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.
ages newborn to 8 years
That's William at playgroup, all dressed up as a pirate and asking: “Who will be my crew?” And, when William's dad was five or six-years-old, he used to leap on to the lounge chair asking exactly the same question:
ages newborn to adult
A board-book all time favourite that invites complex, moral, metaphorical reasoning—and makes you laugh! About a unique relationship between a boy and a duck—is it exploitative or is it synergistic?
A story about letting go of fear to find freedom. It's a nice reminder of the courage of refugees and asylum seekers and an. enticing story to capture the attention of early teens—great for helping them to recognise the good things in life (like freedom and family).
Sibling rivalry goes to amusing and ridiculous heights as Olivia and Joel try to determine whose dinosaur is, in fact, more awesome!
ages 3 to 8 years
Reading nonfiction with a child can be one of life’s great moments and there are all sorts of broader benefits too: acquiring knowledge; assimilating the language of scholarship; finding purpose in reading, and more.
Read MoreAn unsettling meditation on freedom entangled in a gripping story about a woman living as a slave in the ante-bellum South.
adult fiction
A conversation about books + kids. A website resource and book reviews for educators, parents, grandparents. The main focus is emotional resilience.
