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 can’t swim. The creatures that eat these strange things die. And now we’re...
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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 to list all of my favourites and I don’t know if I can choose either!! But...
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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 Chun is a stunning book with so much information to interest the youngest of...
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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 the ocean alongside the whale and the other creatures he meets along the way. Whale is...
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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 rainforests, is one of the most important...
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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 about and I will have to search for the last couple to make sure I let...
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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. Bird to Bird is a beautfully told story about the life cycle of a tree in it’s natural state and then man...
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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 a great book brings about satisfaction that we can read and...
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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 Gill’s book – Animal Eco-warriors, gives us an in-depth yet fun look at...
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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 no to plastic bags? Or perhaps the best thing you are doing now is educating your children...
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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 works is another title in the Eco Works series that enlightens readers in exciting...
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