WHERE IS EVERYONE? by Tom Schamp is one of #bookstagang 's #bestbooksof2021! "Tom Schamp is a wild and unpredictable genius whose work depicts a world full of mystery, connection and surprise." Alessandra Requena readwithriver.ca/the-bookstagan… #kidlit #boardbook

I miss sitcoms. In the olden days a show could go ten seasons and still be funny. Nowadays you get three seasons in tops and they're inevitably forced to save the world from an apocalypse. I didn't come here for this, I thought this was a show about baking.

Ready to put my kids to bed an hour early.

With mere hours left, 2021 couldn't leave bad enough alone and has taken Betty White less than three weeks before her 100th birthday.

Nothing like going to comment on a meme only to be confronted by the harsh reality I've never had an original thought in your life...

"Every piece of plastic you used in your life still exists. "Well, at least there's one thing in our lives that will never change.

Hugging in picturebooks is a common theme and one that's evolved quite a long way in less than a decade! readwithriver.ca/2022/01/21/lib…

Potentially controversial opinion. I only want to eat cakes that look like cakes.

This is what keeps me up at night. What makes a picturebook universal? And what makes it quintessentially Canadian, British, or Australian? readwithriver.ca/2022/02/03/wha…

What is freedom and where does the quest for an unfettered life, free of accountability to society, just become privilege? Let's explore the concept of freedom with picturebooks! readwithriver.ca/2022/02/12/wha…

I TALK LIKE A RIVER + SWEEP A child delights in a crisp fall day w her cousins until a wheeze catches in her throat, turning her breath into a whistle. Inside she uses her inhaler & escapes into her imagination. Soon her cousins join her in imaginative play #PBPitch #OWN #DIS #L

Talking to @InclusiveTime & Sueann Hall (s/h) now about their project to highlight family-friendly books that are about Black Canadians in history - more here: sueannhall.com/blog/black-his… #bhm