The Gruffalo’s Child – an Australian mom’s review

The Gruffalo’s Child If you’ve read The Gruffalo, you have to read The Gruffalo’s Child. It’s the sequel to the first book and involves the Gruffalo’s daughter going out into the woods despite being told not to. Sounds like a typical little one doesn’t it. Again, we meet the mouse and learn about brains trumping […]

Alphabetical Sydney

Alphabetical Sydney  This was one of the first truly Australian books we bought when we arrived in Sydney. Alphabetical Sydney is a picture book guide of Sydney through the Alphabet, as the title suggests. It is an interesting reflection of Sydney, especially if you’re new. And it is so beautifully illustrated, I absolutely love the […]

Is Your Grandmother a Goanna

Is Your Grandmother a Goanna What a strange title for a book – Is Your Grandmother a Goanna. Given that my 5 year old son can’t read yet it must have been the picture on the front cover that made him want to take it out. Maybe he was missing his grannies… I couldn’t beliebe […]

33 Mothers Day Gifts 

33 Mothers Day Gifts From my experience it is usually the moms who are responsible for gift giving. So what happens when it’s time to get the Mom a gift? Panic? Chaos? Bad gifts? Mom’s send this list of Mothers Day Gifts to the dads, spouses or kids with a hint on what you want. […]

The Cat in the Hat Comes Back

The Cat in the Hat Comes Back On the back of Cat in the Hat we read The Cat in the Hat Comes Back this week. The Cat in the Hat Comes Back is as crazy as its prequel. Thankfully the mess is all cleared up before you even see the mom on her way […]

Hairy Maclary from Donaldson Dairy

Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy  We love Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy. This book is the first of a series in which we follow Hairy Maclary on his little adventures. He doesn’t do anything unusual or untoward, he is just your average puppy who is a bit too curious. In this first Hairy Maclary book […]

The Bicycle

The Bicycle The Bicycle by Colin Thompson and Quentin Blake has that familiar feeling because the front page drawing is by the same man who drew all the Roald Dahl books. This is not an ordinary book and if you don’t understand the background you may think it a little weird. I did at first. […]

Guess How Much I Love You – every parents’ favourite book 

Guess How Much I Love You Guess How Much I Love You is adored by all parents who read it. It’s become an absolute classic. We got our copy from one of my best friends on the birth of my first child and we have treasured it ever since. Despite having had it for 5 […]

The Cat in the Hat 

The Cat in the Hat  The Cat in the Hat is our third book of the NSW Premier Reading Challenge. It also happens to be one of the books that we’ve had in our library forever. It’s availability was the primary reason for me choosing to add this to our list. The Cat in the […]

Thelma The Unicorn: my favourite kids book of 2018

Thelma the Unicorn I overheard a teacher reading Thelma the Unicorn to one of her students at a public library. In between reading she kept telling her colleague how amazing the book was. Of course, my curiosity got the better of me and I grabbed the book before anyone else could read it. I have […]