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What’s a chook? Here in Australia, it’s what lots of us call a hen. It rhymes with book. As a Kindergarten teacher, I was a real mother hen, who loved reading aloud to my chicks. My Book Chook blog shares snippets from the wonderful world and wor
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Bed Time Goes Better with Books
Most kids go through a stage when they don't want to go to bed. Why? Maybe it's that monster casting shadows on their wall; maybe it's separation anxiety; maybe it's just that they really, really need sixty glasses of water before sleep. Whatever the...
Rhyme Helps Reading
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See, by Bill Martin Jr and Eric Carle, was one of my Kindergarten students' favourite books. It was simple, it was effective, it worked. We used it as a model for class and individual stories, tapped out its rhythm...
Book Review, Hunwick's Egg
One day, Hunwick the bilby finds an egg. He takes it back to his nest and cares for it. He tells his dreams to it and confides in it, but the egg never replies. Hunwick's neighbours worry about him, but Hunwick has his relationship with the egg all ...
Fourteen Fantastic Hints on Reading Aloud, by Mem Fox Queen of Read Aloud
Are you visiting my blog today because you've read in press releases and blogs all over the internet that I will be posting Ten Terrific Tips on Reading Aloud from Mem Fox? Voila! Book Chook magic has enabled me to present not ten but Fourteen Fantas...
Book Review, Night Noises
Quite simply, Mem Fox is very, very good at what she does. What she does is speak to the hearts of children. And those who are children at heart. Fox's Night Noises was delightfully illustrated by Terry Denton and first published by Omnibus in ass...
Book Review, Wombat Divine
This is a great book to read as we approach Christmas. Mem Fox is a writer I greatly admire. Her picture books seem effortless, perfect prose to me, yet I know from her website that they are highly polished and carefully structured. I looked forwa...
Book Review, Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes
I just love babies. As soon as I meet one, I want to hold him. As soon as I hold him, I want to inhale his wonderful baby smell. As soon as I nuzzle his soft head and breathe in that vanilla scent, I want to cuddle him and play with his enchanting fi...
Book Review, Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge
Some picture books really appeal to kids, the ones who mostly listen to the book being read aloud. Other picture books appeal to parents and grandparents, the ones with the purchasing power. Some picture books do both. Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Part...
