Thursday, February 27, 2014

Present from the past by Jennifer Beck illustrated by Lindy Fisher

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I was showing my school art teacher the beautiful collage illustrations in Stefania's dancing slippers and she asked the obvious ques...

Someday by Eileen Spinelli illustrated by Rosie Winstead

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I picked this book up in our library the other day because the cover had fallen off.  I bought Someday home to read and I am very glad I...
Sunday, February 23, 2014

Bird by Crystal Chan

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Some books arrive in our library as part of a subscription. Bird was an entirely new book to me. I had not heard of it.  The back cover s...
Friday, February 21, 2014

Stefania's dancing slippers by Jennifer Beck illustrated by Lindy Fisher

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When I read this book aloud later this year to our senior students I am going to add one word to the final page. Stefania's dancing ...

The fearsome five by Wolf Erlbruch

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This book,  The Fearsome Five has been in our school library for a couple of years and the cover has always intrigued me.  Today I bought...
Thursday, February 20, 2014

Losers? by Pauline Reeves illustrated by Adam Carruthers

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You may have noticed I have not reviewed many books about sport on this blog.  This is partly because I rarely find a sport theme book tha...
Saturday, February 15, 2014

The Amazing Adventures of Chilly Billy by Peter Mayle illustrated by Arthur Robbins

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I have talked about this little gem in a previous post but today I just want to make a HUGE announcement. My favourite little read-a-lo...