This month our momstown Edmonton mama's gathered for our monthly Mama Book Club. In November, our book was provided by Scholastic Canada who sponsors many of our momstown Literacy Programs including our Toddler book club called Tales for Tots, Rhyme Rhythm and Read and our Baby Book Club.
This month Scholastic Canada provided the books for our mamas to read. We were able to choose from six fantastic titles. Our Edmonton mamas decided on:
by Jaclyn Moriarty
This book also goes beyond definition but is huge in-house favourite! Jaclyn is a truly unique gifted writer, and this story is set partly in our world and partly in an invented world—between these two worlds is a gap, and a troubled teen has found a way to communicate with a young man in the fantasy world.
Here are some comments about the book from our momstown mamas:
I love the personification of colours it made my imagination run wild. I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the books in the series. It was an easy read that was full of whimsy. I hope we are able to do another book review with Scholastic. Perhaps something a little deeper. Thanks for the opportunity to read and review!
Cute concept - Madeleine lived in the world as we know it, and Elliott lives in a fantasy world and they communicate by letter via a crack between the two worlds (the letters appear in a parking meter and an art sculpture). Madeleine doesn't believe Elliott but then they end up helping each other out inadvertently through their correspondence.Definitely an easy read s ince it is book 1 of a trilogy, I can see myself reading the next 2.
-Nicole
Would you like to take part in our next mama book club? Join momstown - a membership lasts all year long and includes this as well as 30 other fantastic programs every month!
Geared for moms with babies ages 0-12 months looking to connect with other moms with babies. With a discussion theme led by an monthly, topics like baby food daycare transitions, teething and sleep patterns will be covered. Alternating week’s momstown will lead you and your child in a short Sensory Activity, Baby Book Club or Baby Picassos art session where you and your baby will create a keepsake craft - it's never too early to introduce creativity.
Put on your scientist hat and get experimenting! Our little scientists will have a chance to explore different sensory materials and explore hands-on. We might make our own volcanoes, learn how to mix colours or see what sinks or floats!.jpeg)
Our flagship monthly event! Based on our educational curriculum and theme of the month, mom and kids will do a craft together, enjoy parachute and circle time, and have some free play time to socialize. During summer, Art & Play will incorporate Picassos in the Park, momstown's famous 'let's get messy' outdoor painting activity.
Toddler Time
Tales for Tots
Music & Movement
We finished off our alphabet fun with homemade gingerbread play dough (from here with 1 T each of cinnamon, cloves, and ginger added and no Jello) and a delicious snack compliments of Alpha-Bits cereal! The kids loved snacking on the nutritious cereal as they made different letters with the yummy smelling play dough. 
One of the great programs momstown Edmonton hosts every month is Tales for Tots. This fantastic program which puts a fun focus on children's literature is sponsored by Scholastic. This month at Beaners Sherwood Park, we read "The Night Before Christmas" by Barbara Reid. We just love Barbara Reid, and this book was no exception. It took a classic story that we all know and added Barbara Reid's fabulous Plasticine pictures. If you haven't yet looked at a Barbara Reid book, you need to! The kids loved all the mice as the main characters, and thought it was hilarious that Santa Claus was a mouse! We pick a winner for the book each month, and lucky, little Mila got to take home her very own copy. 
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