Millie sighed. “How can I be brave? I’m too small to stomp and roar and my feather’s aren’t meant for flying.” Poor Millie. A small dinosaur with a long feathery tale, she has no means of protecting herself from big, bad Reggie. Each of her friends has something special to make them feel brave. But … Continue reading “Millie's Something Special, by Tania Cox & David Miller”
Rufus the Numbat is just passing through. Rufus doesn’t walk very fast. He’s just trying to make it to the bush. But to get there he has to cross people-territory and that’s where the trouble begins. Unbeknownst to him he distracts a cyclist who then fails to see danger ahead…and on it goes. Rufus just … Continue reading “Rufus the Numbat, by David Miller”
Big and I do a lot of digging and lifting, trenching and filling. We’re a team, a good team, the best. But some days Big goes a bit wobbly and I get a lot worried. Big and Small are two machines working together on building projects. But when Big starts to malfunction, Small is affected. … Continue reading “Big and Me, by David Miller”
The day is getting very hot and the wind is picking up. I smell smoke…and ashes are blowing onto our place. I wave at a passing fire truck, which doesn’t stop. What’s going on? When fire sweeps through his area, Bodie watches with interest as firebreaks are cut and emergency vehicles dribe past. But when … Continue reading “Where There's Smoke, by Robin Lovell & David Miller”
It’s the last day of 2012 which means the last day of the wonderful National Year of Reading. It also means that it’s the last day of my year-long challenge. Back on January1 I set myself a challenge: to see if it was possible to read 366 books in 366 Days – ie a book … Continue reading “366 Books: The Outcome”
This is a picture book with a difference – and what a wonderful difference it is. Rather than containing a storyline, it contains several stories, each rendered in a double page spread, with or without a quote , all around the theme of the bicycle.
When Harley’s dad takes his young pigeon, Lofty, to donate for the war effort, Harley cries, sure that he’ll never see Lofty again. In Queensland, Lofty is trained by army officers to carry important messages, before being sent to New Guinea. There he flies hundreds of miles carrying messages from the field back to headquarters. … Continue reading “Lofty's Mission, by Krista Bell”
The first major awards shortlist has been announced, with the shortlist for 2012 Adelaide Festival awards for literature announced this morning. The list is as follows. Where a book has been reviewed here on Aussiereviews, I’ve linked to the review. Children’s literature award Aaron Blabey, The Ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon (Viking) Kate Constable, Crow … Continue reading “Shortlist: Adelaide Festival Awards”
