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@tania.howells 🍓🍓🍓 visual magpie- previously known as : children’s book illustrator, Toronto.

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Made by you, with fabric from us 🧵❤️ We love seeing what our community creates with our fabrics. From our highlight reel 🤩

@rebeccaliddiard · @taranerayjewellery · @fiische · @cut_n_patch · @shortstacksewing · @rapt_and_held · @littlemoppetshop · @taniahowells · @emma_queen_of_pattern · @sewsyntax · @wrinkleorpleat · @geordiegordonmusic · @winnipegnorthoffargo · @rebecca_a_m · @everything_is_a_suit · @switzer.studio · @rescuedbears · @daviddunkleyhat · @flirtingwithfashion_ · @rebeccaliddiard · @fofoniadynamics

#fabric #fabricstore #textiles #vintagestyle #fashiondesigner

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If these walls could talk, they’d say, “We just had an experience of a lifetime.

Over the course of 7 days, our entire gallery transformed from blank walls into a landscape of silky, inky Lamp Black swashes drawn with a single paintbrush.

Then, 40 enthusiastic neighbourhood participants foraged colours from around the block. Goldenrod, Black Walnuts, Acorns, mowed grass, sidewalk chalk, rusted bits, bark, and Virginia Creeper Berries galore.

Tables overflowed with rainbow piles, contrasted by our black-and-white outlines of Toronto’s parks, gardens, and waterways.

Hands busily squished, mashed, soaked, grated, mortared and pestled everything into colourful liquids. Reds, Yellows, Greens, Blues, Browns, and Blacks oozed into little bottles, creating a room full of "wows".

Strangers became co-creators. Colours became numbers.

The first brushstroke on a Yellow Iris petal quickly grew into a massive gallery mural, painted in only 2 days.

And the mural kept changing, growing, and attracting live insects. 215 painters continued adding layers, shading, textures, new colour mixes and tiny details from Sweat Bees to intricate Walnut leaf veins.

Hundreds of people visited, sometimes multiple times to watch the progress.

There was something especially magical about knowing the paint itself was alive. Every colour came from something that had fallen or lived around us. The mural wasn’t just depicting nature. Nature was literally part of it.

What started as a blank gallery became a living celebration of Toronto’s wild landscape, made of the neighbourhood's colours, by the people who live here.

And then, just as nature does, it changed.

The mural is gone now. We're sad to see it disappear but perhaps that is part of what made it so special. Nature is always evolving, nothing stays exactly the same. Seasons shift, leaves fall, and eventually We the walls become blank again.

What remains is the memory of the energy that filled the gallery. We’ll always remember the working hands, the mouse’s mushroom village, and the sparkles in everyone's eyes.

The mural may be gone but the energy lives on, preserved within our walls.

Thank you to each and every one of you.”

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My book friends and I want to wish the students, the parents and caregivers, and the educators and school staff a wonderful school year!!💛

I’ve got books about the social-emotional elements of school. My website has follow-up activities. I also do school visits!

Friends who wanted to wish you luck are:
Friends from ONE CAN (@groundwoodbooks @ericwaltersauthor @_isabelle_malenfant_ ) about food insecurity

Flora from SEE YOU LATER, ALLIGATOR (@scholasticcda @noemie_illustration ) about mindfulness and overcoming school separation anxiety

Kinsley, Brianna and Rumi from BRIANNA BANANA, HELPER OF THE DAY (@orcabook @suharuogawa ) about making friends and being friends

Kim from TOUGH LIKE MUM (@tundrabooks @carmenmokstudio ) about mental health and socio-economic differences

Kyle and Raj from RAJ’S RULE FOR THE BATHROOM AT SCHOOL (@owlkidspublishing @metahatem ) about school bathroom anxiety

Kitty and Gertie from TAYRA’S NOT TALKING (@kidscanpress @christinebattuz ) about communicating with friends.

Hannah and Percy from PERCY’S PERFECT FRIEND (@pajamapressbooks @peggysillustration ) about making friends when you are shy.

Leah, Allie and a friend in THE ONLY LONELY FAIRY (@pajamapressbooks @peggysillustration ) about finding friends when you feel left out.

