You Don't Know What War Is The Diary of a Young Girl From Ukraine by Yeva Skalietska, pub. Bloomsbury Children's Books. P/b RRP$19.99 Everyone knows the word 'war'. But very few understand what it truly means. When you find you have to face it, you feel totally lost,...
These books are for Christmas and as picture books they are destined to get the littlies really interested in reading and books! A Very Playschool Christmas by Jan Stradling, illus. by Jedda Robaard, pub. ABC Books H/b RRP$19.99 ages 3+ Christmas for the Play School toys is at...
The winner of the 2022 ARA Historical Novel Prize – Children and Young Adult (CYA) Category is Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief by Katrina Nannestad. ABC: An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. H/B, RRP $19.99 Ages 10+ The ARA Historical Novel Prize is worth a total of $100,000 in prize...
You can start with these books, suggests Emma Whatman and Paul Venzo Parents will be increasingly aware they need to talk about consent with their children. There is no such thing as “too young” to start the conversation. In fact, the earlier the better, when it comes...
Children’s Book Council of Australia announced, following the release of their 2022 CBCA Book of the Year Awards, the winners of 2022 CBCA Sun Project: Shadowers’ Choice Awards (SCA). These are the book winners chosen by groups of young people. During this year 2,000 children around Australia participated in...
The eminent annual awards continue to celebrate and honour quality Australian literature for young people and enjoyed a superb 6.8% growth trajectory, surpassing the successful 2021 awards. Entries across the six categories covered topics relevant to our complex world and the lived experience of our young...
There are plenty of wonderful books for kids that should pique their interest in things scientific! Here are just a few of the interesting ones. Backyard Buddies by Andy Geppert, pub. Hachette, Picture Book RRP$19.99 A beautifully illustrated somewhat factual introduction to the hoppy, crawly, wriggly, buzzy,...
Kids need nature, and nature sure needs kids, to understand how nature relates to our planet and where humans are placed in our very important nature conservation role. These books for school aged kids, are new or recently published and, although they are aimed at...
Reading aloud to young children is the most effective means of helping them to develop language, writes Nan Williamson No-one expects a child’s body to develop and grow without a constant diet of healthy, varied wholesome food. The same is true of language and vocabulary. Children’s...
These recently released books are perfect for reading to young children and highlight new concepts such as belonging, and love as well as just laughing out loud. The Love That Grew by Sarah Ayoub illus. Mimi Purnell pub. HarperCollins h/b RRP $19.99 Ages 2+ This beautiful book is...
