All posts tagged "Kids"
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2.7KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Julian is a Mermaid, by Jessica Love
When young Julian sees three beautiful women with flowing hair, he imagines them to be mermaids and wants to be just like them. A picture book about imagination and identity for ages 4+.
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3.9KBooks & LiteratureMay Gibbs Shown In Frame And Garden At Carrick Hill
From August 1st, Snugglepot and Cuddlepie will sit amongst their iconic bush imagery at Carrick Hill’s Close To Nature: May Gibbs and Australian Botanical Art, an exhibition of original and rarely viewed artworks by iconic Australian author and illustrator, May Gibbs.
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3.2KFamilyThe Most Adventurous Adelaide Activities For Kids These School Holidays
If your kids are looking for adventures this school holidays, here's a list you need to see.
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1.3KFamilyFree Petting Zoo Heads Beachside This School Holidays
The newly renovated Bartley Hotel in West Lakes is offering up some great Winter school holiday entertainment this year, alongside some tasty family-friendly lunches.
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1.4KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Meddling Kids, by Edgar Cantero
A parody of the highest order when the adult members of the former Blyton Summer Detective Club reband after 13 years and learn that their last case didn’t end very well. Perhaps more truthfully, it didn’t end at all.
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2.0KFamilyFIRST LOOK: Winter Wonderland Ice Skating & Toboggan Run Returns To Glenelg
Strap on your skates and glide under SA's first clear domed marquee, and why not try your hand at Tobogganing down a 25m genuine ice slide.
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3.0KFamilyAdelaide’s First Winter Festival Launches In Victoria Square
Kicking off tomorrow, Adelaide's first mini festival of the season has arrived bringing ice skating, ice slides, jumping castles, a Ferris Wheel, food, drinks and more.
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995Books & LiteratureBook Review: Not Yet, Zebra, by Lou Kuenzler
Annie, who is making paintings of animals representing the entire alphabet, asks them to all line up in order and starts with aardvark, then bear, then crocodile. But what is this? Instead of dog, here’s Zebra pushing in out of turn.
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1.4KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Little People, Big Dreams: Ella Fitzgerald, by Isabel Sánchez Vegara
One in a series of illustrated children's books about inspirational women. In this edition, the highs and lows of Ella Fitzgerald's life and singing career are brought into focus to inspire young girls.
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2.7KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Bush Tracks & What’s That There? by Ros Moriarty
Two essential new picture books by Ros Moriarty, with illustrations by Balarinji, using striking Indigenous artwork and lush, descriptive language to draw children’s attention to the world around them.
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941Books & LiteratureBook Review: Munmun, by Jesse Andrews
The size of people in the 'Lifeanddeathworld', written as one word, is dependent on how much money they have. To move from being the size of rats, the ‘littlepoor’ people need to accumulate ‘munmun’ which will allow them to Scale Up - perhaps becoming ‘middlepoor’.
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1.3KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Superhero Mum, by Timothy Knapman
An empowering children's book that highlights all the special things that mothers do and shows young girls that they are capable of many things just by being everyday people.
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780Books & LiteratureBook Review: The Knight Who Sad “No!” by Lucy Rowland
A tale told in rhyme of a child who was always compliant and subdued who woke up one morning feeling prickly and confused. He tries to get along with his life but by saying, “No” instead of, “Yes” all the time.
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1.0KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Freaks on the Loose, by Leigh Hobbs
New teacher, Miss Corker is totally overwhelmed by class 4F who are the worst in the school and, recognising her weaknesses, they make life even more difficult for her.
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1.2KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Sandcastle, by Philip Bunting
A pretty picturebook for ages 4-9 that highlights the special relationship between a grandfather and his grandson as they spend time together building not one, but two sandcastles that are “magnificent.”
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2.0KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Walkabout Orchestra, by Chloe Perarnau
The orchestra is scattered all over the world on holidays! The Maestro and his assistant, a yellow bird, must take clues from the musician’s post cards in order to find them in the picture puzzles in time for the concert.
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1.5KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World Activity Book, by Kate Pankhurst
A children's activity book that explores the achievements of women through history, from Sacagawea, an American Indian in 1804, to Rosa Parks in 1955.
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1.9KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Atlas of Dinosaur Adventures, by Emily Hawkins, illustrated by Lucy Letherland
A large format picture book exploring the ancient lives of dinosaurs and where they roamed on the Earth, broken down into modern-day continents for ease of understanding.
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1.4KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Digger, by Mike Dumbleton, Illustrated by Robin Cowcher
Young Annie names her stuffed Kangaroo 'Digger' and gives him to her older brother as he leaves for war. In France, 1918, Digger & her brother are cared for by a young French girl named Colette.
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1.7KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Fox & Wombat: The Whole Story, by Terry Denton
Three comedic short adventures for boys 8-13 years oId, particularly good for reluctant readers and those with a taste for comic or cartoon-styled illustrations.
