This free program mails an age-appropriate book monthly to each enrolled child from birth to age 5.
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Parton’s generous scheme has provided millions of free books to children around the world, helping to foster a love of reading that can set youngsters up for life.
The use of te reo Māori in picture books has been increasing since 1970. The relative space given to Māori and English reflects status changes of both languages.
A children’s writer explains how ‘Where the Wild Things Are,’ ‘The Rabbit Listened’ and other stories can help prepare kindergarten students for this next phase of life.
Books showing Black children spending time with family, or playing at home, help Black kids see themselves in literature and give all kids a window into others’ experiences.
As schools focus more on evidence-based reading instruction, less time is available for children to practice reading for pleasure.
What do we tell a young person asking why their favourite book has disappeared – or why it hasn’t? A children’s writer wrestles with how to handle Craig Silvey’s books.
Paddington in the books is an incredibly sincere, polite bear who takes the rules a little too literally.
Winnie-the-Pooh is a perfect mixture of sweetness and sharp observation, shifting between light and dark, funny and tragi-comic.
For 75 years, the red-and-black–striped troublemaker Dennis the Menace has been delighting children with his unapologetic mischief.
Children can learn so much from books that sustain us and contribute to a sense of wellbeing and healing in our mental health.
Real facts based on hard research for kids who are serious about ghosts.
These tales of woe and mystery have young readers becoming amateur sleuths.
Books ranging from biographies to the history of suffrage and of ordinary women.
Libraries should be an inclusive resource for communities of children with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and learning needs.
In Mum’s Busy Work, Ardern uses her experience of being ‘a working mother who juggled mum guilt’ to open up a conversation and find a better way.
Picture books, graphic novels and paranormal romances to appeal to young readers of all ages.
A new exhibition reveals how Blake’s warm, funny and kinetic illustrations transport readers young and old.
If you grew up in Australia in the past 50 years, there is a good chance it was an advertising executive who taught you the facts of life.
Fostering children’s love of literacy is an accessible and practical way for families to be involved in the process of their early literacy development.
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Sessional Academic, Children's Literature and Creative Writing, Victoria University
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Professor of Children's Literature & Childhood Culture, Queen Mary University of London
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Associate Professor, School of Education, Edith Cowan University
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Associate Professor in Communications and Journalism, UNSW
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Honorary Associate, Department of Linguistics, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, Applied Language and Literacy Studies, University of Cape Town
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Head of Advocacy, Global Parenting Initiative in the Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford
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Lecturer, University of Cape Town
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Reader in Creative Writing, University of Bristol
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Senior Lecturer in Humanities, University of Southern Queensland
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Professor of Reading and Children’s Development, The Open University
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Senior Lecturer in English, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Emeritus professor of children's literature, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor in Literary Studies, Monash University
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Professor of Psychology, UMass Lowell