A girl, a wolf cub and other dog friends take us on an action packed adventure when disaster strikes.
Wolf Girl: Into the Wild
A Great Escape
A Great Escape is a story of courage, resilience and bravery during a time of uncertainty. Felice Arena has again written about a difficult topic in a way that keeps the reader invested in the story.
Shout Out to the Girls
Shout Out to the Girls is my definite pick of the month for a must have book, especially for Australian children and teens. With all the royalties going to The Smith Family charity you not only get to read the book but help those in need. Congratulations to the various Penguin Random House women that put this together, I thank you for opening my mind to possibilities.
How to Say I Love You in Five Languages
There is so much to love about this book especially if you want to learn how to say "I love you" in English, Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin, and French. With some words on each page and buttons to press to hear the pronunciation of "I Love You", this book has the right combination to engage your child in languages by site and sound.
Guff
Sometimes I wonder whether picture books are written for us the adults too, or whether something just resonates with us that it just feels that way. This is how this book was for me, first of all I loved it - its hard not to love Aaron Blabey books - and second I think we have all had or have a guff in our lives whether it be a fabric or human friend.
BookTrust – Inspiring the love of Reading
What I find incredible and something that is easily overlooked because my own childhood was filled with books and reading, is that for some children who are part of this program may have never owned their own book before.
Throwback Thursday – My Bible Story Picture Book
It wasn't until I been until I have been going through these books that I truly realised just how much my aunt supported my love of reading and literacy. From such a young age I was blessed by all the adults around me to be gifted so many books.
Be Bully Free – Bullying is NOT ok!
Never underestimate the effects of bullying, it is NEVER ok and is always serious.
Throwback Thursday – Nursery Rhymes
My Favourite Nursery Rhymes A Dean's Happy Times Book While it isn't as old as books you find in a library archives, it is old to me. It smells musty, and is being held together by sticky tape but it is holding on...just. I loved this book as a child and I have now had... Continue Reading →
Antoinette
I find great value in stories like Antoinette because to a child it is simply a story about a dog, her family, her friends, discovering abilities and one missing friend Ooh-La-La!
Little Big Reads 