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 fun they will have! Jedda Robaard’s illustrations are playing pastels that...
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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 a fantastic new book that breaks down what coding is with practical steps...
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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 story begins with a group of detainees trying to escape their...
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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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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 we really know what they look like or how we can help them?...
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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 up with that thought? Or wondered why they have thought so hard about...
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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 will teach you almost everything you need to know about elephants...
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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 others don’t, which toys are great to have and which ones we will...
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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 Chun is a stunning book with so much information to interest the youngest of...
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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 traditional Australian indigenous story about crows and how clever they...
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“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 the reader the beauty of different habitats and the animals...
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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 country to teach some others how to read and write? The courageous character in this story, My...
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