Garden Question and Answers
Q. In a past column on Amaryllis belladona (naked ladies), you mention that they come in colors other than the regular pink that are in evidence during summer. I am a real amaryllis fancier and have lots of them in my garden. I would love to get ... [... more]
Suite101 |
Hazard Trees: Why They Fall and How to Prevent More Damage
GardenLine / Trees and Shrubs / Hazard Trees: Why They Fall and How to Prevent More Damage Sometimes, the wind storms of Saskatchewan can make this province feel like "Kansas of the north." High winds during summer storms can inflicted serious . [... more]
University of Saskatchewan |
Jan Andrews
Jan Andrews lives down the end of a road on a lake and has a passion for the Canadian wilderness. As a storyteller, she has a particular love for the traditional folk and fairy tales. She has read from the world's great epics and, during summer ... [... more]
Random House |
Joy Fielding
Now a New York Times bestselling author of popular psychological novels, Joy was eight years old when she sent her first story to a magazine. She wrote plays that she and her friends performed for their parents during summer vacation at the ... [... more]
Random House |
Recess the Movie: School's Out (Widescreen)
 From Amazon.com: Disney's Recess: School's Out dipped in and out of theaters faster than fans of the cable TV show could snap their lunch boxes shut--kind of nice for parents whose idea of grown-up detention is sitting through such fly-by-night kiddie [... more]
CDN$31.99
Amazon CA |
Math Grade 6
Wonderful Education Tool: This workbook is wonderful! It gets down to the point without the unnecessary distractions (such as stickers). It is easy to read and your children will have no trouble at all with the easy to follow directions. It is a great [... more]
CDN$13.95
Amazon CA |
Complete Book Series:Math Grades 3-4
Improve grades over summer vacation!: I found this book so helpful during summer vacation. My 3rd and 4th graders did 2-3 pages twice a week just for review and went back to school confident of their math. My kids actually thanked me for getting them [... more]
CDN$17.95
Amazon CA |
The Goosebumps: Scarecrow Walks at Midnight
The misadventures and terror of Mark & Jodie: I was addicted to these books when I was younger and it wasn't until I was majoring in education in college that I figured out why. They were interesting with bizarre plot twists that most 9-12 year olds [... more]
CDN$6.99
Amazon CA |
100+ Series:57 Great Math Stories
Real World Math for Kids!: I purchased this book for my 10 year old to work on during summer vacation. Delaware is deep into education standards, writing and problem solving. This book touches it all! The "word problems" are great short stories [... more]
CDN$15.95
Amazon CA |
The Disinherited
Read like a Traveller campaign: I'm a fan of the Classic SF RPG Traveller. I'm betting that the author is a Traveller fan too. There were just too many concepts and items straight from the game. Tailored Vac Suits, Battle Dress, Stutterwarp (ok that's 230 [... more]
CDN$6.24
Amazon CA |
Bilitis
Love is to share: I loved watching this movie, they made women kissing and making love an art. Girls in boarding school, freely naked and loving each other, looking for love. Bilitis imagines she found love in a young photographer. During summer vacation [... more]
CDN$15.61
Amazon CA |
Spectrum Trade:Math Gr.6
Wonderful Education Tool: This workbook is wonderful! It gets down to the point without the unnecessary distractions (such as stickers). It is easy to read and your children will have no trouble at all with the easy to follow directions. It is a great [... more]
CDN$11.95
Amazon CA |
