Tag: great gift

Orchard Toys creates bright, colourful games that are slightly educational but mostly a lot of fun to play with your 2-6-year-olds. They are edutainment resources...

When I was a little girl my Nan taught me how to use a spool for finger-knitting. I don’t really remember creating anything of significance...

All kids need to have a supply of resources they can use to create. Pens, pencils, crayons, textas, paper, glue, scissors, and paints are open-ended...

My obsession with Leo Timmers is well (self) documented. Because of this, I want to spread the love around and try to give his books...

Question: Are you stuck on what to buy a curious mind for Christmas? Answer: ‘A World of Information’ Firstly at just $22  I consider this to...

A quick one today. We got a great baby/toddler book at the library this week. I don’t usually go looking at the board books because...

We stumbled across a fantastic author/illustrator this week, Dan Santat.    Previously we have read ‘Crankenstein‘, which he collaborated on with Samantha Berger. A great book...

Anna Walker is a prolific and easily recognisable Australian illustrator. If you and your children are yet to read a book she has worked on...

We found this series after leaning into our (mmm…okay…my) obsession with Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler books. I saw one at the library and thought...

One of my lovely sisters just had her first baby and it got me thinking about what books are good give to new babies. I’m...