Bayard Magazines for Kids As you know we love the Bayard Magazines for Kids. As soon as my kids see that they’ve arrived they rip into them and pull them out to read. My son is so quick on the draw that my littlest doesn’t even get a chance. This is a great way to […]
The Highway Rat To give you an idea of the appeal of the Highway Rat to little kids, when I asked my son what he wanted to wear to his first book day when he was 4, he told me he wanted to dress as the Highway Rat. I have no idea why but 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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
