Monday, June 25, 2012

The over-achieving parent: It could be you!

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I had a scary experience recently at a park in the inner-west of Sydney while I was out with one of my daughters, her husband and two of t...
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Saturday, June 16, 2012

'A Monster Calls' wins Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Medals - A Review

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In Great Britain there are two major awards for children's books - the Carnegie Medal and the Kate Greenaway Medal ( here ). The Carn...
Thursday, June 14, 2012

The Dragonkeeper Series - A Review

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Carole Wilkinson is a fine Australian children's author who in her own words "...got a late start, but I’ve been trying to make up...
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Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Readers' Theatre: Ideas for Improving Comprehension, Fluency & Expression

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What is Readers' Theatre? Photo courtesy ' Ultimatetomball.com ' Readers' Theatre is a simple method that presents li...
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Monday, May 28, 2012

Twelve great books for younger readers

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' Ladder to the Moon ' by Maya Soetoro-Ng, illustrated by Yuyi Morales Walker Books, 2011 From the opening line you just know t...
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Monday, May 21, 2012

Jeannie Baker Revisited

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I wrote one of my author review posts on Aussie illustrator and author Jeannie Baker in 2010. This is an updated version.  About Jeannie ...
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Friday, May 11, 2012

Literature as a means to understand people different from yourself

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As I have argued in previous posts ( here & here ), we learn a great deal from literature. Literature brings great pleasure but it...
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