BOOK REVIEWS
Title: ‘The Big Waves’ Author: Raewyn Caisley Illustrator: Elise Hurst Publisher: Puffin Age Range: lower primary Themes: holidays, beach, waves, surfing, sand, family, bravery, overcoming fears, facing fears. Click on title link or cover…
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We have a good friend called Maya, whose family does a great job celebrating Chinese New Year and I’ve asked her to contribute some ideas to my ‘celebrating Chinese New Year’ list below.…
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I have asked the musically gifted Jen Teh to write a series on music, song and language in our children’s lives. Singing and reading are all important in language development and so…
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Title: ‘One Love’ Author: Adapted by Cedella Marley Illustrator: Vanessa Brantley-Newton Publisher: Chronicle Books San Francisco Age Range: Early Childhood – Lower Primary Themes: love, songs, family, community, neighbourhood, nature. Click on title links…
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Is your child ready to graduate to reading chapter books? Picture books should be read from birth to adulthood, and nowadays publishers cater for this with a plethora of picture book choices…
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For Christmas I had purchased PudStar a very cute mermaid tail from a local co-op handmade shop. She wasn’t even particularly into mermaids but I rather adored the tail and was pretty…
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Well this wasn’t something I thought I’d ever do…a post about children’s books on the topic of toilet training. The lovely Karen, who has a cute as a button daughter, asked me…
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In Australia, Prep/Foundation/Kindergarten is the first formal year of schooling and it can’t come soon enough for PudStar who has been playing school for months now. Of course she is always the…
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Title: ‘The Terrible Suitcase’ Author: Emma Allen Illustrator: Freya Blackwood Publisher: Omnibus Books Age Range: Early Childhood – Lower Primary Themes: starting school, school, classrooms, making friends, acceptance, tantrums, imagination, adventure, space…
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Recently I found one of my old holiday journals. It is full of glued in Christmas cards, bus tickets, movie tickets, whinges and reflections on a family holiday, letters from friends on…
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