September Book Club – Pip the Gnome and the Christmas Tree by Admar Kwant

We are starting to see the first hints of spring here in Sydney after a very long and cold winter. Warmer weather brings the excitement of the end of the school year (we wrap up in mid-Dec and start the new academic year in late Jan here) and planning for Christmas. After a long, difficult…

August Book Club – A Day at the Seashore by Kathryn & Byron Jackson (1951)

I have been adding to my collection of classic Little Golden Books inherited from my grandmother over the past few years. So many beautiful stories. My favourite LGB illustrator is Eloise Wilkin. My little one received a reprinted copy of this 1951 classic about two siblings who go on an outing to the beach with…

June Book Club – My First Root Children by Sibylle von Olfers

This abridged retelling of the 1906 classic The Story of the Root Children by Sibylle von Olfers is the perfect length for introducing little ones to this beautiful story. https://youtu.be/xzZeEAaWDbw These short versions (they make a My First Snow Children too) were published by Floris Books UK throughout the 2010s and are available from most…

May Book Club – Martha B. Rabbit and the Unexpected Guests by Shirley Barber

I was fortunate enough to locate a copy of the fourth book in the board book series of Martha B. Rabbit. It took about two months to arrive from a second hand bookseller in the United States and I am excited to share it with you. https://youtu.be/5Th5HAiwtG0 My little one and I did not do…