Wow, all I can say is wow. This is an absolutely amazing book. Challenging the traditional views of disability Richard Yaxley has created an absolutely amazing book. Usually I don’t write out what blurbs or publishing websites have written about a book but you need to know what this book is about so you can…
For so many of us Mem Fox’s Possum Magic was a magical part of growing up. The beautiful book that brings our Aussie culture to light, is celebrating 30 years! 30 years of being a loved part of the our lives, our children’s lives and their children’s lives! To mark this amazing milestone, Scholastic has…
Featured in Scholastic’s March Wombat book club ‘10 Green Geckos‘ by Phillip Gwynne is one to keep your eye out for. Hitting shelves in February this year ‘10 Green Geckos’ is a retelling of ‘Ten Green Bottles‘ that is both entertaining and fun with cheeky geckos, but also a way to help young children count backwards without realizing it. …
Sophie Masson is an extremely successful Australian writer with over 30 novels published in Australia and overseas. In April this year Sophie Masson’s new novel ‘Boggle Hunters‘ was released and seems to be the beginning an exciting new adventure. In Masson’s word: Jenny and her parents are boggle hunters. They scour the streets for the savage pests,…
After reading Mem Fox’s own comments about writing for children it becomes obvious that it is not her favorite pass time. However, it is something she does extremely well. With her 40 something published books it would be hard to imagine an Australian home without a Mem Fox book in it. Possum Magic, for example,…
The role of a picture book for a society is to reflect the culture and attitude most required for nurturing the generations who read them, therefor they are unique to every country or community in which they are made. After having this discussion with my charming acquaintance David Gilbey I found that he wishes to…
Terry Denton has collaborated with Andrew Daddo on many of his books, although Daddo had little choice of illustrator. Denton adds to the comic genius of Daddo’s books, and together the two become an unstoppable pair in writing for children. I wanted to get a bit of a background on Denton before I jump into…
The Daddo boys surely do have a reputation around Australia and the world as successful men. You would think with such success would come an ego and attitude that disappoints so many fans when meeting their inspirations/idols. However, we had the pleasure to meet a man who was not only highly successful and accomplished but funny, engaged with his…
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