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The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame was first published in 1908. The first edition was illustrated by Ernest Shepard with work that ...

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Posted by Unknown | 8:45 AM

I posted my first post on this blog exactly one year ago today. I've enjoyed developing the blog and writing the posts over this last ye...

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Posted by Unknown | 6:30 PM

Christmas is a major celebration in most western countries and is arguably the largest religious celebration in the world. While for many, t...

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Posted by Unknown | 9:03 AM

An interest in Juvenilia As I have written already on this blog ( here ), children can begin to write from a very young age. While their ea...

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Posted by Unknown | 9:35 AM

I’ve written previously on this blog about the impact of television on children ( here and here ). However, a new meta-analysis study has a...

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Posted by Unknown | 11:05 AM

The Australian Research Alliance for Children & Youth (ARACY) has released a report card on the well being of Australia's young peop...

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Posted by Unknown | 9:00 AM

Hugh Mackay suggests what Geographers, writers, sociologists, urban planners, architects and anthropologists have been telling us for a long...

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Posted by Unknown | 9:01 PM

The Kings School (in Sydney) hosted an interesting conference in October, The National Boys’ Education Conference with the theme of “Balan...

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Posted by Unknown | 11:55 AM

Listening to your child reading is more complex than people think. While I've written previously on reading to your child ( here ), I ...

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