http://www.readingupsidedown.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:01:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Thanks to the wonderful Sarah (@SeraphimSP) and Carol (@CarolDuncan) the Twitterverse has united to raise awareness of a very important cause. On Friday September 3rd, Carol and Sarah are asking tweeps to turn their avatars pink and join them in promoting breast self-examination. Both Carol and Sarah know women that have been ... http://www.readingupsidedown.com/?p=1692 Summary (Kate Hunter website) Katie Crisp has talent, it’s just that the report card hidden in her room doesn’t show it. School’s out for another year and Katie is set to spend the summer lazing under the sausage tree in the backyard of the only home she’s ever known. So, when ... http://www.readingupsidedown.com/?p=1689 Summary (back cover) On New Year's Eve Cal is chased down the street by a staggering, sick man with a deadly warning..They killed your father. They'll kill you. You must survive the next 365 days! Hurled into a life on the run, with a price on his head, the 15-year-old fugitive ... http://www.readingupsidedown.com/?p=1686 Summary (Walker Books website) Two diverse cultures, countries and families are linked with warmth and charm in this two-in-one picture book. This innovative picture book comprises two stories designed to be read simultaneously – one from the left, the other from the right. Page by page, we experience a day in ... http://www.readingupsidedown.com/?p=1680 The last month seems to have whizzed past on fast forward. I could offer an extended list of commitments to explain my absence from my blog over the past weeks, but I’m going to forgo that entirely and simply pick up where I left off since time is of the essence. ‘Time ... http://www.readingupsidedown.com/?p=1676 My children love watching MasterChef Australia and I'm enjoying the unexpected side-effects of their MCA obsession. Not only are they fighting for the opportunity to help me cook, they are happily entertaining themselves playing MasterChef. With the help of a plastic picnic set, toy food and a few spare kitchen ... http://www.readingupsidedown.com/?p=1652 Back when I was toying with the idea of homeschooling my children, I read a book about an American family that homeschooled their four sons (2 natural, 2 adopted) up to college age. The priority for this family was to encourage their sons to develop all the necessary academic skills, ... http://www.readingupsidedown.com/?p=1649 To celebrate the 75th anniversary of Popular Penguin books, Penguin has released another 75 titles to bring the total number of books in this series to 174. I’m a big fan of the Popular Penguins, particularly because they make classic and quality books available at an affordable price. The books are ... http://www.readingupsidedown.com/?p=1644 Summary (Popular Penguins website) Over the course of his short life, John Keats (1795-1821) honed a raw talent into a brilliant poetic maturity.  This wide-ranging selection of Keats's poetry contains youthful verse, such as his earliest known poem 'Imitation of Spenser'; poems from his celebrated collection of 1820 – including 'Lamia', ... http://www.readingupsidedown.com/?p=1641 Summary (from Walker Books Australia website) 'We Are What We Do' are a movement whose aim is to inspire people - in this case, children - to use their everyday actions to change the world. Their maxim is: small actions x lots of people = big change. It's not rocket science ... http://www.readingupsidedown.com/?p=1637