Testimonial – Kesta Fleming & Marlow Brown series
I’m so glad I engaged Vanessa to write the teacher notes for the first two books in the Marlow Brown series. I have a teaching background myself and fully intended…
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Ready, Set, Code! Coding activities for Kids by Heather Catchpole and Nicola O’Brien
So many children talk about coding – but do they really understand what it is and why we need it? Ready, Set, Code! by Heather Catchpole and Nicola O’Brien is…
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Windcatcher: The migration of the short-tailed shearwater. By Diane Jackson Hill and Craig Smith
From a tiny island on the edge of the Southern Ocean, a lighthouse beams. The Short-Tailed Shearwater fly around 30,000km from their home in southern Australia to the Arctic Circle…
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Moonwalkers by Mark Greenwood and Terry Denton
In a sheep paddock near Billy’s house stood one of the largest telescopes on Earth. People called it ‘The Dish’. Astronomers used it to track space missions and learn about…
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One Tree by Christopher Cheng and Bruce Whatley
All cities were once places of natural life – green trees, animals homes and freshly turned soil. But many of these green places are not these places anymore. They are…
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The box cars by Robert Vescio and Cara King
Do you remember when you had more fun playing with a box than the toy that can inside it? Have you ever watched young children play with an abandoned box…
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The Squid, the Vibrio and the Moon by Ailsa Wild, Aviva Reed, Briony Barr, Gregory Crocetti and Linda Blackall.
The squid sucks in water and the current whooshes Ali and Mai closer and closer Meet Ali and Mai , Vibrio fischeri Bacterium, who live inside Sepio – a Bobtail…
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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…
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In outer space by Paul Mason
This great book on outer space is filled with Cause, Effect and the occasional bit of chaos! Journey from Earth out to the sun, through meteorites and asteroids and then…
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STEM solves Fairy tales: Rapunzel by Jasmine Brooke.
Did Rapunzel really think that throwing her hair down to the prince was the only way she was going to get out of that tower? Perhaps she knew how strong…
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Making with Living things: Build amazing projects with inspirational scientists, artists and engineers by Anna Claybourne
Have you ever wondered how a spider spins it’s web? How a movie is created or how to colour your boring white shirts? Making with Living things: Build amazing projects…
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