Don’t forgot to drop in a great board or picture book into the picnic basket or backpack as you head to the park this summer. They are a great way to entertain and engage with your kids as you lounge in this glorious weather. Reading a book with tamariki provides awesome opportunities to explore, laugh…
Storyland by Catherine McKinnon
Storyland is set in an ‘up ended’ land that's evergreen, with birds that fly at night and the unimaginable around every river bend. This is a tapestry of five different groups, in five different times across 237 years of Lake Illawarra’s existence. A mere drop in time for this ancient Australian landscape, but with monumental…
A Tragic Kind of Wonderful
In Eric Lindstrom's latest young adult novel, A tragic kind of wonderful, Mel is a beautifully complex young woman grappling with confronting decisions and emotions, navigating relationships with her family, friends and her internal 'animals'. Lindstrom's use of a first person narrative allows the reader to experience the intensity of Mel’s experiences, memories and decisions as…
Down in the Vege Patch
Right about now the seedlings from your Supermarket mini gardens and garden centres are basking their leaves in the delicious spring sunshine. Leafy and bursting to stretch their legs, so let’s roll up our sleeves. Whether you are an experienced gardener or have had your interest piqued recently by the spring buzz, anyone and everyone…
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