by Kesta | Oct 8, 2020 | Books, Picture Book Recordings, Story Corner
Boo Loves Books, by Kaye Baillie and Tracie Grimwood Picture Book. New Frontier Publishing. 2020 Confidence. Learning to read. Dogs. Phoebe doesn’t like reading. She’s worried about making mistakes. Boo is a shy, anxious dog. He lives at the amimal shelter...
by Kesta | Sep 28, 2020 | Picture Book Recordings, Story Corner
The Important Things, by Peter Carnavas Picture Book. New Frontier Publishing. 2010 Family. Loss. Remembering. Christopher’s father has faded from his life, so his mum gives all of the father’s old things to a secondhand store. When the things start to reappear in...
by Kesta | Sep 7, 2020 | Books, Picture Book Recordings, Story Corner
The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, by Beatrix Potter Picture Book. Public Domain The sequel to The Tale of Peter Rabbit The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, another classic by Beatrix Potter, was first published in 1904 by Frederick Warne & Co. It is the sequel to The Tale...
by Kesta | Aug 20, 2020 | Books, Story Corner, Taste and See Recordings
Eco Rangers: Pelican in Peril, by Candice Lemon-Scott Junior Fiction. First in a series for ages 7+ Wildlife Rescue. Mystery. Action. Adventure When Ebony and Jay rescue a frightened pelican covered in sludge, they know something terrible has happened. Why...
by Kesta | Aug 18, 2020 | Book Reviews, Books, News, Science
IT’S SCIENCE WEEK 2020, and I can’t think of a better way to get into it than by taking a quick look at some of the books that are out there at the moment to inspire children in science. And I don’t just mean the expected, and often spectacularly illustrated and...