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Tag Archives: F-2
Mother Earth – Libby Hathorn & Christina Booth
Mother Earth: Poems to Celebrate the Wonder of Nature is a richly illustrated poetry book that focuses on the environment with poems exploring an array of connecting ideas across land, see, earth and air to explore the positives of living … Continue reading
Backyard Birdies – Andy Geppert is SO Clever!
Hatchette Australia are to be commended for this recent addition to their publications list. Visit the website to have a glimpse of the end papers, find out how to make a bin chicken hat and learn a bit about the … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Science, Uncategorized
Tagged birds, F-2, humour, literary nonfiction
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Books to support WWD: Big cats: Predators under threat
To highlight and educate people across the world the United Nations World Wildlife Day to celebrate and raise awareness of the world’s wild animals and plants. March 3 is THE day each year and 2018 the spotlight is on “Big … Continue reading
Posted in Primary, Science, Sustainability
Tagged 3-4, 5-6, animals, big cats, cheetahs, endangered animals, F-2, leopards, life cyles, lions, tigers
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Let’s Explore Countries
A bright, colourful and engaging series for young readers that introduces them to countries around the world in a accessible, engaging and informative format. Readers will discover fascinating facts about the the history, culture and geography of a country – food, … Continue reading
CBCA 2016 Book Week Resources
I have just joined with the CBCA Tasmanian judge sharing our thoughts on the 2016 shortlist in a great session hosted by Eduwebinar – wonderful to hear about the judging process and share our thoughts on the fiction works in … Continue reading
The Bones and Teeth of Sara Levine
Sarah Levine’s run away success with Bone by Bone: Comparing Animal Skeletons earned her several awards including an Honor Award in the Cook Prize Awards in 2014. This American award honors the best science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) picture … Continue reading
Art’s Supplies & Spare Dog Parts – laughter for the younger reader
Art’s Supplies, written and illustrated by Chris Tougas, is a delightful and very clever picture book that explores a range of art mediums – pastels, pencils, paints, crayons, brushes, ink, markers and more – to tell the tale of how … Continue reading
Finance & Economics: Start Smart Money
This series introduces beginning readers to the key concepts of early financial literacy in an understandable non-fiction format with simple text, familiar situations and colourful illustrations perfect for young readers. The four titles introduce the basic ideas of earning, saving, … Continue reading
Finance & Economics: Money Basics series
These simple, engaging stories present basic financial literacy concepts for young readers for Foundation to Year 2. Concept covered include earning, saving, spending, borrowing, budgeting and comparing shopping (including online), and lay the foundation for developing understanding for managing money … Continue reading
Then and Now (series)
Written by Bobbie Kalman and published by Crabtree, this set of 6 books explores changes in social aspects of children’s lives in the past and present. Toys and Games covers a range of children’s recreational activities including popular toys, power and wheel … Continue reading
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