“Just Joking” is perfect for a laugh! It provides hours of entertainment for the whole family; containing over three-hundred jokes from knock, knock to riddles to Q&A and many more as well as eight fun activities including a fill-in the-blank, maze, crossword, pick-a-path and crack-the-code for the kids to enjoy. Unlike most joke books…
From all the team at WaggaBloggas we hope you had the most amazing Christmas and that you have an excellent new years. We’ve been flat out putting together the second issue of PRISM, a litmag we started this year, set to come out mid Jan. We’d love if you checked it out. http://prismontap.com/ We’re excited…
Hayes’ debut novel reads like a perfect kick from the 50 metre line straight through the centre of the goal posts. In The Whole of my World Hayes has encapsulated the rollercoaster ride of adolescent relationships, grief, joy, loss and what it takes to be a football fan. The whole of Shelley’s world is footy, Aussie…
At age 13 I discovered Tamora Pierce, an author who helped me wait patiently while the next Harry Potter book was being written; and to this day I still follow her amazing stories. This New York Times bestselling author returns to her magical world of Winding Circle with the latest installment Battle Magic. (Set before…
As a blogger I am constantly forgetting to put aside time to regularly write, having a team of reviewers has been the most wonderful relief and a source of fantastic new ideas and opinions. Demi Spencer is an English student at CSU Wagga and friend who I am thrilled to welcome to the WaggaBloggas team.…
“My dad has to go to something called a war,” she explains. “It’s in a place called Viet Nam. Where is Viet Nam? He will be gone a year. How long is a year? I don’t know what anybody’s talking about.” The author of the ‘Hunger Games’ series brings us a picture book that looks…
From the very first chapter in Brandon Mull’s Spirit Animals: Wild Born I was hooked. What’s not to love really? Four children on a dangerous quest to save Erdas, with the help of their spirit animals – in the case of Conor, Abeke, Meilin and Rollan their animals are Fallen Beasts returned to the realm…
To celebrate the launch of Weirdo from best-selling author Anh Do we invite you to enter this fun competition. To enter simply tell us something weird about yourself or a friend of yours in 25 words or less. Email us at competitions@scholastic.com.au and you could win an awesome KLUTZ prize pack valued at $100. THANKS SCHOLASTIC! Its…
This weekend I found myself at the National Young Writers Festival which was just an eclectic array of everything you could possibly hope to get from an event with the words festival, writers, national, young in it. As I paced the room labeled ‘pop-up book shop’ my eyes were drawn instantly to the only picture…
Tom Gates: Best book day ever (so far) by Liz Pichon is one in a series of books that explore the character Tom Gates, as he overcomes obstacles in school and at home whilst finding the best ways to have fun. The story is a great easy read for primary school kids and has a…
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