All of the research shows us that one of the key things we can do as adults to help encourage the children around us to read, is to just read ourselves. Young children mimic the actions of those around them, meaning if our actions are centred around good reading...
Hanna: My Holocaust Story by Goldie Alexander Hanna has dreams of being a gymnast. But in 1939 the Nazis invade her home, Warsaw, and everything changes. All Jews are being rounded up and being threatened. Her family escape to a farm with their housekeeper, but how...
Never Smile at a Monkey: And 17 Other Important Things to Remember by Steve Jenkins When it comes to wild animals, everyone knows that there are certain things you just don’t do. It’s clearly a bad idea to tease a tiger, pull a python’s tail, or...
Heads & Tails: Insects by John Canty At first we can only see the insects tails. Some clues help us try to identify each insect as we learn more about each one. Now, can you guess the insect that each tail belongs to before they are revealed once the page is...
I Wonder by K. A. Holt | Preparatory Library | Junior Library | In this unusual text, young listeners and readers follow a group of diverse kids trying to make sense of the world as they see it. Questions such as What do clouds taste like?, Do my toys miss me when...
Divergent – Veronica Roth Throughout this term, I have been reading the first book in the Divergent series by Veronica Roth.In this dystopian thriller, society is split into ‘factions’ based on their key personality traits and/or values. I gained an...
US author Lyman Frank Baum gave the first printed copy of his novel to his sister Mary. The story, about a young girl's adventures in the land of Oz became a much loved book and movie.
On this day the rules for Australia's version of football were established by members of the Melbourne Cricket Club. Aussie Rules was thought to be invented to keep cricketers fit during the off season.
Congratulations to Safdar Ahmed for winning 2022 NSW Premier's Literary Award - Book of the Year - for Still Alive.
A powerful, must read graphic novel.
