I've made some quick and easy maple leaf place mats for Canada Day by blanket stitching around some felt. They also cost next to nothing, which is a consideration if you're cheap... ahem... frugal like I am. After all, why spend good money on party decorations which could otherwise be spent on books? Speaking of books, I'm currently re-reading Canadian author Max Braithwaite's 1969 book Never Sleep Three In A Bed. Braithwaite is best known for his earlier work Why Shoot The Teacher? which is an account of his experiences as a young teacher in a one room school in Saskatchewan. Never Sleep Three In A Bed is the first in an autobiographical trilogy; the other two books are The Night We Stole The Mountie's Car and All The Way Home. Braithwaite won the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for The Night We Stole The Mountie's Car. Never Sleep Three In A Bed is Braithwaite's account of incidents from his childhood, growing up in the Canadian prairies in the years leading up to the Great Depression. One of eight children, the name of the book comes from Braithwaite's description of having to share a bed with two of his brothers. The Canadian TV series Wind At My Back which ran from 1996 to 2001 was inspired by Braithwaite's works, but actually has little in common with the books other than the era it's set in, and a few of the character names.
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