Let the Yucks begin with OH YUCK! Starring kid fave Kayne Tremills and comic duo David Collins and Shane Dundas, OH YUCK! is a laugh filled Australian Canadian comedy Live-Action series for kids filled with naughties style animation to help kids discover, explore and celebrate all...
Friday essay: need a sitter? Revisiting girlhood, feminism and diversity in The Baby-Sitters Club by Rosslyn Almond The Baby-Sitters Club, the popular series by Ann M. Martin, defined my childhood. I collected the books until I was 11. I played it in the schoolyard (I was...
Most of this month's books have important messages to impart to a young reader about resilience in one form or another. Interestingly many of them have videos about their book or a reading by the author. Little White Fish: 'Under the Ocean' and 'With his Daddy' Written...
Reading aloud reports Margaret Kristin Merga, can help young children learn about new words and how to sound them. There’s great value too in providing opportunities for children to enjoy regular silent reading, which is sustained reading of materials they select for pleasure particular during...
The award-winning children’s author will film a reading of his new book the 117-storey treehouse to bring fun and laughter to kids facing cancer and kids around Australia. A digital premiere of Andy’s virtual reading went live on Friday 12th June at 8pm EST. The video...
What we read matters. Reading shapes the way we see the world, increases our understanding of others, and helps us imagine different narratives for ourselves, write Larissa McLean Davies, Jessica Gannaway, Lucy Buzacott, and Sarah E. Truman, Alfred Tatum, a US education professor specialising in literacy...
Not every child is a bookworm, but research shows that developing a love of reading early in life can provide many benefits, writes Isang Awah, From a positive impact on academic achievement, increased general knowledge, vocabulary growth, improved writing ability, and helping children to develop empathy,...
Part of a child’s development is the process of beginning to understand, and grapple with, the complex concept of gender, reports Dr Tania KingWe all know that children are like little detectives. They are constantly seeking to classify and categorise the world around them in...
Located in Blackheath in the Blue Mountains West of Sydney, is Pinerolo Children’s Book Cottage. Run by Margaret Hamilton AM and her daughter Melissa, Pinerolo is a unique establishment in NSW, and has become a mecca for anyone interested in children’s picture books. Margaret’s passion for...
Girls consistently outperform boys on reading tests – and have done so for several decades around the world, write Louis Volante and Francesca Borgonovi Lack of motivation, a weak vocabulary, poor reading engagement and lack of role models have all been considered possible reasons for this...
