Boyz Read

Thursday, February 13, 2025

FOREVER HOME

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A Dog and Boy Love Story   By Henry Cole     (Scholastic Press, 2022)   Breathe out. Slowly. Every time I open this book, I feel love.  Fore...
Thursday, February 6, 2025

THE SILENCE SLIPS IN

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Written by Alison Hughes   Illustrated by Ninon Pelletier   (Orca Book Publishers, 2019)     This is one of those books that may soothe chil...
Thursday, January 30, 2025

SURPRISE

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      By Mies Van Hout     (Lemniscaat, 2013)     I love when I discover a book that’s more than a decade old in a first-run bookstore. So o...
Friday, January 24, 2025

THE WALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BOOK

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    By Jon Agee   (Dial Books for Young Readers, 2018)     Sometimes I read a picture book and I’m not sure what it’s really about. I mean, ...
Saturday, January 11, 2025

WHERE TO HIDE A STAR

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    By Oliver Jeffers    (HarperCollins, 2024)     I have been a fan of Oliver Jeffers’ picture books since I discovered  The Incredible Boo...
Sunday, January 5, 2025

THE YELLOW BUS

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    By Loren Long   (Roaring Brook Press, 2024)   This story began from a curious mind. As author-illustrator Loren Long explains at the end...
Monday, December 16, 2024

HERE & THERE

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By Thea Lu   (Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2024)       There are homebodies and there are those with constant wanderlust.  Here and The...
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GREGORY WALTERS
I love to write! Unfortunately, many of my ideas come as I am driving or when I am desperately trying to get some sleep. I live on the Sunshine Coast in British Columbia. People think it is an island since you can only get here by plane or ferry, but it is part of the mainland. I am an elementary school principal and a passionate advocate of children's books. I believe we need to have genuine conversations with kids about their reading interests and listen to their views on novels, blogs, magazines, comics and other materials. The social aspect of reading is vital. Don't we all love to talk about a book or an article that excites, amuses, mystifies or annoys us? Let kids talk! (That means we may have to toss out some of those well crafted teacher questions.) When I am not working, writing or playing with my dogs, I enjoy swimming, tennis, reading--usually kids' books--and surfing the Internet. I would have added jogging, but I don't really enjoy that. I just do it. I thought of gardening, too, but in truth I am a lazy gardener. If a weed flowers, I leave it. I also do not feel the urge to protect my plants from slugs and deer. My hostas hate me for that.
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