Guest Post Review by Vanessa Ryan-Rendall A big thanks goes to educator and reviewer, Vanessa from Educate. Empower, for providing us with this marvellous review and teaching notes based on a wonderful Indigenous story. 🐸 🐸 🐸 Big Fella Rain by Beryl Webber and Fern Martins, Magabala Books, October 2017. Thunder Rolls – BOOM! Way […]
Title: Land of Britannica Author: Jenny Woolsey Publisher: Pearls of Wisdom Press Genre: Junior Fiction/Allegory/Fantasy Age Group: 9-12 years Please tell us a bit of what your book is about. Twelve-year-old Brittney is upset her parents have split up and she wants them back together. After Dad introduces his girlfriend to Brittney and her brothers, […]
#TheScaredBook #BooksOnTour #BlogBlitz #Day4 Paper Fan (For fanning away monster smells!) What’s the smelliest smell you’ve ever smelt? What did you do when you found the smell? What did your face look like? What kinds of things could you use to take the smell away? Why do you think these monsters left such a yucky […]
#TheScaredBook #BooksOnTour #BlogBlitz #Day4 Monster Shaker What do you know about monsters? Do you know any monsters in books or on TV? Do monsters scare you? Can monsters be something else that’s scary, like a new place, or a new kind of food? What can we do to try and be brave and not be […]
#TheScaredBook #BooksOnTour #BlogBlitz #Day4 Fabulously Fun Activity Sheets Courtesy and copyright © Kim Siew, Debra Tidball and Lothian Children’s Books 2017 Find these downloadable activities, and more, at Debra Tidball’s website.       For your chance to WIN a signed copy of The Scared Book comment below or on social media with your […]
Title: Ori the Octopus Author: Anne Helen Donnelly Illustrator: Anne Helen Donnelly Publisher: Self-published Genre: Children’s Picture Book Age Group: 2 – 5 y.o. Please tell us a bit of what your book is about. Ori the Octopus likes to help his friends. But when he helps his friends all at once, he gets all […]
Title: Darcy and the Dinosaurs Author: Nicole Madigan Illustrator: Joe M Ruiz Publisher: BlOOturtle Publishing Genre: Picture book Age Group: 4 – 7 Please tell us a bit of what your book is about. Darcy and the Dinosaurs tells the story of Darcy, a little boy who just can’t sleep. After making shadow puppets dance […]
Title: Eric Finds a Way Author: Robert Vescio Illustrator: Ann-Marie Finn Publisher: Wombat Books Genre: Picture Book Age Group: 5 – 8 years Please tell us a bit of what your book is about. The book is a story about a little boy called Eric who longs to be creative, but doesn’t know how to […]
Title: Blossom Author: Tamsin Janu Illustrator: N/A Publisher: Scholastic Omnibus Genre: Children’s Fiction Age Group: 8-12 Please tell us a bit of what your book is about. The book follows 10 year old Lottie, who is excited when a lost little girl arrives on her doorstep. Lottie, who only has Uncle Bobby in the world, […]
Title: A Cardboard Palace Author: Allayne L. Webster Illustrator: none Publisher: MidnightSun Publishing Genre: Children’s Fiction Age Group: 8-14 What kinds of themes/issues are raised in this story? A Cardboard Palace is told by Jorge, a boy who has been trafficked to Paris, and forced to steal for a controller, Bill, a selfish man who […]
