Great Books for Kids & Two Old Goats

Sally and Don are joined by a special guest to talk about book clubs, the benefits of taking part in one with your children & grandchildren and tips on how to get one started.
Some of the books referenced include:
Bad Badger by Mary Rose Wood
Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate
Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt
Ottoline by Christian Riddell
Rabbit and Bear by Julian Gough
Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Tig by Heather Smith
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

Sally & Don share some of their favourite spring-related books including:
The Dust Bowl by David Booth
Handsprings by Douglas Florian
I Am Wind by Rachel Poliquin
Mrs. Spitzer's Garden by Edith Pattou
Naomi Knows It's Springtime by Virginia L. Kroll
Red Sings from the Treetops by Joyce Sidman
Take Me Out to the Ball Game illustrated by Gary Clement
What's New, Daniel? by Micha Archer

Sally and Don talk about some great books they've recently read, including:
Birdlore by Jess Keating
How to Hatch by Sara Holly Ackerman
I Am We by Leslie Barnard Booth
In the World of Whales by Michelle Cusolito
When a Tree Falls by Kirsten Pendreigh

Sally and Don talk about school visits during I Love to Read Month and highlight some of the great books they shared with students, including:
Broken by X. Fang
Every Monday Mabel by Jashar Awan
Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla by Katherine Applegate
Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen
Robert Bateman: The Boy Who Painted Nature by Margriet Ruurs
Zip Zap Wickety Wack: A Story about Sharing by Matthew Diffee by

Season Two kicks off with a very special guest. Award winning author-educator Tasha Spillett joins Sally and Don to talk about her books and about her journey as a writer.
Tasha's books include:
I Sang You Down from the Stars illustrated by Michaela Goade
Beautiful You, Beautiful Me illustrated by Salini Perera
Raven's Ribbons illustrated by Daniel Ramirez
The Surviving the City graphic novel series illustrated by Natasha Donovan