Live your dream and read: tips from a dad who quit his job to rap children’s stories
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Live your dream and read: tips from a dad who quit his job to rap children’s stories
Description
June 29, 2021
A Canadian children's author has combined his love of words with beats. Lexy the Rap Dad says his rhymes get kids reading. Kendra Slugoski reports.
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Live your dream and read: tips from a dad who quit his job to rap children’s stories01:59 | June 29, 2021
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NDP leader Naheed Nenshi on coming out of retirement: ‘We need pragmatic, thoughtful, smart government’08:46 | July 24, 2024
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Man known as ‘balaclava rapist’ granted full parole01:25 | July 15, 2024
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Police say ‘heavily armed’ suspect acted alone in Edmonton city hall shooting11:11 | January 23, 2024
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Fertility struggles in Alberta documented in children’s book penned by Edmonton mom Nicole Victory04:50 | November 23, 2023
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Yellowknife Mayor Rebecca Alty on the unprecedented evacuation of N.W.T. city05:27 | August 17, 2023
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Alberta MLA Tracy Allard not running again after Parkinson’s disease diagnosis03:45 | February 20, 2023
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Smoking, vaping to be banned on trails, sidewalks in Banff03:16 | January 31, 2023
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Edmonton artist behind portrait of Willie O’Ree, first Black NHL player03:39 | January 19, 2023
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Edmonton teen died from fatal stabbing outside high school, youth suspects identified: police homicide update01:07 | April 20, 2022
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Dad makes it his mission to send daughter off with love and digital memories01:55 | December 21, 2021
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Family Matters: 1 in 3 youth suffer dating violence01:41 | December 7, 2021
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Health research for women and children underfunded and under-resourced, say medical experts01:42 | November 9, 2021
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Families & doctors share stories of ill and dying children on new website to help others01:49 | October 28, 2021
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Live your dream and read: tips from a dad who quit his job to rap children’s stories01:59 | June 29, 2021
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Man known as ‘balaclava rapist’ granted full parole01:25 | July 15, 2024
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Police say ‘heavily armed’ suspect acted alone in Edmonton city hall shooting11:11 | January 23, 2024
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Fertility struggles in Alberta documented in children’s book penned by Edmonton mom Nicole Victory04:50 | November 23, 2023
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Smoking, vaping to be banned on trails, sidewalks in Banff03:16 | January 31, 2023
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Live your dream and read: tips from a dad who quit his job to rap children’s stories
Description
June 29, 2021
A Canadian children's author has combined his love of words with beats. Lexy the Rap Dad says his rhymes get kids reading. Kendra Slugoski reports.
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