2 new awards from the Canadian Toy Testing Council

The Canadian Toy Testing Council has just released its list of Top 10 Great Books for Children 2011, and TWO of our titles are on it! Wow!
Perry by Paola Opal

And Ella's Umbrella's by Jennifer Lloyd with illustrations by Ashley Spires.

Thanks to all the kids who read and voted for our titles! And congrats to all the other winning books too!

Dot, the world's smallest stop-motion animation

This is one of the cutest animations -- and the world's smallest. What's extra cute and serendipitous is that Henry's mother, from Sara O'Leary's When You Were Small books, is actually called Dot, too!
Thanks to Betsy Bird over at Fuse#8 for the link!
Sara also has an awesome blog about books and book-related things too.

Simply Read Books Book Launch November 15

cute, impractical bookshelf!

Thanks to Betsy Bird for the link! She got it from Yay!Everyday, a cool site with tons of inspiring images!