Tag: Primary Books

Book Review: Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls (Vol 1)

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Books for Lower Primary Kids, Books for Upper Primary Kids, Kids' books, Uncategorized

Good Night Stories by Rebel Girls: 100 tales of extraordinary women by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo, 2016. Publisher: Timbuktu Labs, Inc. 224 pages, RRP US$35 I can’t believe I didn’t review this before! I bought Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls in the kickstarter campaign last year, and gave it to my girls for Christmas. They … Read More “Book Review: Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls (Vol 1)” »

Book Review: When We Were Kittens

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Books for Lower Primary Kids, Books for Upper Primary Kids

When We Were Kittens by David Greagg, 2012. Publisher: Clan Destine Press; 203 pages rrp $18.00. The amusing sequel to Dougal’s Diary, David Greagg’s When We Were Kittens, was released earlier this year. It begins when Dougal and Shadow are around two years old and invites us to share another year of their lives. This … Read More “Book Review: When We Were Kittens” »

Book Review: Dougal's Diary by David Greagg

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Books for Lower Primary Kids, Books for Upper Primary Kids

Dougal’s Diary by David Greagg, 2010. Publisher: Clan Destine Press; 189 pages rrp $19.95. Can you imagine what it would be like to be a kitten? To have a scant few weeks with a mother to teach you the ways of the world, before being adopted by a different family of humans (if you’re lucky), … Read More “Book Review: Dougal's Diary by David Greagg” »

Book Review: The Forests of Silence (Deltora Quest, Book 1)

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Books for Lower Primary Kids, Books for Upper Primary Kids, Kids' books

Do you want to fight the powers of the evil shadow and follow the quest of Deltora? Read this review and then read The Forests of Silence, first book of the Deltora Quest series. Part one of The Forests of Silence, told through the eyes of the young king Endon and his companion Jarred, tells … Read More “Book Review: The Forests of Silence (Deltora Quest, Book 1)” »

Guestpost: Good Books for Children's Activities

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Books for Upper Primary Kids, Guest Posts

Finding good children’s activities can sometimes be a chore.  Sometimes you’re just not in the mood to put up with a mess, or to clean it up later.  And sometimes you don’t feel like you can deal with a real physical activity because your own energy level may be at a low.  So maybe reading … Read More “Guestpost: Good Books for Children's Activities” »

Pamela Allen Activities for Children

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Books for Lower Primary Kids, Books for Preschoolers, Literary Activities for Kids

“Read me a story” is a request uttered by children all over the world every day. The award-winning children’s book author and illustrator Pamela Allen creates stories that serve as regular bedtime readings for many youngsters. Whether children are fans of gods, lions, or even roosters, they hear or read a tale that is both … Read More “Pamela Allen Activities for Children” »

Possum Magic Literary Activities

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Kids' books, Literary Activities for Kids

“Once upon a time, but not very long ago, deep in the Australian bush, there lived two possums. Their names were Hush and Grandma Poss. Grandma Poss made bush magic…” Possum Magic is about Grandma Poss and Hush, two possums who embark on a journey around Australia to find the right “people food” to make … Read More “Possum Magic Literary Activities” »

'How to Train Your Dragon' Characters – Differences Between the Movie and the Books

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Books for Upper Primary Kids, Kids' books, Movies

See also: How To Train Your Dragon: Names of Characters and Dragons for a full list of characters in the first book of the series. ‘How to Train Your Dragon – the movie’ is a completely different beast to the series of books of the same name. In fact, with a few name changes they … Read More “'How to Train Your Dragon' Characters – Differences Between the Movie and the Books” »

How to Train Your Dragon: Names of Characters and Dragons

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Audio Books, Books for Upper Primary Kids

(Post updated September 2013) We have been listening to the How to Train Your Dragon books on audio lately and I must say I love them. David Tennant does an absolutely stella job of doing all the different voices, and although some of the audio versions are abridged, you certainly can’t tell anything is missing.  … Read More “How to Train Your Dragon: Names of Characters and Dragons” »

About: Reading, Writing, and Writing about Reading and Writing

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About

About this blog (For more about me, see below, where I write about myself in the third person!) As an Australian mother/writer/blogger, I have plenty to say on the subject of books. From parenting books, such as Elizabeth Pantley’s The No Cry Sleep Solution and the Sears’ The Baby Book, to kids books, from the … Read More “About: Reading, Writing, and Writing about Reading and Writing” »