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You can contact me at 705-309-7452     Aesop's Fables (5-9 year olds)  A great number of teachers and TL's are buying Aesop’s Fables for   their classrooms andthe school. Aesop's fables have been specifically rewritten to address the variety of reading levels found in primary classrooms.  This is an ideal book to be used for the whole class from grade 1 to grade 3.   The book is a great buy as it contains 20 fables with lessons that   resonate with decision making when it comes to appropriate behaviour.   Perhaps one of the most quoted fables by parents and teachers is the one from the Grasshopper and the Ants - f irst, you work and then you play.  A Wish for Haidan (7-9 year olds) This fairy young boy  who is granted 3 wishes on one condition.  Trying to meet this condition brings astonishing  changes to his  environment and  his life.  This book will inspire young readers to become  more engaged i...

Protecting the Ecological Health of Lake Simcoe There have been a myriad of articles written by a great variety of concerned citizens about the  importance of not transforming the Allandale Station Parkland into a plastic- based  AstroTurf soccer field.  The large majority of the letters and articles I have read highlight the importance of enhancing our  biodiversity and therefore leaving the area naturalized to provide food sources for  all the wildlife that make the green spaces along our Lake shore their home.  So far, I have not read any articles on the importance of maintaining and protecting a ribbon of life  along the Lake shore to maintain and enhance the ecological health of Lake Simcoe, itself. Before we rip out and destroy the native and naturalized plants thriving along the shores of  Kempenfelt Bay to create a soccer field, we need to question the value and purpose of the  original, native trees, shrubs, grasses, and wildflowers....