June saw, as most months do at Scholastic, a wonderful group of books hit the shelves in bookstores. Some new exciting additions to already popular series and some new picture books are among the group of published works. Here is two of my favorite picture books that came out in June this year. Hold on…
‘Anzac Biscuits’ is a beautiful story by Phil Cummings, showing readers a snapshot of World War I from the perspective of a family waiting back home. It is aimed at children aged 4 and older. This story is based on Rachel, a young girl and her mother who are waiting at home for Rachel’s father…
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,…
If you’ve ever wanted to get your child interested in languages here is your chance. Brian Falkner presents us with a character who gains the ability to speak any language in the world, which makes the book friendly to the bilingual children of the modern world and all those children fascinated by the concept of the planet we live…
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…
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