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In preparing for a new year, we often reminisce about times gone by. But have we perhaps been lazy with our heritage and our own education? Here are our top 100 ‘Canadian’ legends that we feel you should be able to utter a sentence about – either at a cocktail party or in answer to your children’s questions. We’re bracing ourselves for lots of comments about what we may be missing… please add your thoughts below. We sometimes forget that we are our children’s best teachers and role models. Neglecting ourselves will eventually affect our children. So if a few of these things are fuzzy in your mind… look them up on your Blackberry while you’re at the gym fulfilling your other New Year’s Resolution. (And enter our Fitness contest pronto). Read more
Written by Caroline Repchuk
Illustrated by Susanna Ronchi
This is a magical tale of friendship and caring for Christmas! As Santa’s sleigh sails high over the forest on Christmas Eve, a calamity occurs—a little toy kitten falls from the sleigh! Luckily the kitten lands safely in a snowdrift where she is soon found by a family of mice who overcome their fear to help her find her new home in time for Christmas.
The BBC believes most people will have read only 6 of the 100 books here. How do your reading habits stack up? Note… if you can’t find childcare for New Year’s… it’s a good night to crack open one of these tomes. Feel free to comment on this article and add some of your own selections. For your kids? See our Get Reading section.
1 Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
2 The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien Read more
A Baby Flip a FaceBy SAMi
A blue hat becomes a red hat and yellow hair becomes red hair in this soft, foam-filled book that will stimulate the minds and imaginations of babies and encourage them to grab on and flip the pages! Read more
Sometimes you just need the perfect gift. A first birthday, a baby gift for a respected business colleague, or maybe for the homecoming of the baby who has just been released from the NICU. It happens – and these occasions should not be allowed to slip by. You might not be able to grab it from Winners a hour before the event, but it will most certainly be perfect. Custom Made for Kids prints individual, bound storybooks about the life of a child. Read more
