Category: Book Reviews

It’s a pretty rare thing for me to read to or even with my eldest child, one-on-one. I mean I’ve probably only done a handful...

We found this series after leaning into our (mmm…okay…my) obsession with Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler books. I saw one at the library and thought...

One of my lovely sisters just had her first baby and it got me thinking about what books are good give to new babies. I’m...

Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler are my favourite pairing of author and illustrator in children’s literature. I was captivated from the first time we read...

Mr 7 at our place considers himself a bit of a mathematician: we recently had a book called ‘Number Places’ that he whipped through as...

So good I bought it!!! I was super excited about this new release. I jumped onto my local library catalogue to reserve a copy before...

If you have a 5-8 year old independent reader who loves a mystery or detective-style book, here is a great series that doesn’t get talked...

The day we borrowed ‘The Crown Affair’  from the library, for some reason, I had to have a lie down at lunch time – maybe...

Not much to say about his book other than we absolutely love it. Do yourself a favour and reserve it from your library – or...

This is one of my most anticipated reads so far this year. I started seeing this book through a great Australian blog I follow: Children’s Books...