Where was this book when I had my first baby 11 years ago? Pregnancy and Birth – The Essential Australian Checklists by Karen Sullivan has made its way to the top of …
Book Review: Your Pregnancy Week By Week By Professor Lesley Regan
Professor Lesley Regan is the head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at St Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College, London (the first woman in England to hold such a position). She is …
Book Review: The Boy and The Toy by Sonya Hartnett
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 …
Book Review: Conspiracy 365 January by Gabrielle Lord
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 …
Book Review: A Giraffe In The Bath By Mem Fox and Olivia Rawson
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 …
Book Review – Sew Darn Cute By Jenny Ryan
Sew Darn Cute is an inspirational craft handbook from Jenny Ryan. The book contains 30 projects to sew and embellish, each of which is beautifully photographed and has step-by-step instructions to follow. …
Book Review – Parenting By Kathy Walker (And Give Away!)
The give away has now closed. Thank you for visiting Planning With Kids. If you have been reading my blog for a little while, you will know that I am a massive …
Books For Boys – 8 to 11 Year Olds
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 …
Mem Fox Reading
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 …
2009 Children’s Book Council of Australia Winners
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 …
Book Review – The Slap By Christos Tsiolkas
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 …
Book Review – Surprise!
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 …
Sandra Boynton Board Books
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 …
Growth Fetish
I have written a few consumption driven posts of late, so this is a bit of a balancing and perspective post for me. During the lead up to this Christmas period I …
10 Of The Best Parenting Books
Last week my 10 things was on Practical Christmas Presents For Children. This week I am continuing on a gift list theme, but specific to parenting books that I think would make …
10 Favourite Children’s Books – Toddler’s Choice
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: …
He’ll Be Ok: Growing Gorgeous Boys Into Good Men (Part 4)
This is part 4 in a review of the wonderful book on adolescent boys “He’ll be Ok: Growing gorgeous boys into good men” by Celia Lashlie. If you would like to read …
Children’s Book Council Awards
The winners of the Children’s Book Council Awards were announced on Friday. My older two children read with anticipation the winners in Saturday’s morning’s paper. Like most Australian school children they had …