This is truly lovely…click on the image below to be taken to the interactive book. “To celebrate the exhibition Look! The art of Australian picture books today, the State Library of Victoria ran an illustration competition for children aged 2 to 12. Sally Rippin created a magical short story especially for us, called The Dream-spinner. [...]
Meg Rosoff 9780141329338 United Book Distributors 29 Mar 2010 Listening recently to my dear friend Nicole talk about her love for Meg Rosoff’s- How I Live Now, I decided a revisit of the novel was in order, since it had been some years since I read it. I will not be reviewing How I Live [...]
Keep your eyes peeled for The Song Of The Dove- A Love Story, in bookstores. Like so many picture books, it has to been seen to be truly appreciated. I can tell you though, it is possibly one of the most beautifully illustrated picture books I have seen for a long time. The illustrations (Sonia [...]
I have just returned from a wondrous and magical journey to The Kingdom Of Silk. Glenda Millard’s beautiful novels The Naming Of Tiskin Silk and Plum Puddings And Paper Moons, kept me so entranced that I read them both twice, back to back and then read them aloud to my children. I have often said [...]
I am always delighted when parents in our school community take the time to drop in to the library. Lately, I have had several dropping in to ask me what books they should buy their children and young adults for Christmas. I have also had several emails asking me the same thing. I decided to [...]
“‘Will you walk into my parlour’, said the Spider to the Fly…” Most all of us are familiar with the opening line of Mary Howitt’s 173 year old poem The Spider and The Fly. This poem remains as a timeless warning to children and adults everywhere to beware of the charming facade of those who [...]
“A long time ago, a young girl called Nina lived in a palace that stood in the heart of a graceful old city. The palace was home to the Royal Academy of Dancing Horses, where Nina’s father Viktor was the stable master. Viktor and his grooms fed and watered the famous stallions, and polished their white [...]
Long have I considered myself a champion of the picture book. I love them. Picture Books, in my humble opinion, are perhaps one of our greatest undervalued resources. As a Librarian, I read picture books to my students as often as I possibly can. Even the older ones. There is nothing quite like the [...]
When our Grade 1/2 teachers came to ask me about picture books that contained similes, I told them with every confidence not to worry, I would take care of it and have all the titles they needed by the following Monday. Imagine then my surprise when it dawned on me that besides “Wilfred Gordon MacDonald [...]
When those of us concerned about literacy are trying to educate our students of the importance of the ‘just right read’, reminding them of the allure of the picture book, can be just the thing they need
