Monday, December 31, 2012

My reading list

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I visited my school library today and picked up a small collection of books to read.  You might remember I did this a few weeks ago and the...
Sunday, December 30, 2012

Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox illustrated by Julie Vivas

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As a young child I regularly visited my little Nana in nursing home and now as an adult I am sadly visiting my mum each day as she has mov...
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Owl babies by Martin Waddell illustrated by Patrick Benson

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As January approaches my thoughts are turning to the early weeks when Kindergarten students visit our school library for the first time.  T...
Saturday, December 29, 2012

Year Six recommend ...

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Each year I report on books that our departing students recommend in their Year Book.  I was not in my school library in 2012 but I am pleas...
Friday, December 28, 2012

Auntie Claus by Elise Primavera

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Hello out there - blog reader!  I have made it!  This is my 400th post and I have nearly reached 50,000 hits. I started my blog at the e...
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Figaro and Rumba and the crocodile cafe by Anna Fienberg illustrated by Stephen Michael King

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Here are another pair of incongruous friends - a dog, Figaro and a cat called Rumba.  You might think of the Owl and the Pussycat,   Frog an...

The last straw by Fredrick H Thury illustrated by Vlasta van Kampen

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Based on the idea of the straw that broke the camels back The Last Straw is the Christmas story told from the point of view of a camel who ...