'Growing young readers and writers'
Hello! We’re on a mission to excite children about reading,
to help parents on this path and to get books into the hands
of children everywhere.
What are we reading?
Spilling Ink – A Young Writer’s Handbook
Spilling Ink is one of the best handbooks for young writers you'll find, with everything from finding your writer's voice to plotting what happens, creating your characters, choosing a narrative voice (who is telling your story) and getting into a writing practice.
The authors have put together everything a young writer needs to know.
Guest book reviews
We have a host of people doing reviews, from parents and toddlers to school children, book educators, teachers and librarians. You can read some of their reviews here. If you’d like to review a book – join The Book Tree Club. Find the review format here.
Skin We Are In
The Skin We Are In is an exploration of why humans have different colour skin, and how people's thinking about skin colour has changed throughout history.
Orbiting Jupiter
Written by Gary D Schmidt (Penguin) Guest reviewed by Aimee (13) Orbiting Jupiter is a heartwarming story about a teenage boy called Joseph, who has a baby. Joseph moves in with a foster family but all he can think about is meeting his daughter. The story is told...
Judy Moody and the Bucket List
The Judy Moody series follows the adventures of a feisty and funny girl who creates her own bucket list of things to do before she goes to Grade 4.
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Writing skills
The Kingsmead Book Fair Young Writers’ Competition.
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