Have you ever wondered why chickens do cross the road? Has it ever crossed your mind that it was to do something BAD? The Bad Chicken by Justin Carpenter and illustrated by Nnanna Akwu is a fun filled picture book that enlightens us as to how bad...
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I sleep across dreams of generations past, woven with journeys for the future. Drawing on the connection we have to the land, Bronwyn Bancroft awakens the senses as she draws us in through vivid description of how the land, in its natural state...
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The Rhyming verse on each double page spread encapsulates the feeling of summer that many Australians feel as the weather warms up, the magpies come out and the beach calls. Summer Time by Antonia Pesenti and illustrated by Hilary Bell is the...
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Created for anyone who wants to make a difference in the world, Take Heart, Take Action by Beci Orpin, has been designed to be accessible by young and old. Each page displays a boldly coloured shape with words that make the reader think...
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What a laugh! Have you ever considered how your foot really feels as it splashes in wet, cold mud? Or how about your elbow, bored with being bumped into things, only longing to sniff the smells he might only see? You’ll wonder no more as...
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Published by Tuttle Can you imagine being able to make Dodecahedron of bears or a cube made of lizards? You can with this wonderful pack of make your own paper puzzles! Included in this pack are easy to read step by step instructions to help you...
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Greystone Kids & New South Books https://www.newsouthbooks.com.au/books/can-you-hear-trees-talking/ In this book, you’ll meet big trees and tiny ones, brave trees and fearful ones, tree best friends and trees that like to be...
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In a world of wild weather, is anyone safe? Final Storm is the third book in the Grimsdon series – and the first one I have been asked to review – so I needed to go back to the start and what a great series I have been able to read!...
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Dear Grandpa, Did you know that if you rub a needle with a magnet, one end will point to the north, and the other end to the south? Dear Grandpa by Kate Simpson and Ronojoy Ghosh is a delightful story told through letter writing between a young...
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“Hope is the thing with feathers – that perches in the soul – And sings the tune without the words And never stops – at all” Migrations: Open Hearts. Open Borders, is a small selection of hundreds of illustrations sent in...
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Come into my garden, can you find who is living there? Another beautiful partnership between both equally talented Patrick Shirvington and Gordon Winch has arrived in Can you find 12 busy bees? Their previous book – Can you find me?...
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You may be participating in National Tree Planting day at school or in your community over the dates 26-28th July. This is an important day and recent studies have said that if we plant more trees now, we can start to lessen the effects of...
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