an intriguing exploration of what love requires when all else is lost
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A troubling and yet uplifting story of the effects of war and politics on the lives of two women and the way they come to love and respect each other.
help a sweet little rabbit to go to sleep by tickling his ears
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Lovely fun for toddlers to about 4 years.
Do you have funny little bedtime routines at your house? One of my children always needed a cold tummy-button, summer or winter. We eventually settled on a little ice pack to cuddle up to in bed! For other children, it was endless stories or just the right pyjamas – you know the drill I’m sure.
The little rabbit in this story has a routine too.
He loves to have his ears tickled, and his pillow fluffed, and his back stroked - and a goodnight kiss, of course.
Read More8 books about chooks in the backyard or farm + for prosperity and security
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8 great chicken books - about some wonderfully entertaining egg-layers and the power that chickens have to reduce poverty and increase social and economic security - for all ages
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an ode to an Australian winter, where snow falls on gum trees
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Set in Australia. A sweet wombat revels in the beauty of an Australian high-country winter, complete with snow on gum trees. A celebration of an Australian winter and the joy of finding your way home.
ages newborn to 8 years
building emotional resilience by gathering a storehouse of ideas, responses and experiences
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Read-it-before-you-need-it means owning and reading well-chosen books that relate to important issues and significant life events. Before a child is touched by them ... building a small library of books that deal with experiences such as new babies, relationships, adventure, moving house and the weighty issues of anxieties, misunderstandings, disappointments, poverty, grief, ageing, illness and death.
And it’s about letting those stories find their way into the child’s play or quiet time so that they can wade around in the ideas and experiences that they've read about.
Read Morea funny look at chasing dreams, even if they seem impossible
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Everyone thinks Fizz would make a good lapdog - but Fizz dreams of becoming a police dog. A funny first chapter-book for early readers with a hero who is full of spunk and determination.
ages 2 to 8 years
Read Moreone book each—to spark or feed an interest in the shining planets and how they move
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Adult + children's book for ages 4 years and up
Books to spark or feed an interest in the shining planets and how they move. Two lovely and lyrical approaches to the study of the planets.
