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Books

Book Review: The Midnight Zoo by Sonya Hartnett

August 14, 2010

Having not heard of Sonya Hartnett before this year, this is now the third book that I have read from this fantastic Australian author. Her skill as a writer is evident as she transverses genres from children’s picture books like the exquisite The Boy and The Toy , to adult fiction like the touching [...]

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Book Review: Leo The Littlest Seahorse by Margaret Wild and Terry Denton

August 2, 2010

Leo The Littlest Seahorse is one of those picture books that has a great message for parents reading it to their children. It is written by Margaret Wild and has the most brilliant illustrations by Terry Denton. As I read the story of little Leo, as he tries hard to learn the skills [...]

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Book Week Ideas

July 21, 2010

It is only a month away until Book Week starts here in Australia. Book Week is the longest running children’s festival in Australia, celebrating its 65th birthday in 2010. This year Book Week runs from the Saturday August 21st until Friday August 27th and the theme for 2010 is across the story [...]

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Book Review: The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time by Mark Haddon

July 18, 2010

Welcome to the July Teach/Learn Blogging Carnival.
The Teach/Learn Blogging Carnival hosted by Science@home is for anyone, because we are all teachers and learners all the time. This month our theme is “English”, including Speaking, Listening, Reading and Viewing. I think our bloggers have covered all of these and there are lots of resources [...]

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Book Review: Yellow Is My Favourite Colour by Judy Horacek

July 10, 2010

As I have children aged from 11 to 1, I read a vast range of children’s texts to my kids which I thoroughly enjoy. I do however have a soft spot for well written, sparse, rhyming picture books and so I am just loving Yellow Is My Favourite Colour – just as much [...]

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Book Review: Simple Softies For The Whole Family (and our first handmade Christmas Gift for 2010!)

July 9, 2010

This week we finally had time to make something from the very gorgeous book Simple Softies For The Whole Family. This is the third book in the series, first was Softies and then there was More Softies.
My aim for this project was to let my daughter make the softie herself from start [...]

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Interview With Maggie Hamilton Author of “What’s Happening to Our Boys?”

June 4, 2010

Having four sons, the title alone was always going to draw me to this book
What’s Happening to Our Boys? AT RISK How the new technologies, drugs and alcohol, peer pressure and porn affect our boys.
What’s Happening to Our Boys by Maggie Hamilton is a follow up to her best selling book What’s Happening [...]