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The comfort of bedtime stories
18th Aug

The comfort of bedtime stories

The saddest story I’ve ever heard about the importance of reading to your children came from someone who told me that the happiest times of her childhood were when her mother was…
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National Reading Hour – Would you like me to read you a story?
13th Aug

National Reading Hour – Would you like me to read you a story?

Australia’s National Reading Hour is fast approaching: 6 pm on Tuesday August 19: a time when we celebrate the act of reading with children. Reading is one of the most important things…
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From Mad Hatters to Reading Hour – sharing the love of reading
17th Aug

From Mad Hatters to Reading Hour – sharing the love of reading

In honour of Australian Children’s Book Week, and the Reading Hour at the end of it, I thought it was time for a much delayed post on why I was so thrilled…
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Read Across America: from Australia to Yonkers
1st Mar

Read Across America: from Australia to Yonkers

The teachers in a Yonkers school have extended Read Across America a little this year: I’m reading to their Grade 3 and 4 classes from my home in Australia. But since the…
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