(via Shutterstock) I adore kids’ books. Sure they were once upon just books to read to my nieces and nephews, but they’ve grown past books like these now, and yet, in reading them to my favourite little people, it hit me that here are some fun stories worth reading just Continue Reading
Easter
Easter has a soundtrack just like Christmas, so why do we never hear it? (curated article)
(via Shutterstock) This article by by Wendy Hargreaves, academic in the School of Education and Creative Arts, University of Southern Queensland, was first published in The Conversation Australia. You can’t visit the shops around Christmas time without hearing “Feliz Navidad”, “Silent Night”, or Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Continue Reading
Easter book review: Easter Bunny Murder by Leslie Meier
(courtesy Penguin Random House) It would be tempting to take in the title to this book by Leslie Meier and assume that the much-loved iconic Easter Bunny has had a brain snap, a breakdown and a loss of inhibition all in one and got on an uncharacteristically bloody killing spree. Continue Reading
Rabbits and chicks and glittery carrots oh my! I decorated my Easter tree with 5 pop culture ornaments
(via Shutterstock) Are Easter trees really a thing?! It’s a common reaction when I tell people I have one, and that I decorate it every year, and I have to explain that yes, they exist – mine was bought at Bed, Bath and Table at post-Easter sales many years ago Continue Reading
Easter festival #2: Yogi the Easter Bear
Yogi Bear, as we all know thanks to his constant recitation of the self-ascribed fact, is “smarter than the average bear.” But Yogi, who first made his appearance as an extra on The Huckleberry Hound Show in 1958, is not always as smart as he claims to be, at least Continue Reading
Easter festival #1: It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown
You have to hand it to Linus (Stephen Shea) – in the face of all evidence to the contrary, he continues to believe, and believe with a capital “B”, even when sceptics such as Sally mock him gently, and let’s be fair, not-so-gently. For him Halloween, and the arrival of Continue Reading