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Help for the reluctant reader.
According to a 2010 report "8-18 year-olds devote an average of 7 hours and 38 minutes to using entertainment media across a typical day" (Rideout, Foehr and Roberts.) To combat this, the book...
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Talk, Read, Sing and Play, EVERYDAY!
Reading to our children Sometimes, we as parents feel uncomfortable reading to our children and it may be for a variety of reasons. I have some solutions, that will be invaluable, to help with your...
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Wendy’s Top Reads for October
A couple of enjoyable books to read… Lately I have had the pleasure of finding a couple of new authors I had not read before - Liz Byrski, and Sally Hepworth. Both are Australian writers, of...
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Book Week 2022
The Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has been celebrating Book Week since 1945. Yep! - the year the second World War ended we first celebrated children's books, children's authors and...
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Are you a Master Chef?
Do you want to be a Master Chef? Or do you just want to cook like some of the famous chefs that appear on MasterChef? Maggie Beer is one of the show's favourites. She has lots of cook books which...
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Ranges Bridge
Ranges Bridge is named after John Range who was the first person buried at the Dalby Monumental Cemetery. But, did you know John started his life in Norfolk, England and came to Australia as a...