Summer Time by Antonia Pesenti and illustrated by Hilary Bell
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.…
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Monuments by Will Kostakis
High school days and navigating friendships – it was hard work, especially when you broke up with a best friend. But what if those friendships made us step out of…
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Gifted education musings: Creativity.
Gifted children, from an early age can show the capacity to think creatively, critically and abstractly. Have you ever had them ask a question and you wondered how they came…
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Save time, save money and be eco #2 – Veggies
So you’ve been told to only eat organic, only buy from farmer’s markets and nothing wrapped in plastic – tricky? Yes! After reading many years ago that the pesticides that…
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The day we built the bridge by Samantha Tidy and Fiona Burrows
The first thing that you will notice in this picture book are the end pages, adorned with Australian native flowers – Gum blossoms, Wattle and Geraldton Wax flowers.…
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Sydney Party supplies
Do you love balloons? Check out these ones: Or perhaps this type: Or do you prefer these? Whichever ones you choose, you’ll know your party will be a hit. They…
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Fluke by Lesley Gibbes and Michelle Dawson
The little southern right whale was born under the shadow of the great harbour bridge. Fluke by Lesley Gibbs and Michelle Dawson is a beautifully told story about the day…
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The coffee cup
A few weeks ago I blogged about and sometimes you forget – which many readers found solace in considering many of us lead busy lives and just sometimes those coffee cups…
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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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A bag and a bird by Pamela Allen
The plastic bag went too. John could see it caught on a bird high in the sky, flying and flapping behind like a scarf in the wind. A warm sunny…
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