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Children's App Review, Stella and Sam 26 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
Children's App Review, Stella and Sam by Susan Stephenson, www.thebookchook.com When you rummage around in iTunes the way I do, searching for quality iPad children's apps, it's striking how some sto...
Digital Storytelling for Kids Online 23 Aug 2013 | 02:48 am
Digital Storytelling for Kids Online by Susan Stephenson, www.thebookchook.com I'm a story junkie. I love reading and storytelling, movies, songs and poetry. I love modern dance, art, sculpture, dra...
Children's Book Review, Little Elephants 21 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
Children's Book Review by Susan Stephenson, www.thebookchook.com Little Elephants was written and illustrated by Graeme Base, and published by Penguin Books Australia- Viking imprint (2012). The wh...
Children's iPad App Review, ABC Wildlife 19 Aug 2013 | 04:11 am
Children's iPad App Review, ABC Wildlife by Susan Stephenson, www.thebookchook.com Recently I downloaded ABC Wildlife from iTunes. I liked the idea of an iPad app that encouraged learning about anim...
Helpful Resources for Young Writers 16 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
Helpful Resources for Young Writers by Susan Stephenson, www.thebookchook.com One of the most powerful things we can do for all kids is to treat them as fellow readers and writers. As writers, we al...
Children's Book Review, The Curious Explorer's Illustrated Guide to Exotic Animals 14 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
Children's Book Review by Susan Stephenson, www.thebookchook.com The Curious Explorer's Illustrated Guide to Exotic Animals by Marc Martin was published by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Australia (20...
Recent Picture Books for Kids with an Australian Theme 12 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
Recent Picture Books for Kids with an Australian Theme by Susan Stephenson, www.thebookchook.com Teachers and librarians often look for books with an Australian theme to complement studies kids are ...
Children's iPad App, Night Zookeeper Teleporting Torch 9 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
Children's iPad App, Night Zookeeper Teleporting Torch by Susan Stephenson You may remember I reviewed the Night Zookeeper Drawing Torch app, and enthused about the way it encouraged kids to be crea...
Children's Book Review, Let's Go to Sleep 7 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
Children's Book Review, Let's Go to Sleep by Susan Stephenson, www.thebookchook.com I love the tradition of sharing books with kids just prior to bedtime. It's something that fits easily into most f...
Book Chook Favourites - Games to Encourage Thinking 5 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
Book Chook Favourites - Games to Encourage Thinking by Susan Stephenson, www.thebookchook.com Last month, in Literacy-based and Other Guessing Games, I described lots of guessing games, many of them...
