SONG BIRD SUPERHERO … REEF DEFENDER. by Karen Tyrrell
The old fish looked at me with his big round eyes. ‘In the shallows there are strange things floating in the water that trap us, wrapping around us so we…
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Minimising waste and reading more books!
2018 has been a great year, filled with so many wonderful books sent for reviews and bought for home or our school library. I don’t have the time right now…
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Australian Birds by Matt Chun
This is the perfect book to accompany next years Aussie Backyard Bird count and the perfect book to keep the love and interest in birds up! Australian Birds by Matt…
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The heart of a whale by Anna Pignataro
Heart of a Whale is a beautiful picture book to be read out loud whilst spending time pouring over the illustrations that make you feel just like you are in…
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Song Bird: Rainforest Rescue
Teach, Restore, Encourage, Establish, Support These wise words come not only from our superhero – Songbird, but her friends and teachers who learn that looking after the world – especially…
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2018 Environment Award for Children’s Literature shortlist
Wow, another great list of books has recently been announced as part of the shortlist for the environment award from the Wilderness Society. So many of these I have blogged…
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Bird to Bird by Claire Saxby and Wayne Harris.
A bird drops a seed to the floor of the forest. The seed grows into a sapling, then a tree. The tree is felled and taken to a busy city.…
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Stories make us determined
The theme from the Australian Children’s Laureate, Leigh Hobbs, for this month is Reading stories make us determined But why? We can be determined to finish a book. Finishing…
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Animal Eco-Warriors by Nic Gill
Many ideas on this blog are pointing towards how we – humans – can be eco warriors but did you ever consider how animals can be eco warriors too? Nic…
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I can change the world
What can we do? Worry we aren’t doing enough when all we do is perhaps compost or perhaps you buy your food in bulk? Do you cook from scratch? Say…
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How renewable energy works by Geoff Barker
Young children may have heard the term renewable energy or perhaps solar energy – but do they really know what it is and why we use it? How renewable energy…
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