This month we look at some Christmas picture books and some books for holiday reading aloud to littlies. Reading to preschoolers is very revealing when you are reviewing picture books. They either love them and engage with the reader or start to wriggle and wiggle. The...
First published in 1918 and written to distract himself from the deprivations of the First World War (and to settle a bet with a friend, Bertram Stevens), Norman Lindsay described The Magic Pudding as a ‘little bundle of piffle’. Stevens claimed children wanted to read...
Professor Nicola Yelland highlights the importance of pretend play in young children and the value brought to it by books such as the new Peppa Pig ‘When I Grow Up’ program. In pretend play, the young child is not just taking on the ‘role’ of the...
New picture books for 2-6 year olds released in the past month. Reading to preschoolers is very revealing when you are reviewing picture books. They either love them and engage with the reader or start to wriggle and wiggle. The genre of picture books really...
As Love Your Bookshop Day approaches on August 11, bestselling children's author, Sally Rippin, shares why there is nothing like a children's' bookshop....
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It’s never too late to look for help to get your baby (and you) to sleep....
Having children can evoke a desire to tell stories, preserve memories – and write them down. So how do you go about writing a book?...
The co-author of the Tashi books talks books, kids and the far, far away...
A book, featuring stories from boys who dared be different, is boldly challenging the limiting stereotypes of masculinity fed to our boys by modern media....
A shout-out to all these amazing Aussie women who continue to inspire and make us proud to be Australian....
