The Wind in the Willows - Turns 100!

Posted by | 9:45 PM
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame was first published in 1908. The first edition was illustrated by Ernest Shepard with work that ...

One year old today - a blogaversary!

Posted by | 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...

Key Themes in Children's Literature: Christmas

Posted by | 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...

Juvenilia: The study of writing from youth

Posted by | 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...

The impact of new media on children

Posted by | 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...

The Lucky Country: How are the kids faring?

Posted by | 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...

Key Themes in Children's Literature - A Sense of Place

Posted by | 9:00 AM
Hugh Mackay suggests what Geographers, writers, sociologists, urban planners, architects and anthropologists have been telling us for a long...

Boys education: Balancing the differences

Posted by | 9:01 PM
The Kings School (in Sydney) hosted an interesting conference in October, The National Boys’ Education Conference with the theme of “Balan...

How to listen to your child read

Posted by | 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 ...

Key themes in children's books - Being different

Posted by | 8:30 AM
1. The many purposes of literature As I have argued in previous posts ( here , here and here ), we learn from literature. Literature brin...
 

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