Literacy, families and learning

It's difficult to write a post like this one without appearing that I'm being (at least indirectly) critical of teachers, and parent...

One of the signs of a great book is that once it is finished you have a deep desire to tell someone about it, and perhaps even pass the book...

I typically offer an overview of the Children's Book Council of Australia awards at this time each year, but many of the shortlisted boo...

I presented a plenary address this week at the Seventh International Literary Juvenilia Conference 2022 . The conference explored Juvenilia,...

1. 'Seree's Story' by Irma Gold & Wayne Harris   Seree loves nothing more than eating sweet, mushy bananas, rolling in sque...

I've been working on my family history in the last six months. I set myself the task of compiling the story of the previous 3-4 generati...

I first wrote about ‘discovering’ literature in a book published in the 1990s called ‘ Pathways to Literacy ’. In it I explained it took me ...