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Category: Non Fiction

Book Review: Bracelets for Bina’s Brothers – a glorious mix of story, siblings, and maths

May 23, 2021May 22, 2021 ~ ruthcoffey ~ 2 Comments

Another delightful 'story-telling math' book - we love it!

Book Review: Zonia’s Rain Forest – lessons the children have to teach us

April 24, 2021April 23, 2021 ~ ruthcoffey ~ 1 Comment

In the rain forest of the Peruvian Amazon, Zonia hears the call of the forest - and teaches us all as she answers.

Book Review: We Are Water Protectors – a powerful book that yields its wisdom drop by drop

April 15, 2021April 14, 2021 ~ ruthcoffey ~ 1 Comment

Exquisite illustrations and layers of meaning in a powerful narrative about Indigenous-led movements to protect the Earth and speak for those that cannot speak for themselves.

Book Review: Grace for President and Grace Goes to Washington – ‘Where are the GIRLS?’

April 4, 2021 ~ ruthcoffey ~ 1 Comment

Cheer Grace on in this fun story that teaches children and adults about voting and government.

Book Review: Myths in 30 Seconds – the fast, fun way into world mythology

March 12, 2021March 12, 2021 ~ ruthcoffey ~ Leave a comment

Bite-size myths to guzzle or savour - and a way into a world of story-telling and imagination.

Book Review: How to Solve a Problem: The Rise (and Falls) of a Rock-Climbing Champion

March 6, 2021 ~ ruthcoffey ~ Leave a comment

Expressive illustrations enliven this emboldening account of climbing and falling and climbing again.

Book Review: When the Whales Walked and other incredible evolutionary journeys

February 17, 2021February 16, 2021 ~ ruthcoffey ~ Leave a comment

Chock full of information from warm-blooded crocodiles to snakes with legs and 10 foot apes, this books has something for every child - and some important messages about extinction and evolution.

Book Review: Seven Golden Rings – binary counting for young kids? – you bet!

February 9, 2021February 8, 2021 ~ ruthcoffey ~ 3 Comments

So clever and yet so simple - an engaging story with some big ideas.

Book Review: Wild City: Meet the Animals Who Share Our City Spaces

February 6, 2021February 6, 2021 ~ ruthcoffey ~ Leave a comment

City after global city springs from the page with a scratch of claws, a flap of wings, a soft slither - meet and make space for our 'wild neighbors'.

Book Review: Drum Dream Girl and Dancing Hands – power in poetry, empathy in art

February 3, 2021February 2, 2021 ~ ruthcoffey ~ 2 Comments

Music and courage, fears and dreams - two beautiful books to provoke empathy and kinship - child to child.

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