Audiobooks and Borrow Box

If you are not yet using Borrow Box I am here to convince you that you must start. First of all, by now you will...

Booking in August

August is a big month for children’s books in Australia. The CBCA announce their winners for the book of the year followed by a week...

Booking in July

Picture Books Rodney Loses It!, by Michael Gerard Bauer and Chrissie Crebs – a very funny and fun book to read with your kids; rhyming...

Booking in June

I can’t believe I’ve gone so long without posting. I think I’ve also been feeling very overwhelmed thinking about writing this post because I know...

Sourcing good books for your kids

I have been asked a few times where I get book recommendations from. The short answer is the internet, specifically social media. The long answer...

Booking in May

My girls’ reading landscape in May was dominated by the type of very early chapter books that parents often can’t stand because of the shallow...

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...

The Wild Robot, by Peter Brown

This was such a great book and such a splendid success as a family read-aloud that I thought it deserved its own blog post, not...

Booking in April

I thought I might start doing a monthly wrap up of our reading. I’ll include each kids’ recent favourites and progress. I follow quite a...

Mamie, by Tania McCartney

A little while ago I wrote a review for ReadingTime.com.au of the second edition of Tania McCartney’s Australia Illustrated, it was the first book I’ve...