About

(I haven't had a chance to properly rewrite my about section, please bear with me while I update things, this is still a very small business and I still do most things myself when I get a chance between everything involved with raising and homeschooling a very active little girl. 

I started out just selling nature art prints over 10 years ago, they are still available, and I will be adding Scripture art prints very soon, with my own photography.  After giving birth to my daughter I struggled to find good quality, North American made, non toxic toys for my daughter, so I pivoted from just art to stocking a variety of quality wooden baby toys, rattles, and teethers as well as educational toys for children of all ages.  That led into books gradually which have now become a main focus of Little Lamb.  I am currently stepping back a bit from the wooden toys, at least for now, as my main supplier is in the States.  They're a great company with quality I could really get behind, however trade has become much more difficult with the States as of late with all the tariffs, the exchange rate, and the prohibitive cost of shipping and other import related fees, at least for now it's not economically viable to continue stocking most of the wooden toys and gifts.  If there's anything you've been wanting to get from the Maple Landmark brand (most of my wooden stuff), I have limited stock available and once it's gone, it's gone, with a possible exception of the teethers which I haven't fully decided on yet.  The wooden spoons are from Quebec and I am able to restock.  Tree Fort Toys is from British Columbia and I am also able to restock, although not frequently.

If you'd ever like to purchase a larger quantity of any specific books, such as for a Bible Study or Church, or any other reason, I can usually get those in upon request if you can afford to wait a few weeks, the same goes for any out of stock books you might be interested in.  

If you ever have an order that is time sensitive please let me know so I can do my best to accommodate.  I usually ship orders quite quickly, within 1 to 3 business days, however sometimes unforeseen circumstances can arise, and in those cases it can take up to a week, or just over.

Thank you so much for supporting my small business, I am always working on expanding the selection that I am able to offer my customers.)

Little Lamb is a Mom run online bookstore and gift shop located just outside of Barrie, Ontario, Canada.  As a mom myself I am very conscious of how toys are made, as well as what they are made of, I am very passionate about health and education, and believe the choices we make as parents can have a big impact on our children.  I believe good literacy and math skills are essential, and that everyone is capable of helping their kids learn better.  If you can read well you can learn almost anything. 

I'm also a big advocate of less screen time and more time doing tangible things, one of the best ways to get kids off their screens is to give them something else to do that they find engaging and rewarding, which is different with each child.  Although technology can be very useful and has its place, too much time on it can lead to poor vision, poor posture, reduced muscle, reduced attention span, irritability, lack of patience (expecting everything to be instant), poor eye tracking, even poor in person social skills, the blue light from screens can even interfere with sleep when it's within a few hours of bedtime.  There's a reason why the light outside towards the end of the day is more golden, and in the middle of the day is more blue, it tells our body to be more awake, or to start winding down and preparing for sleep.  As a nature photographer of over a decade, I am extra aware of light, as the word photography means "light drawing" roughly translated.  I remember when I was studying photography I learned that what we think our eyes see is not always completely accurate, our brains actually autocorrect a lot of what we see like that handy feature on our phones when we're writing a text.  The light in the middle of the day is actually much more blue then we realize, and the light early in the morning as well as in the evening is much more golden then we perceive, our brains autocorrect and even things out to a more neutral tone, and photographers can even learn to switch off the autocorrect.  How amazing is the human brain!

On another note regarding the digital world, even if you play video/computer games on a wide variety of topics, generally you're using the same gaming controller to do it all, or a small variety of types of controllers.  Compare that to the number of different muscles and skills engaged when doing the vast number of non-technological things there are to do.  Doing real things makes both our bodies and our brains more fit!  Which is a good thing at any age, it's almost never too late to learn a new skill, and make healthy lifestyle changes!

In closing, for me this is more than just a job, I love people, and I love helping people, and I love to see children be happy and healthy and have a bright future.