I was gripping my mother’s hand when we arrived at the door to the kindergarten. My baby sister held on...
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Continue ReadingGroundwood Books’ Girls With Grit novels share real girls’ voices, and their stories, from North America and around the world....
Continue ReadingOf all my first days of school, the one in sixth grade is probably the one I remember most vividly....
Continue ReadingTo get to kindergarten, I had to walk across a bridge that spanned the Grand River in Paris, Ontario. The...
Continue ReadingThe first day of school — the thrill of seeing friends again; dressing in a carefully chosen outfit, debated and...
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