Booking for 4

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...

Begin early in exposing children to books. The mother who fails to read to her small children does a disservice to them and a disservice...

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...

When planning our 11-day family trip to Bali I was determined to pack light. Everyone had one pair of shoes, a set of bathers, a...

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...