Puff! Puff! (Blow out 2 candles)
Now there are eight.
Eight little birthday candlesticks
Puff! Puff! Now there are six.
Six little candles and not one more
Puff! Puff! Now there are four.
Four little candles, red, white and blue
Puff! Puff! Now there are two.
Two little candles, we’re almost done
Puff! Puff! Now there are none.
The incredibly talented, charming, and self-deprecatingly humorous author/artist gave a presentation about what it’s like being Oliver Jeffers before a sold-out audience on Saturday, 23 February 2013 in Vancouver. I took a stack of my favourite books for Mr. Jeffers to sign (photos, below) but, alas, the capacity crowd meant a limit of 2 autographs per devotee. […]
Brain Pickings | The Night Riders: A charming and unexpected adventure story by one of today’s most extraordinary comic artists
A tip of the HAT to my colleagues, Alicia and Nicole, who kindly shared their version of this fashionable felt story: I really like Alicia’s penguin hat! ° ° ° When I was cutting out my own snowpeople yesterday, a couple of curious coworkers went, “aah … cute!” and wanted to know the story. Their […]
I recently discovered Brain Pickings and thought you might like this site as well. Here are some visuals and a link to a post by Maria Popova to whet your appetite for more from Brain Pickings. Aldous Huxley Gertrude Stein James Thurber Carl Sandburg Salman Rushdie Ian Flemming Langston Hughes Brain Pickings | 7 (More) Obscure […]
I was called in at the last minute to give a Family Storytime to a group of caregivers and their charges. Needing some extras, I went into the “closet” and found a cute Made-in-China pop-up toy featuring a little rabbit hiding inside a carrot. I asked my boss what she knew about this object and […]
A Selection of CANADIAN CHILDREN’S LITERATURE by JUDITH SALTMAN
PDF files from Guybrarian to you > feel free to print + share + spread the silliness! PDF > FELT BOARD STORY: Ten Little Candles PDF > FELT BOARD STORY: Little Mouse PDF > FINGER PLAY: Here Is the Beehive PDF > JOKES: Jokes About Our Bee Friends PDF > Rhymes and Songs PDF > ACTION! Zoom Zoom Zoom PDF > BIBLIOGRAPHY: A […]
