Take it from me, an ex-pat Aussie living in Canada: Travel Rangers: Mission to Australia by Erika Bud is “bonza”! What? Oh, forgive me. I just got carried away thinking about the reactions of youngsters reading this delightful book and hearing some Aussie “lingo” (words)...

Twelve-year-old Jamie C. O’Hare and his family move to the little town of Black Creek for a fresh start after his father passed away. His older sister, Janine, is pretty and popular. She chooses not to associate with her brother and insists on bullying...

The Three Little Pigs and the Rocket Project by Lynne Marie is a fun and creative picture book for young children. The three little pigs, along with other fairytale characters in their class, get given a project to work on. Principal Halliwell instructs everyone to...

Brian is the son of the richest man in Sandstone-by-the-Sea but he is stricken with a mysterious illness and not even his brothers, sisters, and friends are allowed to visit him. After Brian’s mysterious disease was diagnosed, he spent most of his time in a...

Tilly and the Hidden Elves is the second book in a trilogy written by Catharina Steel. After the adventures of the first volume, Tilly goes back to Cheyanne Forest during her school holidays and learns from Cheyanne, who is still recovering, new information about the...

The Doa Fora people of the Cloud forest and the villagers of Last Hope got along until they didn’t. While the villagers encroached on the forest, the Doa Fora warriors fought back with poisoned arrows. But who could explain the monstrous Illwen? When the villagers...

Can you see all the magical creatures around you? The elves, witches, fairies, goblins, and gnomes (both good and evil)? There is magic all around us; all we have to do is believe. Tilly believes, as do her twin cousins, Jess and Zach. They’ve fought...

Tilly's Adventures in Cheyanne Forest is the first book in the Cheyanne Forest Trilogy by Catharina Steel. Tilly is excited to visit Opa, her grandfather, and spend some days in his secluded home in the Cheyanne Forest alongside her cousins, Jess and Zach. However, after...

Changes are an important fact in our lives; many times they are not only inevitable but also take us out of our comfort zone. Big changes can be scary, especially for children. So how do you teach them to think positively about it? Author Nija...

The Boy Who Wondered is a wonderful children's book. Mark Stark knows how to perfectly present a good message, calmly, with small harmonious phrases. The poem that we see throughout the book show us everything that The Boy Who Wondered sees, knows, and learns by...