Kristabelle, Julian, Jane and Willow in WILLOW’S WHISPERS (@kidscanpress @taniahowells ) about finding your voice at school.

#backtoschool #backtoschoolbooks #backtoschoolfriends

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📚 Kitap Önerisi – 3 yaş ve üzeri
📖 Derin’in Fısıltıları
✍️ Yazan: Lana Button
🎨 Resimleyen: Tania Howells
🌍 İngilizceden çeviren: Meltem Türkeri
🏷️ Yayınevi: Okuyan Koala

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Bazı çocuklar sessizdir. Ama bu, onların anlatacak bir şeyleri olmadığı anlamına gelmez…

“Derin’in Fısıltıları”, içe dönük, sessiz bir çocuğun okul gününü ve onun dünyayla kurduğu nazik bağı konu alan yumuşak, duyarlı bir hikâye. Derin’in sesini duyuramaması değil, duyulmak için farklı yollar seçmesi üzerine kurulu. Onun sessizliğini anlamaya çalışan öğretmeni ve arkadaşları sayesinde duygu dolu, empatiyle örülü bir yolculuk başlıyor.
🧠 Özellikle utangaç, içine kapanık çocuklar için güçlendirici bir anlatım.
💬 “Konuşmadan da iletişim kurmak mümkün,” diyen çocukların kitabı.
👩‍🏫 Öğretmenler ve ebeveynler için de değerli bir kaynak — sessizliğin ardındaki sesi duymak isteyen herkese.
🎈 Sessiz kahramanlara, küçük fısıltılara ve kocaman kalplere ithaf edilmiş bu kitap, çocukların iç dünyasına saygıyla yaklaşan her yetişkinin kütüphanesinde yer almalı.

#çocukkitapları #okuyankoala #derininfısıltıları #kitapönerisi #çocukedebiyatı #empati #duygusalzeka #sessizçocuklar #çocuklaraiyigelir #çocukkitaplarıönerisi #derininfısıltıları #willowswhispers #reklamdeğiltavsiye #okumakgüzeldir #çocuklarokusun #childrensbookillustration #childrenbook

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Well that’s a wrap on 2024, it’s hard to believe it’s already the dawn of a new year again, 2024 has truly flown by. This is my top nine as usual for New Year’s Eve, I’m still not sure how the algorithm caused my BYD School bus picture to get over 600 likes, four times more than my normal amount of likes, but oh well! My third most liked ended up being my transit operator appreciation post. My actual personal favourite catch out of the ones that are here is probably Niagara 2368 in front of the falls, at the end of the day likes don’t matter! I would like to thank all my friends and family for the great memories made this year as well as all the lovely transit workers I’ve met in 2024. Happy New Year 2025 here’s to another hopefully good year!

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Derin’in sözleri fısıltı halinde çıkıyordu.
Duymak için çok küçüklerdi.

Derin’in bir sır gibi yumuşak ve utangaç olan sesi okuldakiler tarafından duyulmuyor ve başına olmadık dertler açıyor. (Atıştırmalık saatinde çok nazik bir şekilde elma suyu istemişken, portakal suyu içmek zorunda kalmak sadece bir hayal kırıklığıdır.)

Daha yüksek sesle konuşmanın bir yolunu bulmak için dilek dilediği, düşündüğü ve plan yaptığı bir gecenin ardından, Derin ertesi sabah mükemmel bir fikirle uyanır: Sihirli bir mikrofon! Ancak en sağlam geri dönüştürülebilir malzemelerden yapmasına rağmen, bu uyduruk icadı okulun son saatine kadar dayanamaz. Derin, sesini duyurmak için başka bir yol bulabilecek mi?
Büyüleyici bir şekilde anlatılan ve resimlenen Derin’in Fısıltıları, okurların neşeyle okuyacakları bir hikaye!

