BOOK REVIEWS
Toby (9 years old) is a keen reader and budding young reviewer and I love feeding him books. I made ChickPea race through this second book in the Atticus Van Tasticus series…
READ MORE
Book Boy Jr has *almost* inspired me to read a book about running with this review…almost. Actually I am hooked on the idea of this book and think it would be perfect…
READ MORE
My neighbour Sam was the only person who could possibly review a book about ants for me (see her bio at end of post). ‘The Wonderful Wisdom of Ants’ is currently one…
READ MORE
Title: ‘Azaria: A True History’Author + Illustrator: Maree Coote Publisher: Melbournestyle Books Age Range: upper primary – adult Themes: Australian contemporary history, Uluru, dingo, Indigenous, justice system, prejudice, art, visual literacy. On…
READ MORE
Title: ‘The Gift’Author: Michael SpeechleyPublisher: Penguin Books AustraliaAge Range: lower primary/middle primary – adultThemes: kindness, friendship, giving, death, grieving, memories ‘If you look long and hard enough, you’ll see the beauty in everything.’ ‘The Gift’ It was…
READ MORE
Like Christmas and Easter books, Chinese New Year books are seasonal ones that I like to gradually collect and rotate in and out of my home and school library. 2020 is…
READ MORE
Congratulations! You’ve made it through Christmas and New Year celebrations and now we’re heading right on into ‘Back to School Season’. ChickPea is going into Year Three this year and is…
READ MORE
‘Small Spaces’ has been in my pile of TBR books on my bedside table for some time now. I’ve heard so many great things about it and everytime I think ‘oh that…
READ MORE
Title: ‘Lunch at 10 Pomegranate Street’Author: Felicita SalaPublisher: Scribble Age Range: early childhood/lower primary/middle primary/upper primary/ middle grade/ young adultThemes: cooking, food, international cookery and food, multicultural, neighbourhood This is one of my ‘must-have’ books of 2019…
READ MORE
The gorgeous large format of this latest offering from Matt Chun just adds to the list of reasons why this book is utterly giftable and utterly coffee table worthy. Dr Sam Lloyd…
READ MORE