Monthly Archives: March 2017
HISTORY TIDBIT: PENCIL DAY
Happy Pencil Day! Yes, in North America, March 30th is National Pencil Day. Why? Well, not because that’s when pencils were invented. Pencils have been around since Germany started mass producing them in the seventeenth century, but it was on March 30th, 1858, that an American, Hymen Lipman of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, succeeded in obtaining a […]
TRIVIA TRAIL: WASHINGTON’S CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL
Question: Cherry Blossom festivals abound in Japan, but why does Washington D.C. have one? Answer: To commemorate a gift the city received in 1912, when Yukio Ozaki, the Mayor of Tokyo, Japan, gave Washington 3,000 cherry trees as a symbol of friendship between Japan and the U.S.A.. First Lady, Helen Herron Taft, and the Japanese […]
HISTORY TIDBIT: EARTH HOUR
Earth hour is an annual event that takes place on the last Saturday in March. The World Wide Fund (WWF) held the first Earth Hour in Sydney, Australia in 2007, by having over two million homes and businesses switch off non-essential lights and appliances for an hour. The event lowered energy consumption in Sydney by […]
HISTORIC BIRTHDAY THEME: BIBLE TIMES
Since kids don’t usually give up birthdays for Lent, how about a Bible theme? COSTUMES Tell guests’ parents to dig out what their kids wore for the school/Sunday School nativity play, or visit: http://susanevans.org/blog/bible-costume-in-five-minutes/ http://adventuresinmommydom.org/easy-no-sew-bible-costume/ DECORATIONS & OTHER PARTY ITEMS If your local shops don’t carry anything suitable, try: http://www.partycity.com/product/blessed+day+religious+party+supplies.do http://www.shindigz.com/vacation-bible-school/c/51 For invitation ideas/downloads try: […]
CHAPTERS INDIGO BOOK SIGNING
I signed and sold some books at Chapters, Orchard Park, Kelowna, B.C. on Saturday and was fortunate enough to have some of the books’ cover models on hand at various points during the day as well. Pictured at left above is my ‘Jack’ model (one of the main Time Rose characters, who, as you can […]
HISTORY SHARE: BOOKS ON THE GO
I can remember being one of the kids asked to choose books for the classroom from a mobile library van back in my English primary school days. http://www.boredpanda.com/bookmobile-library-on-wheels/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=BPFacebook
Time Travelling With Kids 