Summer Reading

If you’re looking for some summer reading, here are some favourite stories, photos, and even a short film - plus the chance for y…

Reading to Dogs May Improve Literacy

A new review of existing research finds reading to dogs may help children’s literacy – but the quality of evidence is weak.   Th…

How Audiobooks Can Help Shelter Dogs

New research shows listening to audiobooks can help dogs waiting for adoption. Imagine how it must feel to be a dog at a shelte…

Summer Reading: The Play Edition

Our summer reading list is all about play. Why do animals play? In Dog Sense , John Bradshaw writes “In wild animals, play must p…

December Book List

Zero-Budget Christmas: The Almost Entirely True Story of Our Quest to Do Our Christmas Shopping Without Spending Any Money by Ja…

My Top Books of 2013

If you're looking for a last-minute gift for the bookworm in your life, here are my top ten fiction and non-fiction reads of …

November Book List

Yes, this is late. (I spent Thanksgiving in Miami, got back on Monday, and have been scrambling ever since!) Now that I do What I…

No Spend November

I took this picture of my To Be Read pile last week. This stack has accumulated on the floor by my nightstand for over a year, an…