Find your treasure #2
This year the theme for book week is Find your treasure, so each week in our library we will be taking part in a small activity where the theme will…
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Brave and strong, All day long. By Elizabeth Cummings
Today I’m taking part in the Just write for Kids Books on Tour and I’m happy to introduce Elizabeth Cummings and her latest picture book from her Verityville series,…
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New Zealand: Global Guardian Project E-capsule
Interested in learning more about New Zealand? Then this might just be the capsule that starts you and your family on your journey to becoming a Global Guardian. I’ve been…
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Global Guardian Project
Have you heard of the Global Guardian Project? This project is something I recently stumbled across and has been something I have been thinking about for a while – how…
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Why read graphic novels?
Last month I was lucky enough to review a copy of Illegal by Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin. After I read it I remembered how wonderful comics are and how…
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Free Diving by Lorrae Coffin and Bronwyn Houston
Do you know much about the history of Australia’s pearling industry? In the late nineteenth century, many of Western Australia’s Indigenous were forced to dive for pearl shell under terrible…
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Two Rainbows by Sophie Masson and Michael McMahon
Red and Yellow and Pink and Green, Purple and Orange and Blue…. Two rainbows by Sophie Masson and Michael McMahon is a stunning picture book for readers to learn to…
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Coral Sea Dreaming by Kim Michelle toft
Another intriguing and intricately detailed picture book from Kim Michelle Toft is Coral Sea Dreaming. ⠀ Take a plunge under the water and meet many amazing animals who live amongst…
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Escape to everywhere
Have you ever read a book and wished that you could escape to that magical land? Perhaps you wished that your cupboard opened up to a secret land where you…
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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 to be used by weary home comers? Perhaps a visit…
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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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Inspire your child to keep on reading
Many parents may at some stage find that your child is no longer engaged in reading. This can happen at any age and sometimes for no noticeable reason here are…
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