Hot Cup of Tea and a Good Book

Maribeth Klein has it all.  Her dream job.  Her dream husband.  Twins, a boy and a girl - of course.  But she's also killing herself doi...

The One and Only Ivan is one of my favourite reads of all time.  It is so beautifully written and has a great lesson too.  Fits perfectly w...

Maggie is a very self absorbed 11 year old girl.  She loves school.  She plans to be president - she's already campaigning.  Maggie love...

The Seven Series is where my blog began.  It was also my first published book review in my local newspaper.  I LOVE this series!  I have dr...

  In 2014 I discovered David Carroll while doing the Forest of Reading program at my school.  His first novel, Ultra , was a Silver Birch no...

  Harrison is a 15 year old boy diagnosed with high functioning autism.  He can travel through his high school days with few incidents but h...

It's the summer of 1962 and the threat of war is looming.  Scott is in grade 6.  Old enough to know that things are serious but young ...