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 playing with your phone? Or are your kids the ones…
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Python by Christopher Cheng and Mark Jackson
It’s morning in the bush. Python stirs and slithers out from her shelter. She warms her head and smells the air with her forked tongue. Python is a beautiful snake,…
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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 above the house next door. Who can save the earth…
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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 person sleeping on the street? What have you said to…
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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 a wonderful springboard to start a conversation about what house…
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Happy eco birthday to you…..
Balloons, plastic wrapped lollies, party blowers, party hats…..memories of a childhood birthday party. Waiting in anticipation for the day and counting out the lollies for each of the party bags.…
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Beyond the first shelf….
You may not think of yourself as a creative writer or an avid reader but we need to encourage our children to be just that. Deep inside the library there…
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The art of play
They’ve been in there for an hour. Two children, creating magic spells, hiding from wolves and naughty witches and inventing their own language. But what if we had rushed off…
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Let’s Escape by Mike Dumbleton and Kim Gamble
Tucked up in bed but ready to escape – that’s how we all should feel as we sink underneath our bed sheets and start to read a book. Let’s escape…
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The family hour By Tai Snaith
The Family Hour by Tai Snaith. Published by Thames and Hudson How does your family breakfast time look? How do you keep your family cool those hot summery days? Can…
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Books can open your mind
Have you ever thought about how a book has changed your perspective on things? Has meeting a character in a story made you think twice about how you think about…
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On the River by Roland Harvey
Come with me from the mountains to the sea. How well do you know the Murray River? Do you know where it flows from and too and what is along…
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