What I’ve Read – April 2021

What I’ve Read – April 2021

April was a quieter month – on the reading front at least… One picture book, two middle grade books, and a novel on audiobook was was total, Can a Princess be a Firefighter? by Carole P. Roman was a cute picture book about an unconventional princess....
What I’ve Read – March 2021

What I’ve Read – March 2021

It’s no joke, it’s April! March was a month for some brilliant picture books with some authors I discovered from the US and UK. I have been looking for books that feature boys in careers and roles that not stereotypical roles for boys as I have a son going...
Startup Gippsland

Startup Gippsland

If you haven’t already heard, last year I took the leap and bought the Junior Writers Club. This is one way I can expand the writers groups I’ve been doing at the library for years, the one that I think How can I do this as a career? after just about every...
Diverse Picture Books

Diverse Picture Books

My 19 year old son is currently studying Early Childhood at TAFE and recently did a unit on cultural diversity. He asked me to get a few picture books from my collection that represented diversity for one of his assignments. I went through and picked out six books,...
What I’ve Read – February 2021

What I’ve Read – February 2021

February is over and another nine books have been moved from my To Be Read shelf to my Read shelf. Once again, most of the books have been picture books, including the debut books from some talented young authors. The first of these was The Me You Don’t See by...