best books for 8-9-year-old girls Many eight-year-olds are quite capable readers. That's to say, the process of reading has become automatised (yes, it is a word!) for them to the point where it doesn't require too much effort. This is great because it means they can concentrate...
The Clarice Bean books are a series of six brilliant picture books and novels for kids aged from about 8-10 years old. The books were written and illustrated by English author Lauren Child and the first book came out in 1999. Author Lauren Child with one of her illustrations of Clarice Be...
Ragazzimeans “children/kids”. The BRAW are BCBF awards aimed at highlighting the most beautiful and innovative illustrated books at an international level. They are one of the most prestigious recognitions for children’s publishing. Every year, a wide selection of the best books (over 100 tit...
Teaching a non-native 5 year old how to read Chinese is a new challenge for me. There is no external input from her school or family members, so it is all down to me. For reading specifically, I started with 四五快读 [Quick, Read!], which is a series of 8 textbooks which introdu...
Meet 10 Yr old Jeffrey as he travels back in time to 1,400 BC and meets Joshua and Moses, camps on the Plains of Moab, learns lessons of leadership, and witness the fall of Jericho.
Everyone wants to get their kids reading, and a really gripping series is a great way of developing their inner bookworm.Izzy, a 10-year-old girl living in the UK, talks us through her favourite series for kids. The Best Science Fiction Books for 8-12 Year Olds, recommended by Dan Smit...
But Take Note:Use your judgment on age appropriateness for your individual child, as some have found the concepts too advanced for their 7- or 8-year-old kids. This book, byIt’s Not the Storkauthor Robie H. Harris and illustrator Michael Emberley, is geared to elementary school kids age...
George Washington Vanderbilt was a 25 year old bachelor in 1889 when he commissioned a French Renaissance chateau for friends and family to escape New York winters.Can you imagine how those 16th-century castles in the Loire Valley must have wished that they, too, had 125,000 acres to frolic...
When I saw The Golden Girls on Disney+ in South Africa, I knew it was time for a revisit. Does it hold up? It absolutely does – with some provisos. The biting … Continue reading Looking Back: The Golden Girls → Transcript Announcement Podcast 665, Your Transcript is Here! by SB ...
I’m super excited for this one. From Goodreads: Eighteen-year-old Mirabella “Mira” Owens grew up in Timber Plains, Kansas hearing all about the local legend—that werewolves had, many years ago, traveled to their small Midwest town to protect humans from the growing threat of a vampire ...