Is Harry Potter, the highly successful book and movie franchise, and all its various spin-offs, finally losing momentum? Louise Grimmer, Gary Mortimer and Martin Grimmer, investigate. By the 20th anniversary of Harry Potter in 2017, over 400 million Harry Potter books had been sold worldwide and...
J.K. Rowling and her Wizarding World partners have launched Harry Potter At Home, a digital hub packed with information and activities to help children, parents, carers and teachers confined at home during the Covid-19 outbreak. Bloomsbury and Scholastic, have helped add nifty magical craft videos (teach...
Perhaps they're reading the wrong books suggest Ayesha Tulloch and Kirsten Parris Identifying the difference between a native burrowing frog and an introduced cane toad is fundamental ecological knowledge. After bushfires ravaged Australia’s animal and plant communities and razed millions of hectares of land, such knowledge...
An enforced break can also offer a wonderful opportunity to catch up on some reading. Margot Hillel recommends a reading list for teens to keep them busy. Award-winning author and illustrator Shaun Tan wrote the lessons we learn from […] stories are best applied to a similar...
Looking for more ideas to keep the young ones busy? Although designed for teachers the Bloomsbury repository is now open to all trying home schooling kids. Bloomsbury has put together some recommendations to help quieten their ROARs! These books are available through your local bookseller or...
Delicious, actually! Is this a board book review or should it be one for recipes? Lunch at 10 Pomegranate Street—a collection of recipes to share Written and illustrated by Felicita Sala, (Scribble Australia, HB RRP $27.99) This delightful book will provide fun for young and old and the...
Arriving across our desk this March have been quite a few new books for the 0-5+ age group of which our favourites are reviewed. Interestingly, two of the books have provided extra resources in the form of a short promotional video and a resourceful website. As...
An illustrated book and a card game look at ways to engage kids in storytelling and critical thinking away from their devices! Take Heart, Take Action by Beci Orpin (Lothian Children’s Books, hardback $19.99) Age Group 4+ years This simply designed book for children is ‘a reminder for everyone,...
Keren Moran and her partner, two mums from New South Wales, couldn't find enough quality books for their young daughter that illustrated families like hers. Some families have really important grandparents, some have twins or multiple kids, some live in big blended families. So she...
This month there is an interesting collection of new picture books; some with an important message and one raising money for Rural farmers suffering from the recent effects of floods and drought. A Flair for Hair by Bilyana Di Costanzo & illustrated by Mauro Di Costanzo (New...
