Between the ages of 0-5, babies and children are absorbing information all the time because their brains are developing at a rapid pace, and that is why librarians encourage you to read, sing songs and rhymes to your children including babies
Some books don't need words because sometimes the illustrations are so beautiful and intricate that the story speaks for itself and this is what Kate Prendergast has achieved in her book Dog One a Train.
"Can you imagine...just for one day...you're a busy bird? Yes, a bird! Hooray!"(Lucy Cousins)
You can be certain that when a creative person such as Jane Foster creates books for babies and toddlers that you are in for something special. When a couple of her books were purchased for the library they caught my eye and I was instantly engaged
Rest in Peace Dick Bruna...Miffy will continue to live on in all through many more generations to come.
This exhibition is literacy at its best. It encompasses so many aspects of literacy experiences which extends further than books.
Read at least three stories a day; it may be the same story three times. Children need to hear a thousand stories before they can learn to read. Or the same story a thousand times! - Mem Fox
"Grover's tummy had been rumbling all day. He couldn't remember when he'd last had a meal. He wished the Man with Big Boots fed him more often. Doesn't he know that dogs need to eat everyday? Grover thought, as he scrunched his wet body small and tight to try to stay warm. It didn't work. He was still cold."
If you give a mouse a brownie you will notice that he is soooo cute that you will do anything that he wants you to do and be exhausted at the end
Giggle Giggle, Smile...what's that noise? That noise is happiness coming from me when I read Dalmatian in a Digger.
Little Big Reads 