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 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 […]
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 […]
A Squash and a Squeeze A Squash and a Squeeze is one of our children’s favourite books. Both children recite it almost perfectly as their dad reads it to them at night, they have heard it that many times. A Squash and a Squeeze is one of our favourite Julia Donaldson books. When we […]
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. […]
Check on Me Check on me by Andrew Daddo and Jonathan Bentley is our 5th book in the NSW Premier Reading Challenge. It’s another book we’ve had in our bookcase for quite some time. I’m glad it’s on the reading list because I forgot all about despite how relevant it is to my kids at […]
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 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 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 […]
NSW Premier Reading Challenge The NSW Premier Reading Challenge is an initiative by the department of education to promote literacy and reading. It is not a competition but rather a challenge. I gather it happens every year but this is the first year we have been aware of it. You can find out more from […]
