children’s books

Book Week Activities 2011 – Ideas for CBCA Shortlisted Books

July 6, 2011

Book Week in Australia this year is August 20th – 26th. The theme in 2011 is One World, Many Stories highlighting the ways in which cultural difference can be expressed and celebrated through literature. I love Book Week and the way children’s literature has such a focus that week in schools and in the lead [...]

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Book Week Ideas

July 21, 2010

You can find more ideas for celebrating book week on my current post for 2011 here – Book Week Activities 2011 – Ideas for CBCA Shortlisted Book. 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 [...]

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Book Review: The Boy and The Toy by Sonya Hartnett

May 3, 2010

The Boy and the Toy is Sonya Hartnett’s first picture book. Hartnett has written a several novels including Butterfly which has just been shortlisted for the 2010 Miles Franklin Award. Hartnett partners with first time illustrator Lucia Masciullo, who creates the most exquisite pictures to compliment the beautiful story being told in The Boy and [...]

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Book Review: Conspiracy 365 January by Gabrielle Lord

April 23, 2010

This is a guest post by Thinker, my 11 year old son. Back in January I did some research and listed Books For Boys – 8 to 11 Year Olds. The Conspiracy series was one of them and it is a series that Thinker loves. Conspiracy 365 is a novel by Gabrielle Lord. The Conspiracy [...]

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Book Review: A Giraffe In The Bath By Mem Fox and Olivia Rawson

April 7, 2010

Mem Fox is one of my favourite children’s authors. In her new book, Fox has teamed up with a former student Olivia Rawson to write the funny picture book A Giraffe in the Bath. This is a beautiful book to read aloud to the kids and one that my preschooler wanted to hear “just one [...]

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Ideas For Celebrating Book Week

August 27, 2009

You can find more ideas for celebrating book week on my current post for 2011 here – Book Week Activities 2011 – Ideas for CBCA Shortlisted Book. The Children’s Book Council of Australia has a page dedicated on its website for ideas on how to celebrate Book Week. These are ideas submitted from schools all [...]

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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 [...]

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Sandra Boynton Board Books

March 25, 2009

Earlier this month I had a wonderful surprise in my inbox. I received an Amazon Gift Certificate from a lovely reader named Kristina from Croatia. Her message with the gift was as follows: Hi PQ! I’m a big fan of your blog and you are a big inspiration to my everyday life with kids. So, [...]

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10 Favourite Childrenâ€™s Books – Babaganouski’s Choice

August 26, 2008

During the month of August I have been making my way through my children’s favourite books, in celebration of Children’s Book Week (officially this week in Australia). So far we have had: 10 Favourite Childrenâ€™s Books – Thinker’s Choice (9.5 y.o) 10 Favourite Childrenâ€™s Books – Little Rascal’s Choice (7 y.o) 10 Favourite Childrenâ€™s Books [...]

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10 Favourite Childrenâ€™s Books – Possumâ€™s Choice

August 19, 2008

Image by Manchester Library During the month of August I have been making my way through my children’s favourite books, in celebration of Children’s Book Week (officially this week in Australia). So far we have had: 10 Favourite Childrenâ€™s Books – Thinker’s Choice (9.5 y.o) 10 Favourite Childrenâ€™s Books – Little Rascal’s Choice (7 y.o) [...]

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10 Favourite Children’s Books – Thinker’s Choice

August 5, 2008

During August we celebrate Children’s Book Week. Book Week is the longest running children’s festival in Australia and is in its 63rd year. Book Week this year runs from August 16th -22nd and theme in 2008 is “Fuel your Mind”. To celebrate Book Week on this blog, each Tuesday in August I will be posting [...]

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10 Books We Are Enjoying On The Holidays

January 15, 2008

Loving lists is an integral part of my love of planning. Every Tuesday I plan to share with you a top 10 of things that I hope you might find relevant or interesting. One of the things I love most about school holidays is that there is more time for the simple things, like reading [...]