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 […]
20 Kid’s Books That are Also Great Movies.
Are you looking for something to read? Or maybe something to watch? There is nothing better than when a good book is made into a great movie, and there are so many good kid’s books that have been made into great family movies! From picture books, to chapter books, there are so many great book […]
Awesome Adventure Books for 9-12 Year Olds
It was Harry Potter that started the obsession with fantastical adventurous stories at our house. And my boy just came in and plonked down the fifth book on my desk, finished! We are trying to pace him a little, since he’s not quite nine, and we’d like him to grow up and mature as the […]
Map Drawing Prompt: Free Printable.
Recently a fellow blogger and author, Allison Tait, sent me a copy of her new book – The Mapmaker Chronicles, Race to the End of The World. My kids couldn’t agree on who should get to read it first, so I settled the argument by reading it aloud to them all, one chapter a night. […]