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The Book: Scarface Claw, Hold Tight! What It’s About Scarface Claw finds a comfy spot to sleep in the sun on a car, but then it zooms off with him still on top! Will anyone get Tom’s attention to help Scarface down? Why It’s Awesome In my house, Lynley Dodd is the gold standard of […]
THE BOOK: Pointy Pembleton Visits The Dog Park What It’s About: Pointy Pembleton is a greyhound who’s just been rescued visiting his local dog park for the first time – but the other dogs think he’s a bit different and wierd and won’t play. Will Pointy ever find a friend? Why It’s Awesome: Well it’s […]
The Book: The Very Sleepy Bear Who’s It By? Nick Bland – author of The Very Cranky Bear, The Very Brave Bear, (I’m sensing a theme) and King Pig What’s It About? A bear just wants to hibernate but a fox sees an opportunity and tries to sell him some new real estate Why Should […]
The Book: Cinnamon by Neil Gaiman What’s It About? Cinnamon was a princess with pearl eyes, a long time ago, in a small hot country, where everything was very old. Cinnamon did not talk and could not see. Mango trees, a parrot, and a beautiful room in the palace do nothing to help the teachers […]
If someone asks me to think of a quintessentially Australian experience, I automatically think of ANZAC Day. It perfectly demonstrates the dichotomy of Australian culture – we attend deeply respectful services in the morning, then we have a craic playing two up and listening to yarns in the afternoon. We are a nation of larrikins, […]
So Australia Day – yet another public holiday to entertain the kids on after Christmas, with the added benefit of being truly stinking hot. Oh hooray. I always love curling up in the aircon and reading some good old Aussie picture books on Australia Day, but there’s only so much Possum Magic someone can read […]
Oh my god you guys. Is it just me or did Christmas come way faster this year? I feel like I just turned around at Easter and boom, I’m locating ornaments and planning Christmas lunch. While we read to Bear year round, I do enjoy bringing the Christmas books into the rotation, if only to […]
There are a thousand reasons to read to your children. It’s fun, it’s great for bonding and any parenting expert will tell you that it’s one of the most important things to do. But what do you read? It’s hard to tell without spending a fortune which picture books will entertain and which will be thrown to […]