DERİN’İN FISILTILARI’NIN ALDIĞI ÖDÜLLER

2011 - Best Books for Kids & Teens, Canadian Children’s Book Centre, Winner

2011 - Best Children’s Books of the Year, Bank Street Children’s Book Committee, Winner

2011 - Blue Spruce Award, Ontario Library Association, Commended

2011 - Shining Willow Award, Saskatchewan Young Readers’ Choice Award, Commended

2010 - Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities, IBBY, Winner

#derininfısıltıları #okuyankoalayayınları #okuyankoala

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I asked you to list your perimenopause symptom and wow. It truly is, as Mona Eltahawy put it, just like that movie title: Everything Everywhere All at Once.⁠
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Hundreds of comments, hundreds of symptoms. These are just a few.⁠
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I haven’t done an analysis yet, but as we know, this is about a lot more than hot flashes.⁠
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One person was after my own heart when she listed 'denial’, which I argue is the first symptom of perimenopause and the most important one to get a handle on.⁠
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Another said "my own female middle aged doctor couldn't help me with this (won't give me hrt) - the way you all have in making me feel less crazy - thank you all"⁠
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Some of the most recurring, and heartbreaking comments came from people experiencing what hit me hardest too: anxiety. Several people listed “health anxiety” and, I mean, with all this going on, how could you not?⁠
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This transition can be a confusing time, it helps share, it helps to know we are not alone ❤️⁠
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#menopausesymptoms #midlifewomen #forwomenbywomen #perimenopause #menoposse #hormonetherapy #menopausal #herosjourney #youarenotalone #middleaged #symptoms ⁠
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Happy 14th Birthday Enzo! @71a_runnymede – Transit fan and food enthusiast 🚇🚍🚌🍔🍜🍚🍲🎹🎼🎶

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From April 15 to29, Indigo is running a 10X Plum Points on all @kidscanpress titles, in stores and online. Click on the link in bio to order now! And can I suggest my titles
#willowswhispers @taniahowells
#willowfindsaway
#willowssmile
#myteachersnothere @christinebattuz
#whatifbunnysnotabully
#tayrasnottalking

#indigo @indigo @indigokids #kidscanpress #bookshelves #booklove #picturebooks #booksonsocialemotional #sel

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Thinking of the challenges in today’s classroom and sending the most positive vibes to educators who are doing their best to support every child in the room!
And I know that classroom time is precious! When you find those valuable minutes in the day to read out loud to your class, can I suggest these! I wrote them with the hope that they will spark classroom discussion on empathy, inclusion and understanding.
Best of luck with the final three months of this challenging year! And thank you for all that you do!!

#willowfindsaway (Kids Can Press)
#whatifbunnysnotabully (Kids Can Press)
#percysperfectfriend (Pajama Press)
#tayrasnottalking (Kids Can Press)
#toughlikemum (Tundra)
#teacher #teacherlife #teacherlibrarian #teachertools #teachersofinstagram #readalouds #readaloudsforkids #socialemotionallearning #socialemotionalskills #belongingandcontributing

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It is #childrensbookday and I was asked, what’s your favourite?
Starting from the beginning- I loved The Monster at the End of This Book(starring Loveable, Furry Old Grover)
And Clifford the Big Red Dog❤️
I loved reading Heidi, Anne of Green Gables, Trixie Beldon, My Side of the Mountain and The Great Gilly Hopkins.
I loved Judy Bloom-especially Forever! I loved Flowers in the Attic! And my to-this-day ultimate favourite from that first Grade 10 read- Wuthering Heights.
My favourites to read to my babies- Goodnight Moon and Pat the Bunny❤️
My favourite picture book? Town is by the Sea @sydneydraws @joanneschwartz11 @groundwoodbooks
And my latest #theonlylonelyfairy @pajamapressbooks @peggysillustration
My first #willowswhispers ❤️❤️❤️@kidscanpress @taniahowells
My first rhyming #myteachersnothere Mc @christinebattuz
My first books to read to babies #staymybaby @orcabook #thecowsaidboo @pajamapressbooks @alicecarterillustration and the one that holds a teeny piece of my soul #toughlikemum @tundrabooks @carmenmokstudio

I’d love to hear about your favourites! Comment below📚

#internationalchildrensbooksday #favoritebooks #favouritechildrensbook #ilovethisbook #booksforkids

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