From the monthly archives: May 2010

How Young is to Young?

By On May 17, 2010 · 15 Comments

I recently read Who Am I? The Diary of Mary Talence, Sydney 1937 by Anita Heiss. The fictional diary of a 10-year-old Aboriginal girl taken from her family as part of the Stolen Generation, the book is written for children aged 10 or 11+.

I recommended the book to a friend who is a librarian [...]

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Book Review: The Diary of Mary Talence, Sydney 1937 by Anita Heiss

By On May 17, 2010 · 3 Comments

Title: Who Am I? The Diary of Mary Talence, Sydney 1937
Author: Anita Heiss
Publisher: Scholastic, 2010 (first published 2001)
ISBN: 978-1-86504-361-6
Genre: Young Reader Historical Fiction

Summary (from back cover)

‘I woke up this morning and I couldn’t sop crying cos this place is not my home, even thought everyone [...]

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A to Z Reading Challenge 2010

By On May 17, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Despite the fact that I’ve promised to keep my 2010 reading challenges to a minimum, I’ve decided to sign on for the longer version of this challenge, trying to fill in an A to Z of both authors and titles.

Full details of the challenge can be found at the A to [...]

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Celebrating Brave Beautiful Bloggers

By On May 15, 2010 · 5 Comments

I came a little late to the Bloggers Without Makeup party yesterday. I didn’t post a picture of myself makeup-free until quite late in the day. Why the delay? Well, I was home alone all day and the self-portraits I attempted were quite tragic. I also felt like I was coming down with my son’s [...]

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Bloggers Without Makeup

By On May 14, 2010 · 25 Comments

Jodie Anstead (@JodieAnstead) challenged bloggers and tweeps to join her on Friday, 14th May for a Bloggers Without Makeup Day. I could summarise her post on the inspiration for this day, but I’m feeling lazy and running late with my own BWM post, so you should probably just wander over to Jodie’s Mummy Mayhem blog [...]

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Indigenous Literacy Project Book List Reading Challenge

By On May 4, 2010 · 3 Comments

When I interviewed Australian Indigenous author Anita Heiss recently, she brought the Indigenous Literacy Project to my attention. I am hoping to help my children organise a Great Book Swap to benefit this organisation later this year, but I thought I might also start a reading challenge with the list of [...]

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Indigenous Literacy Project Book List Reading Challenge Sign-Up

By On May 4, 2010 · Leave a Comment

My goodness, I should have come up with a shorter challenge title. I’ll have to keep that in mind for next time.

NB This reading challenge is not affiliated with the Indigenous Literacy Project. The only association is the use of the ILP book list.

ILP Book List Reading Challenge Sign-Up

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