The Quite Nice Wolf doesn’t fit in with the local wolf pack. He commences training to become a proper wolf – one that’s BIG and BAD. Can he help the wolf pack with their master plan? For ages 3 – 6 years. Review by Amy Wakley-Ahearn I don’t know about you, but my kids have […]
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Getting kids off screens and into books
by Gemma Brown We all know there are many kids having more screen time than they should, and at the same time children and teens are spending less time reading. In fact, in a recent report (Scholastic Kids and Family Reading), 75 percent of parents with kids aged 6-17 wish their child would do more […]
Review: Raising Readers – How to nurture a child’s love of books, by Megan Daley
Raising Readers, by Megan Daley, is the book I wish I’d been able to read before I had kids. Not because I need tips on how to interest my boys in books – they’re both voracious readers and my youngest takes books to bed as though they’re teddies – but because it would have helped […]
Review: A Quiet Girl, by Peter Carnavas
This gorgeous book made all the hairs on my neck stand up. It sent little chills everywhere. But good ones. A Quiet Girl, by Peter Carnavas is so very beautiful. We need kids like Mary to force us to be quiet and still and notice the small things. Mary is a quiet girl who notices […]
Review: Squish Rabbit’s Pet, by Katherine Battersby
I gave this new Squish book to my Mum to read to my 2-year-old niece when she visited. They both very much enjoyed it, which is not surprising given it’s written and illustrated by Katherine Battersby, award-winning author of nine children’s books. Squish Rabbit’s Pet is the third book in the much-loved Squish Rabbit series, […]
Review: The Flying Orchestra, by Clare McFadden
“Mum, how do you give a book a ‘like’?” “A ‘like’?” I asked my 6-year-old son. “Yeah, a ‘like’. Like for videos on YouTube. So other people know it’s really good. ‘Cause this book’s really good and I want to tell everyone.” Mr 6 waved The Flying Orchestra, by Clare McFadden at me. He loves this book. […]
