The weather is warm, the sun is shining and school is out! Summer is the perfect time to relax with a book and these awesome children’s books about summer are the perfect thing to keep your kids reading all summer long. We’ve collected a huge list of our favourite summer books for preschoolers (bigger kids […]
20 Apple Books for Kids
These apple books for kids are a great way to add some language and literacy learning to the autumn/fall season. Kids will love learning about apples with non-fiction apple books, as well as enjoying all these fun apple themed stories! This apple book list is great for an apple theme or autumn/fall theme in preschool […]
All About Me Books for Kids.
These All About Me books are are perfect for kids of all ages. Kids will love reading, learning, and sharing about themselves, and the people around them. This book list is great for an All About Me theme in preschool or kindergarten/foundation, or for a learning project focussing on ‘Me’ or ‘My family’. Read them […]
20 Awesome Kids Books about Secret Codes and Ciphers
These awesome kids books about secret codes and ciphers will keep your budding spies and coders busy for days! If your kids loved our cool secret codes for kids printables and activities they will love these awesome code breaker stories, non-fiction, and activity books. Whether your kids want to read a mystery book about code […]
The Best Children’s Books About Hospital.
Whether your child needs to go to hospital, or they are visiting someone in hospital, or perhaps they are just really interested in hospitals, these children’s books about hospital are a great way for kids of all ages to learn more about what happens when you go to hospital. When my kids were small they […]
Adventure Series for Tween Readers
One our favourite Aussie authors, A. L. Tait, has taken some time out of her busy schedule to share this list of some favourite adventure series for tween readers by Australian authors. Adventure stories come in many guises. Some are fast-paced, heart-in-mouth contemporary thrillers. Some are full of magic and mayhem. Some have mystery at […]
Polar Habitat Imaginative Play – Plus Book list and Craft ideas.
“Are there penguins in the Arctic?” “Do polar bears eat penguins?” “Is Antarctica a polar habitat?” I wasn’t sure where my son’s sudden interest in polar habitats had come from, and I wasn’t sure about my answers to all of his questions either! But with a bit of help from google and some lovely library […]
A House for a Tiger – Imaginative Play
You can go all out setting up an amazing small world play scene, or you can keep it simple and whip up an easy imaginative play activity in a few minutes. For this big cat invitation to play, we went with simple. Imaginative play can be a great sanity saver. You can set up a […]