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Back on Country – Adam Goodes/Ellie Laing. Illustrated by David Hardy
Allen & Unwin November 2022 Imprint: A&U Children ISBN: 9781761065088 RRP: $24.99 Another stunning addition to the Welcome to Our Country series from this fabulous team of creators. This is, undoubtedly, one of the most highly acclaimed resources for inclusive teaching of cross-cultural perspectives in the classroom and I have yet to see or hear…
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Tangki Tjuta Donkeys – Story and sculptures by Tjanpi Desert Weavers
Allen & Unwin July 2022 Publisher/Imprint: A&U Children’s ISBN: 9781761180149 RRP: $24.99 I’ve been saving this one up for a while but I’ve already used it with several classes and, let me tell you, the kids have just loved it so much – both for the fun in the story and the fascination with the…
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How We Came to Be: Surprising Sea Creatures – Sami Bayly
Hachette September 2022 Imprint: Lothian Children’s Books ISBN 9780734421364 RRP $19.99 A delightful 1/2 class, at a local school which has a special focus on all things ‘ocean’, as it is located right on the very seafront, and I thoroughly enjoyed exploring the depths of the brine with Sami. Dive on in and find out…
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Attack of the Giant Baby – David Lucas. Illustrated by Bruce Ingman
Bloomsbury Australia August 2022 ISBN 9781408899878 Imprint Bloomsbury Children’s Books RRP: $14.99 This was absolutely great fun to share with a lovely little class of Preppies who sat completely engrossed until about 2/3 of the way when the penny started to drop. The look of delight on their little faces as they realised what was…
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Rodney Forgets It – Michael Gerard Bauer
Scholastic Australia July 2022 ISBN : 9781761121388 RRP: $19.99 In 2018 my kiddos, in our usual countdown to Book Week reading all the short-listed PBs, voted Rodney Loses It our winner – oddly enough, the judges agreed with us (rarely happens, in my experience!). Now Rodney is back in another hilarious but heart-warming tail –…
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Battle Mum – Zoë Foster Blake. Illustrated by Adele K. Thomas
Penguin Australia 1 November 2022 Look, I’ve gotta be honest – anything with Karate Kid moves or ninja references and I’m in! In my experience, the same applies for kids. Ok, so maybe not all of them are actually across the Karate Kid (clearly because their education has been neglected) but definitely ninjas! For anyone…
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Celebrating Picture Book Month
Picture Book Month is an international literacy initiative that celebrates the print picture book during the month of November. Every day in November a picture will be celebrated by many of us that are champions for picture books because he/she thinks picture books are important. In this digital age where people think print is dead…
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Happy….Everything….
Happy Dio de los Muertos (my favourite), All Hallows Eve, Halloween , Samhain, O- Bon Festival and, of course Reformation/Martin Luther Day… Plus a few others Check this out for a selection of celebrations around the world!! The Kid feels too grown up for it now – and as where we are living is very…
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