For Lisa's Indigenous Literature Week I had planned to post a selection of new Indigenous picture books, however my plans were bigger than my time management abilities!Fortunately, these beautiful books deserve to be shared at any time, regardless of NAIDOC week or ILW.Baby Business (2019) by Jasmine Seymour is a wonderful story for new parents, showing … Continue reading Indigenous Picture Books for Children
There is a lot of space in Megan Hunter's The End We Start From. Known as a poet until now, her debut novel is written almost like a poem, but not quite. It's not prose as we know it either. It's fragmentary, somewhere in between.Stark, sparse paragraphs, poetic words, no names, just letters of the … Continue reading The End We Start From From by Megan Hunter
The best laid plans and all that jazz.This summer has been a bit of bummer when it comes to reading. Normally I love the lazy summer days as a great excuse to devour books by the bucket load - by the pool, on the beach or relaxing under the fan or air-con. But so far … Continue reading My Summer Reading Plans #1
I don't know how she does it, but Margaret Wild is a publishing powerhouse.At the moment she has two, very different, new release picture books on the shelves.Bogtrotter is illustrated by Judith Rossell (who recently published her own illustrated chapter book, Whispering-By-Sea, to much acclaim).Bogtrotter is a are green, rotund, routine-loving creature who likes to … Continue reading Bogtrotter and Our Baby by Margaret Wild
A number of Australian author/illustrators have put out beautiful baby books in the past few months. I thought it was time to highlight my favourites.Alison Lester uses lovely soft pastel water colours to illustrate her Kissed by the Moon book. The story within is a simple lilting text full of wishes for the new baby..."May … Continue reading New Baby Books
A number of friends, as well as family members are having babies this year.It's all very exciting.But it has given me cause to think about all the wonderful picture books out there to help siblings come to terms with the birth of a new baby.Below is a list to get you started.Brand New Baby by … Continue reading Books about New Babies
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