Recent Posts Tagged With 'non fiction'

• More Goodies for Pirate Parents

  Posted on Saturday August 1st, 2009 at 19:25 in non fiction, free resource, sylvan dell, encouraging kids to read, pirate parent

  Thanks to Hope Clark's Funds For Writers newsletter today, I discovered a great free trial of some children's ebooks. This is from a company called Sylvan Dell. My Be a Pirate Parent post was already long, and I think this offer needs its own place a...

• Family Literacy Bags

  Posted on Wednesday July 8th, 2009 at 19:44 in fiction, non fiction, children's literacy, reading rockets, family literacy bags, theme-based activities, supporting parents

  Family Literacy Bags are a great idea from Reading Rockets. Developed so that teachers can support the role of parents as educators, the idea is to put two books into a zip top bag ( one fiction and one non-fiction), then add helpful information shee...

• Book Review, Bubble Homes and Fish Farts

  Posted on Friday July 3rd, 2009 at 02:21 in non fiction, charlesbridge, children's picture book, reluctant readers, encouraging kids to write, carolyn conahan, bubble homes and fish farts, fiona bayrock

  I heard of Bubble Homes and Fish Farts during our Literacy Blog Tour, Share a Story - Shape a Future, and immediately wanted to read it. My first glimpse convinced me that kids will love this non-fiction picture book. I guarantee that any book with "...

• Review, Pobblebonks

  Posted on Monday May 18th, 2009 at 04:25 in non fiction, children's picture book, puzzle book, garry fleming, pobblebonks

  Pobblebonk, pobblebonk, pobblebonk! Isn't that a great word? But what IS a pobblebonk?Short answer: it's a frog.Slightly longer answer: it's a Western Banjo Frog, also known as Lymnodynastes dorsalis, and it's found in the south-western corner of Wes...

• Book Review, Roadworks

  Posted on Saturday April 18th, 2009 at 18:24 in non fiction, roadworks, children's picture books, brian lovelock, sally sutton, walker books australia, building roads

  When some little boys - I think you would have to admit, it is mostly boys - discover things that GO, it can rapidly become an obsession. There was certainly a stage in my life where if I'd had to read one more Thomas the Tank Engine book, or listen ...

• Book Review, Baby Bilby, where do you sleep?

  Posted on Monday February 23rd, 2009 at 04:36 in non fiction, early childhood, australian animals, children's picture book, narelle oliver

  When I look back over my reviews to date, I see I haven't posted many classified as non-fiction. That's not because I don't like non-fiction books. It's more because there are thousands of wonderful fiction tales out there, and only so many hours in ...