During lockdown and school closures reading has been the one thing that parents can do with littlies to encourage their creativity, spark their curiosity, and let their imagination run wild! Just like Me by Tess Osborne and illus. by Zoe Osborne, pub. Little Steps Publishing. RRP$14.98...
These are challenging times for all families. There is a lot going on for parents and for children. Inevitably there is a disruption of regular family routines – home learning for school age children, parents working from home, not being able to see grandparents and...
The recent Women’s Health Week (6 - 10 September 2021) highlighted the pressures and stereotypes within society that are underpinning a health crisis amongst women. The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified this issue, demonstrated by a global study by Deloitte finding that 23% of women are considering...
Parents at a loss to find activities for their children during COVID lockdowns can encourage them to escape into a book, writes Margaret Kristin Merga. New research shows how reading books can help young people escape from their sources of stress, find role models in characters...
The Story of Australia For the young (and the curious) by Don Watson (published by Black Inc. h/b RRP $32.99) For ages 10+ A modern classic: Don Watson’s history of Australia for children of the twenty-first century. History told so well it gives us a better idea of...
Babies and children learn about their world through play, language and using their imagination, writes Bernadette Franzoni Picture books Your child will love the intimacy of the two of you sitting together reading a book aloud to them. They will also love that one on one precious...
We bet you'll find more than one of your beloved favourites in this jaw-dropping list of the top 51 kids' books!...
Young people learn about relationships from media. You can use books and movies to start discussions, writes Elizabeth Little Chanel Contos’ recent petition called for an overhaul of sexual education at schools and for consent to be taught earlier on, and better. Adequate, formal sexual education is...
HarperCollins Children’s Books Australia is thrilled to announce it has acquired world rights to two picture books by sisters Bethany ‘Beth’ and Sibylla ‘Byll’ Stephen, better known as the ARIA Award-winning children’s music duo Teeny Tiny Stevies. The ABC Kids breakout stars from folk-pop band The...
Books for tweens and teens become harder to select as they grow older. Some will give books and reading away for other interests but all of these books below will take them to the other-worlds of dark arts, fantasy and magic. Much like the digital...
