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CBC Books: 33 Canadian kids’ books we are excited to read in spring 2025

This is a wonderfully detailed article that includes first-reader and illustrated kids books, and the people behind them, being published in Canada this spring. Added bonus: in many cases the article includes links to interviews and reviews for further reading. Kate Beaton’s book for 3 to 6 year olds, Shark Girl, for example, caught myContinueContinue reading “CBC Books: 33 Canadian kids’ books we are excited to read in spring 2025”

CBC Books: Cartoonist Chris Ware invites readers inside his personal sketchbooks

It may be from January, but this interview with Chris Ware still stands out. Ware, who always wanted to be a cartoonist, was pulled by the medium’s ability to bring writing and drawing together, and started keeping sketchbooks in his late teens. “I was just trying to learn how to draw,” said Ware on BookendsContinueContinue reading “CBC Books: Cartoonist Chris Ware invites readers inside his personal sketchbooks”