Tag: library

Library Staff: Saints with name badges

I have blogged about my love of the library and some of the absurdity that our library visits can inflict upon ourselves and other patrons. But it is the...

Jude’s Summer Holiday Reading

I don’t normally record the books my kids read. I’m terrible at keeping up to date with the school reading logs. And our lovely local...

Story Box Library (not sponsored)

These days we are all extremely tech savvy, yet more time-poor than any other generation that has ever lived (not fact checked). Parents drive children...

Aaron Blabey

If you’ve been out of the Australian children’s literature scene for a few years I can catch you up in two words: Aaron Blabey. His...

A Patch from Scratch, by Megan Froward

I got to take my two big kids, plus a friend, to a fantastic after school reading time at our local library last week featuring...

The Very Cranky Bear, by Nick Bland

There are only a handful of things cuter than a child who can’t read, but learns to memorise a favourite story. The last few weeks...

Why We Visit the Local Library

I grew up with lots of books around the house. My parents were pretty good at providing plenty of books for us to choose from...