WTBA is a collection of and conversation about powerful books that strengthen, elevate, inspire and help to grow powerful, resilient kids. We're a book oriented guide for parents, grandparents, educators, aunts, uncles and anyone involved in nurturing children and caring for friends.
The illustrations here are fabulous; hazy and colourful at the same time, evocative and cheery. The story is lovely, about giving what you can and giving the best you have. A gentle nudge to smile a little more and appreciate the good things of life.
ages 2 to pre-teen and grownup
Read More22 gorgeous picture books, separated into age groups. Our picks for Christmas gifting.
Read MoreThis is a truly gorgeous Nativity book. We love it because it tells the nativity in a way that makes new listeners stop and think and ponder to understand. The story is in idioms from Liberia and it’s beautiful to read. It’s so well told that the rhythm of the words is easy to catch and then it just flows.
ages baby to grown-up - and everyone in between.
Read MoreTruly, this is a lovely book. In a time of poverty and despair, two young men - a priest and a teacher - recognised the gift that comforting words could be and created a carol that would drift and echo through the ages.
ages 4 to 12 years
Read MoreThis is a nativity story that invites us into Joseph’s thoughts on that first magical night. We hear Joseph’s doubts about his own abilities and his wonder at the child who is before him. And he wonders how he can ever live up to the task.
ages 4 to grownup
great for all ages, baby to grown-up (it's a singalong)
I grew up singing the song that provides the words for this book—if you’re Australian you probably did too. My cousin Lauren would sit in a rocking chair on the verandah of her home on a cattle property in Central Queensland and look out over the paddock singing it. She was 3 at the time
Age guide: baby to early childhood
Perfect for young dinosaur lovers. There does seem to come a time in every child's life when dinosaurs are endlessly fascinating. This is a simple and short counting book - "One Stegosaurus standing in the sun. Two Compsognathus always on the run." - and so on.
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