Category Archives: Books and Writers

When feeling crumpled, reach for ‘It’s a Bright World to Feel Lost In’ by Mawson

Everyone wants to be cherished by their special someone. But how do you go on when they are no longer with you. Mawson explores that almost inexpressible feeling of Lost-ness.

How To Be A Writer-Bear

The Bear Part: So how can get started being a writer-bear just like me? Well, if you are a bear already, that’s best. That’s save a lot of trouble.
The writer Part: It’s very hard to be a writer. The bother of it all, you see, is you have to write Words.

For the Day-dream believers and all the sleepy souls: Dreamy Days and Random Naps, by Mawson

The wisdom of this book will be appealing to parents, grandparents, teachers, and others who need a reminder that dreaming and imagination are, as Albert Einstein said, more important than intelligence.

The Invisible Stone: A Letter to A Powerful Girl, by Carola Schmidt

Perfect to read along with the powerful young girl you know, to encourage them to trust themselves and never mind any of their stumbles on those bothersome stones.

Bernice Takes A Plunge, by Ann Harth

Bernice arrives on the first page totally believable and loveable. This middle grade book has everything: an annoying brother, a disappearing sock, a celebrity in town, an intriguing theft, a strange fisherman with a wooden leg, a mysterious island, and high drama on the open sea.

‘Tell Me A Story, Babushka’, by Carola Schmidt: A tale set in Ukraine during the Holomodor

This tale about memories and families’ begins with a lovely cottage in the Ukraine where lives a little girl ‘poor of money but rich of soul.’ But all too soon the Monsters come. And everything changes forever.

Pongo: A little sad koala who gets teased at school

Nigel is a sad Koala. At school he is teased and called, ‘Pongo’. The other kids say that he farts. They tell him that he smells bad and then they run away. I’m sure you will agree that this is not nice at all. No wonder Nigel is sad.