I’m ready for Preschool by Jedda Robaard
Do you have a little one starting preschool this week? This is the perfect book to read with them to help them understand what happens at preschool and the great…
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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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Detention by Tristan Bancks
We’re good people in a bad situation. That’s what Mum always said Detention is Tristan Bancks’ latest book and it is as heart stopping as it is heart wrenching. The…
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National Tree day reflections
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…
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Who am I? A Peek-Through-Pages Book of Endangered Animals by Tim Flach
Published by Thames and Hudson Price $24.99 NZ$29.99 ISBN 9781760760359 As we are overwhelmed with the news that there are more and more endangered animals in the world I wonder if…
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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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The elephant by Jenni Desmond
Once upon a time, a child took a book from the shelf and started to read…… About elephants. The elephant by Jenni Desmond is a beautiful non-fiction picture book which…
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Letters to change the world
Christmas has just passed and perhaps your house is now filled with excess toys and packaging. Over summer we have been talking about toy quality and how some last, while…
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Australian Birds by Matt Chun
This is the perfect book to accompany next years Aussie Backyard Bird count and the perfect book to keep the love and interest in birds up! Australian Birds by Matt…
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Clever Crow – Wak Liya-Djambatj by Nina Lawrence and Bronwyn Bancroft
When a hungry crow can’t find any food, he has to be clever. Clever Crow – Wak Liya-Djambatj. Written by Nina Lawrence and illustrated by Bronwyn Bancroft is a…
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Where in the Wild by Jonny Lambert
“The wildlife and its habitat cannot speak, so we must and we will” – Theodore Roosevelt. Where in the Wild by Jonny Lambert is an engaging picture book which shows…
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My Brigadista year by Katherine Paterson
What were you doing when you were 13 years old? Did you ever consider leaving your family for a year to go to a village in another part of your…
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