be read with your grandchildren as well.
Grandparents! By Roser Capdevila and Anne-Laure Fournier le Ray. Grandparents! is an amusing, [...]
Sleepover Prep for your 2-5 year old
Your friends have been talking about how much fun they have when their grandchildren sleepover and you and “the parents” have decided that your grandchild is ready. You have the bed made and the story books chosen, but there are some things to keep in mind before the big night.
Toddlers and Pre-schoolers often start to [...]
“What my Grandma Means to Say” A Picture Book about Alzheimer’s
Illustrated in full colour by Gary Frederick, the book lets young readers, ages 8-12, and their families, share Jake’s experience as he watches his grandma change from world traveller, expert birder and best cookie baker to someone who forgets where she lives and cannot remember his name. Once Grandma moves to a long-term care residence, [...]
