children’s books

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 bridge. Each year, [...]

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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 2010 here – Book Week Ideas. 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 aroudn the country and ranges from teachers [...]

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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, [...]