Concepts of friendship, kindness and inclusion are becoming more important in our increasingly angry world. These picture books for the young offer a range of ways that we can look at improving their understanding of these concepts as they grow up. Who’s Afraid of the Quite...
If you could tell your dad anything, what would it be? A new book of letters collected by Samuel Johnson has just been published to raise money for cancer research. Dear Dad edited by Samuel Johnson OAM (published by Hachette Australia, RRP $22.99) Available in-store and online...
Arriving across our desk this month have been quite a few new books for the Primary age group of which our favourites are reviewed. All have something to tell us whether it be via the story itself or the illustrations that accompany it. Land of the...
Although romance is the most popular genre of books for adults, the mystery comes second and it starts with the young reader. Reviewing books for older young readers often takes more time as they have many more pages than picture books! These books reviewed (with...
Arriving across our desk this month have been quite a few new books for the 0-5 age group of which our favourites are reviewed. As we know reading to preschoolers is always very revealing, when you are reviewing picture books. They either love them and engage...
