Momo celebrating time to read

"I suppose we'd like to feel human again' ... A small, mean part of him wanted to make fun and mock - a bunch of Germans wantin...

"First the rain stopped falling. Then the wheat stopped growing. Then the dust storms started coming. Then the tractor stopped working,...

Nettie (Lynette) Sweeny lives with her three sisters and her dad on a farm. The year is 1952 and in a few months Princess Elizabeth will be ...

Crafty crows camped on the corners of the field. Monkeys mined for mealworms and munched mangoes. Bongani beat his drum and shouted, 'Ge...

"Grass and wheat-lands spread to the horizon, and so did we, with too few ibis to control us. We could rage across the land. We ate the...

"Sunday's affirmation: I will take a chance on ideas,  even if they seem ridiculous or dangerous.  I will let my heart have a chanc...

It seems odd to say I really love books set in America (remember I live in Australia), set in times past (this is set in 1937) and set i...

Cows grazed in the pasture. Wind rustled through the tall grass. Clouds drifted over the fields. Farm machines rumbled and buzzed. ...

With care and precision, Frost deftly turns plainspoken conversations and the internal monologues of her characters into stunning poems th...

All I want for Christmas is Rain is so obviously an Australian story.  We have Christmas in the Summer. Australia is one of the driest ...

... a powerful message that one small person  can make a big difference. In our library sessions last term my senior classes explored...