Reading Activities for the Holidays – Really? I have tried to get inspired about reading activities for the school holidays, but I have to admit that it has been a struggle – and this for a family who loves books.
Maya’s Notebook – A Coming of Age Story?
Maya’s Notebook by Isabelle Allende I call them the ‘there but for the grace of God’ books, and I loved them as a teenager. I loved a voyeur’s view into the world of drug and alcohol addition, a little
Where the Wild Things Are – Even the Best Behaved Child Loves to be Wild
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak Apparently every child likes to be wild sometimes, even the best behaved of them! As it was reviewer Sam’s birthday this weekend I asked him to choose a favourite book for me
The Shop at Hooper’s Bend
The Shop at Hooper’s Bend by Emily Rodda Don’t you just love the cover of this book? Doesn’t it make you want to open the door of The Shop at Hooper’s Bend and walk on in? And it’s a book
