100 Australian Books To Read Before High School

100 Books To Read Before High School : The Australian Collection

When TES and the National Association for the Teaching of English released their survey results listing teachers’ top 100 fiction books all children should read before leaving primary school I was intrigued. I headed straight to the list and discovered many of my favourites were listed most of which are in our bookcase. But how many were …

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Lonely Planet Kids : Come Explore Their Latest Books

This post is brought to you by Nuffnang and Lonely Planet Kids (with all opinions my own!) When I think back to what sparked my wanderlust and what spurred my deep need to explore and discover, I am certain it was the numerous books that have found their way into my hands. It started off with the Famous …

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Story Time : Week 1 – Roald Dahl, Construction and Australian Literature

Story Time : Week 1 - Roald Dahl, Construction and Australian Literature

Today marks the beginning of our Story Time journey which I posted about only last week. From our book shelves I have chosen 7 picture books for us to read together and Roald Dahl’s Big Friendly Giant as our nightly chapter book. Whilst I have chosen this weeks selection, I anticipate that both Master R and Miss …

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