Empathy and Books for Children — Just So Stories
This is a great list of books to build empathy with young children. Thanks Sue!
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Let the judging begin!
Every year the CBCA announce a list of books that are notable from the previous year and every year we sit and wonder who will win. Many schools hold their own voting competitions but I thought it would be much better for the students to learn...
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There are fish everywhere by Britta Teckentrup
This non-fiction hardcover book will delight anyone who has ever cast their eyes across a natural body of water and wondered what might lie underneath. Colourful illustrations fill each page alongside with snippets of fishy facts. The...
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We are all equal by P.Crumble and Jonathon Bentley
We are all equal. Let’s shout it out loud. We share hope and dreams, we’re equal and proud. A book to make your heart sing, a book to teach others, a book to realise how similar we all are and a book to read again and again. We...
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The rabbit, the dark and the Biscuit Tin by Nicola O’Byrne
Do you have a child who does not like to sleep? Have you ever wondered what your evening would look like if the dark never came? I know we’ve all wished it, especially on those wonderful summer days. The rabbit, the dark and the Biscuit Tin...
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The lost magician by Piers Torday
If you can imagine it, it must exist. Somewhere. Four children sent to live with someone they don’t know very well. Four children who have experienced the terror of war in London. Four children who differ in so many ways yet come together...
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Read, read and read by Elizabeth Grocery and Liv.
‘When I open a book, it opens a whole new world’ Last year we read and reviewed Liv on Life:Green is good and have been wondering what Liv and her dog Bowie have been up to. This time they are off to the library to explore new worlds...
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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 about and I will have to search for the last couple to make sure I let...
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Let them explore
It is in every person’s nature to be an explorer. And to be a real explorer you need to visit unknown places with an open mind and an open heart. Exploring doesn’t necessarily mean jumping on a plane and going to another country. Exploring can...
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Sorry day by Coral Vass and Dub Leffler
Long ago and not so long ago, the children were taken away Sorry Day is a very important picture book to share this Sorry day – or any future Sorry days. Released on May 1st, Sorry Day by Coral Vass and Dub Leffler is a powerful story that...
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Can reading children’s stories help us change the world?
Each week every child at our school has the opportunity to visit the school library whether it be during their class borrowing time or one lunch time when the library is open. The books inside the library give each and every child the opportunity...
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Find your treasure #4
Where can you find treasure in storybooks? With dragons of course! This week we found as many dragon books as we could and created a display. Dragons can be treasures And Dragons can be the guardians of treasure Dragons can be mysterious and...
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