Escape to everywhere
Have you ever read a book and wished that you could escape to that magical land? Perhaps you wished that […]
Books with current issues
Getting home by J.R.Poulter and Muza Ulasowski
A curious baby bear , a slippery piece of ice and a big ocean… A baby polar bear is looking
Dangar Island. Birds, Barrows, a ferry and me written by Joanne Karcz and illustrated by Jacqui Selby.
Can you imagine living in a place where there are no cars, a cave with hidden secrets and wheelbarrows waiting
Tek, the modern cave boy by Patrick McDonnell
Are you in need of some outside time? Are you addicted to the screen? Do your children tell you to stop
Battle of Bug World by Karen Tyrrell
Superstorms destroying back gardens, Disappearing bees, record temperatures causing heat waves across the country and a strange looking tornado forming
Australia Illustrated by Tania McCartney
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to look at a starry sky without a single sound around
Children in our world: Poverty and Hunger by Louise Spilsbury and Hanane Kai
How do you talk to your children about poverty? Have you ever wandered through the city and seen a homeless
This house, once by Deborah Freedman
What is your house made of? Who built it? How old is it? This house, once by Deborah Freedman is
My country by Ezekiel Kwaymullina and Sally Morgan
In my country I play with the morning star Author Ezekiel Kwaymullina, from the Palyku people in Western Australia’s Pilbara, says,
National Tree Day
Today is national tree day. What will you be doing? Local councils run great events where you can have the
2017 Environment Award for Children’s literature
It’s on again – the Wilderness society’s Environment Award for Children’s literature. The shortlist is wonderful and I have been lucky
Beyond the first shelf….
You may not think of yourself as a creative writer or an avid reader but we need to encourage our