What are you Reading?
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...
February – A Hot and Spicy Librarycook
You'd think, thought the librarycook, that after decades of cooking, she'd have learned to read. The recipe, that is, not the book she can hardly tear herself from. But her attempt at Harissa Chicken Skewers with Couscous Salad would prove otherwise. How else to...
A gripping thriller
Book Review In an incredibly complex murder case of a former acquaintance, psychologist Joseph O’Loughlin has both his perfect professional life and his personal life completely rattled. Throughout Michael Robotham’s thrilling crime story The Suspect, we follow our...
Stage 3 Reading List
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...
Librarycook – a fishy story – November
"20 years of Delicious" screamed the November issue's cover, replete with a spectacularly meringuey cake. The librarycook has enjoyed many of the offerings of those 20 years, and dived headlong in, eager to see what would catch her eye. And what caught her eye first...
Stage 2 Reading List
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 bother a black widow...
Stage 1 Reading List
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...
Early Stage 1 Reading List
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...
October librarycook – What does a “weeknight recipe” really mean?
The October issue of Delicious was packed to the gunwales with look-at-me deliciousness. The cover featured an Ottolenghi delight, a Potato and Spinach Pie, which is crying out to be made. There were Ricotta, Ginger & Pineapple Tarts; a Chicken, Tomato &...
September librarycook – Mince and Potatoes, but not as you know them
Could the September issue of Delicious look any more Australian? A giant Lamington cake was the featured image, and the issue included twists on Aussie staples like the iced vovo and the vanilla slice. For the librarycook, though, and yes, she does realise her...
