Local author's book on ADHD coming to Waterloo region school libraries
Amanda Amaral's book 'My Invisible Friend ADHD' aims to educate children on neurodiversity in an accessible and fun way. The book was released last month and will soon be in every elementary school library in the Waterloo Region District School Board. She spoke to CBC K-W's John Dalusong how her lived experiences informed the book.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7136369?cmp=rss

And vowed he’d steal no more.
Randolph Caldecott, from "The Queen of Hearts" London, New York: n.d. #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/steal-no-more/

All on a summer day.
Randolph Caldecott, from "The Queen of Hearts" London, New York: n.d. #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/summer-day/

Randolph Caldecott, frontispiece to "The Queen of Hearts" London, New York: n.d. #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/queen-hearts/

They eat the pie.
From "Three Little Kittens" by Robert Michael Ballantyne, Edinburgh, London, New York: 1859 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/eat-pie/

The three little kittens going to eat the pie.
From "Three Little Kittens" by Robert Michael Ballantyne, Edinburgh, London, New York: 1859 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/going-eat-pie/

The kittens are naughty.
From "Three Little Kittens" by Robert Michael Ballantyne, Edinburgh, London, New York: 1859 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/kittens-naughty/

The Thing About Birds is nominated for the 2025 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award! Congrats Christy Obalek! 🪶
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#TheThingAboutBirds #ChildrensBook #PictureBook #BookAward

The Queen of the Fishes went to the Fairies of the Rivers and begged them to save her friend.
Lucien Pissarro, from "The Queen of the Fishes" by Margaret Rust, London: 1894 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/fairies-river/

As was his habit in the dream he cried: "Ah, the Queen of the Fishes!"
Lucien Pissarro, from "The Queen of the Fishes" by Margaret Rust, London: 1894 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/in-the-dream/