The Great Race is a children’s ‘trickster tale’ from Indonesia with beautiful hand painted illustrations by a traditional artist from India. The story is very similar to the tale of the hare and the tortoise from British folklore, but with a special twist. In the Indonesian trickster version, Pelan the snail uses his wits to […]
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Get set to get SPOOKY! Families Magazine’s top picks for kids Halloween books!
This is a guest contribution from Families Magazine – a print and online resource for parents of children aged 0-12. The magazine promotes creativity, resilience, literacy and education for families with young children. A dark mist falls over the street as the littlest ghosts and goblins wander outside to play. Scary (or not so scary) […]
Review: Archie and the Bear, by Zanni Louise & David Mackintosh
Archie and the Bear is a quirky story about the friendship that develops between a highly imaginative boy and bear who both insist on living their lives in their own way. It reminded me of my own 4-year-old son! Archie is a boy who wears a bear suit, insists that he is a bear and gets snooty with […]
Review: Cheer Chick Charlie, by Leanne Shea Langdown
Cheer Chick Charlie is the delightful book series you buy for your 7-11 year old daughter or granddaughter when you want them to embrace a love of reading, develop confidence, curiosity about environmental issues and a social conscience but you don’t want to have to worry about whether they’ll be exposed to a violent or inappropriate story […]
10 great books for preschool boys that won’t bore the pants off YOU
I’ve heard it said that children should be read to for at least 10 minutes every day. When Son #1 was 18 months old he wouldn’t stay still for a 30 second nappy change, let alone a 10 minute story. I became convinced he would end up unemployed and unemployable in later life because of it. Ah, the […]
