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Books

Book Reveiw – Parenting By Kathy Walker (And Give Away!)

March 19, 2010

If you have been reading my blog for a little while, you will know that I am a massive fan of Kathy Walker and reference her frequently in my writing. So I have been eagerly awaiting her latest book Parenting: A practical guide to raising preschool and primary-school children.
Sometimes after [...]

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Books For Boys – 8 to 11 Year Olds

February 9, 2010

Our 8 year old and 11 year old sons both do independent reading each night as part of their school requirements and will also read of their own accord on weekends. It can sometimes be a challenge to keep up with age appropriate books that they will find interesting.
The children all received [...]

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Christmas 2009 – Gift Ideas For Children

November 5, 2009

As you may have noticed I do so love a plan! To me one of the greatest things about planning is the flexibility it actually gives you, whilst still helping you stay on track. For instance this week, according to my 10 Week Christmas Plan, this week I should be working on the [...]

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Mem Fox Reading

September 18, 2009

I love Mem Fox’s books. If I had to choose a favourite it would be a toss up between Where is the green sheep? and Hunwick’s Egg. I recently came across these fabulous videos on YouTube of Mem Fox reading aloud two of her books and thought I would share them with [...]

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2009 Children’s Book Council of Australia Winners

August 22, 2009

The Children’s Book Council Of Australia’s (CBCA) Book Week starts today and runs until 28th August. The winners of this years CBCA judges awards have been announced as part of the celebrations and are as follows:
Older Readers Book of the Year 2009

NOTE: These books may be for mature readers
WINNER: Tales from Outer Suburbia by [...]

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Book Review – The Slap By Christos Tsiolkas

May 22, 2009

This is the first fiction book that I have read in over a year and it was great to get back into fiction with such a compelling novel. Thanks to my friend Deb who lent me this fantastic book!
The publisher describes The Slap as follows:
At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who [...]

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Book Review – Surprise!

May 15, 2009

My five year old daughter received this book from Santa last year. Santa was even clever enough to have it signed by the wonderful author Karen Andrews (Miscmum)!
I first heard this story when Karen read it at the Melbourne Writer’s Festival. I was impressed by the warmth of the story [...]