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On Dr Seuss and iPhones
This morning I listed to episode 30 of The Daily Edition with Dan Benjamin, one of the 5by5 stable of podcasts. Dan’s guest for this episode was Michel Kripalani, president of Oceanhouse Media who are the developers responsible for adapting Dr Seuss’s books for iPhone, iPad and Android devices. Among other things, he talked about the process of adapting the books for these devices while maintaining the whole point of the original books – to help kids learn to read. … Continue reading
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It’s a Book! Trailer
This has got to be my all time favourite book trailer and it’s done exactly what a good book trailer should do – it has made me desperately want to read the book. [via we heart books]
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Pearl verses the world, by Sally Murphy
Pearl struggles to fit in at school. She is not part of the footy group, the ballet group, or the rough kid group. She is in her own group of one. She lives with her mum and her granny. Always has. Always will. Pearl loves to write poetry. But not poetry that rhymes. This is a problem as her teacher Mrs Bruff says all poetry needs to rhyme. Granny’s health is deteriorating, the prettiest girl in school thinks Pearl has … Continue reading
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Edsel Grizzler book 1: Voyage to Verdada, by James Roy
Originally posted over where I blog for work, here are my thoughts on James Roy’s latest: Edsel Grizzler lives a bland life in a bland street with over protective parents he can’t stand. They won’t let him do anything fun, worried that everything is too dangerous. But when Edsel finds himself transported to Verdada, a strange world in another dimension, his life is changed. For a start, there are no adults telling the kids what to do. They do a … Continue reading
Lift off! (Nit Boy 1), by Tristan Bancks
Here is my review of Nit boy: Lift off! as posted to my work blog aboutthebooks. Eleven year old Lewis Snow has a wild blonde afro and his hair has never been cut. It is filled with nits of course, and he considers them his pets. He has even made some money by passing them to other kids so they could get a few days off school. However, adults typically want to get rid of Lewis’s nits. None more so … Continue reading
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The wish pony, by Catherine Bateson
In the first lesson, Sarah passed me a note, It read, I’m Bree’s best friend now in big blue texta on the front and on the back, in pencil, So you’ll have to sit next to Sharnie. Nobody sat next to Sharnie. She was the meanest girl in the whole school and her chinese burns hurt for hours and hours. It wasn’t fair. Sarah and I had been best friends for years – I couldn’t even remember when we hadn’t … Continue reading