@readwithriver

Host on The Picture Bookstagang Podcast, we chat about picturebooks, interview authors, & illustrators. Plus #kidsbookstagram on IG @ReadWithRiver

 Toronto, Ontario
picturebookstagang.com
Joined March 2020
  • Tweets665
  • Following790
  • Followers367
47Media
Alessandra Requena retweeted
All in a Day@cbcallinaday28 Feb 2022
Talking to @InclusiveTime & @IAmSueannHall now about their project to highlight family-friendly books that are about Black Canadians in history - more here: sueannhall.com/blog/black-hi… #bhm
1
4
2
7
Alessandra Requena retweeted
Margaret Kingsbury@areaderlymom17 Feb 2022
I TALK LIKE A RIVER + SWEEP A child delights in a crisp fall day w her cousins until a wheeze catches in her throat, turning her breath into a whistle. Inside she uses her inhaler & escapes into her imagination. Soon her cousins join her in imaginative play #PBPitch #OWN #DIS #L
6
3
4
What is freedom and where does the quest for an unfettered life, free of accountability to society, just become privilege? Let's explore the concept of freedom with picturebooks! readwithriver.ca/2022/02/12/…

What is Freedom? Exploring the concept through Picturebooks. #LibrarianFightClub

What is Freedom? What’s the difference between ‘freedom’ & Privilege’? Lately I have been asking myself “What is freedom?” an awful lot. So I started looking…

readwithriver.ca
2
6
This is what keeps me up at night. What makes a picturebook universal? And what makes it quintessentially Canadian, British, or Australian? readwithriver.ca/2022/02/03/…

What makes a Picturebook Universally Appealing? And how does the kidlit genre differ from country...

Why do some picturebooks only become classics in one country? Is it just marketing, or something more? Becoming a picturebook reviewer in an age of social media has demonstrated to me one thing. Al…

readwithriver.ca
1
1
3
Potentially controversial opinion. I only want to eat cakes that look like cakes.
1
6
Hugging in picturebooks is a common theme and one that's evolved quite a long way in less than a decade! readwithriver.ca/2022/01/21/…

#LibrarianFightClub to Hug or not to Hug?

Ideas around children and hugging have come a long way in the last ten years, let’s take a look at “Don’t Hug Doug (He Doesn’t Like It) 2021, vs. “Hug Machine” 2…

readwithriver.ca
1
9
"Every piece of plastic you used in your life still exists. "Well, at least there's one thing in our lives that will never change.
2
Nothing like going to comment on a meme only to be confronted by the harsh reality I've never had an original thought in your life...
5
With mere hours left, 2021 couldn't leave bad enough alone and has taken Betty White less than three weeks before her 100th birthday.
1
3
Ready to put my kids to bed an hour early.
2
I miss sitcoms. In the olden days a show could go ten seasons and still be funny. Nowadays you get three seasons in tops and they're inevitably forced to save the world from an apocalypse. I didn't come here for this, I thought this was a show about baking.
1
6
WHERE IS EVERYONE? by Tom Schamp is one of #bookstagang 's #bestbooksof2021! "Tom Schamp is a wild and unpredictable genius whose work depicts a world full of mystery, connection and surprise." @readwithriver readwithriver.ca/the-booksta… #kidlit #boardbook
2
6
What is beauty? Last night we were recording the podcast episode for this year's #bookstagang_bestof2021 And as we were surveying the piles of books that had been submitted this year, about 400, trends began to emerge.
1
1
5
more replies
JAGUAR AND BUTTERFLIES by Catherine Russler and @elyelyilustra revels in the glory of Mexican beauty and tradition
1
1
BINDUS BINDI by Supriya Kelkar and Parvati Pillai is a touching intergenerational story that affirms and embraces the beauty of Indian tradition and style. @SterlingBooks
1
Load more