Monthly Archives: November 2008
Zoo to you
It seems that the behaviour of children is soliciting some media attention again. This article highlights that a survey conducted in Britain for Barnardos found 54% of adults thought children behaved like animals. Barnardos was disturbed by this finding. They thought it showed “unjustified and disturbing intolerance of children”. If ‘most’ children are not troublesome, [...]
Chinatown Girl by Eva Wong Ng
This weeks book review is a little late due to good weather, I’ve been outside gardening! Chinatown Girl is part of the Scholastic ‘My Story’ series. I thought about reviewing the series as a whole but decided not to. Partly because the books are written by different authors and partly because this book deserves its [...]
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Brain Hurts
I’ve being trying to write a thoughtful post on our election but it’s not going very well. So instead, for some lighter entertainment, I decided to post a picture of something I did today. This is baby doll Anna in her new dress. After the last big bedroom clean up I said ‘we have too [...]
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Vote Early, Vote Often
This is a picture of women voting in 1893 election, the first election women could vote in. Today we have another election here in NZ. Although I live rurally I think it is going to be a bit easier to get to our polling place, the local school hall. According to the radio as many [...]
The Roman Mysteries by Caroline Lawrence
The Roman Mysteries are a series of books written by Caroline Lawrence, an American living in London. Lawrence has degrees in classical history and has taught classic history to children. These skills are evident in her writing. The basic theme is very ‘famous five’. Four children, not a lot of adult supervision and a mystery [...]
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The Rainbow Magic Fairies by Daisy Meadows