Arriving across our desk this month have been quite a few new books for the younger age group of which our favourites are reviewed. Generally picture books and other books for the under 6's seem to be more carefully printed and positioned to be kept ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Concepts of friendship, kindness and inclusion are becoming more important in our increasingly angry world. These picture books for the young offer a range of ways that we can look at improving their understanding of these concepts as they grow up. Who’s Afraid of the Quite...
Joelie Hancock reports that while most schools and education departments provide information for parents on how to support the learning of schoolchildren, similar details are not readily available to the carers of preschoolers, even though it is widely understood that these early years are when...
Stories that you read to very young children do not need pictures – children will create their own. They just need the opportunity to hear the rich, descriptive language and a satisfying story say Vivienne Hand. “What are you doing? Are you helping with gardening?” I...
