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Next week, on Wednesday 25 May at 11:00am AEST, we will be celebrating the 22nd National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS). Are you ready? The event National Simultaneous Storytime is an annual...

Today it is my pleasure to review a beautiful new picture book Joy’s Journey, written by Jacinta Farragher, illustrated by Manka Kasha and published by Little Steps Publishing. This post...

Today it is my pleasure to introduce you to Jennifer Horn, author and illustrator of a delightfully nostalgic but contemporary fairytale The Precious Plum. About Author-Illustrator Jennifer Horn Jennifer Horn...

Today it is my pleasure to review a beautiful new picture book Get Ready, Mama! written by Sharon Giltrow, illustrated by Arielle Li and published by EK Books. This post...

The United Nations International Mother Earth Day 2022 is today 22 April. The day is a call to action. Mother Earth herself is calling us to action because nature is...

I take this opportunity of wishing you all a very happy and safe Easter long weekend however you enjoy it. In this video, I read one of our stories called...

With this month being National Poetry Month in the US and 17 April being International Haiku Day,  I thought it was timely to share some of our poetry resources. Here...

This post is a little different from my usual post in that I am not sharing teaching resources for the first three years of school. Instead, I am sharing information...

Here in Australia, today 18 March is the National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence.  Next Monday 21 March sees another three events, all celebrating friendship: Harmony Day , the...

This week the Australian Children’s Laureate Foundation announced our new Children’s Laureate for 2022-2023, Gabrielle Wang. Gabrielle Wang is an Australian author and illustrator and our seventh Children’s Laureate. She...

The recent audit of readilearn resources for teaching number showed that, while there were many lessons for teaching understanding of number and place value to 100, lessons for teaching numbers...

Next week sees us here in Australia bid farewell to summer and welcome in the cooler (we — or I — hope) days of Autumn. Next Tuesday is not only...