Literacy, families and learning

It has been about four months since I did a review of the latest picture books to land on my desk. I have so many wonderful books piling up ...

This past week Ruby Bridges celebrated her 60th birthday. It is 54 years since Ruby famously became the first African American child to at...

This is a revised version of a post that I wrote almost two years ago. Once again I want to pick up on my previous comment that many paren...

The well-known Australian author John Marsden recently wrote a short piece in the Australian College of Educators publication ' Prof...

The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards were announced on the 15th August in Canberra. This event always ...

Chris McKimmie is a writer, illustrator and artist. His career has had several phases. In the 1970s he worked as a graphic designer and pu...