Picture books
The Magic of Wordless Picture Books
I began my teaching career as an early childhood teacher and discovered the power of wordless picture books very early on. The freedom to interpret and narrate these visual stories sparked endless creativity and engagement among my Year Two students, and my collection of wordless picture books began in earnest.
Bonus Bookmark Reviews
If you’ve listened to this week’s episode of Your Kid’s Next Read podcast, you will have heard TeamYKNR discussing our favourite reads of 2023. We were supposed to narrow it down to ten each – but that proved an impossible task for our resident Celebrity Teacher Librarian Megan Daley.
Your Kid's Favourite Read 2023
Every year we gather the Your Kid’s Next Read community together and ask them a question – what was your kid’s favourite read this year? And then we make lists. Lots and lots of lists. The kind of lists that make festive season gift-buying much, much easier, no matter which young reader you might be buying for.
Megan's top tips for reading a picture book aloud
Are you ready for ALIA National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS) this week? Held annually by the Australian Library and Information Association, NSS is a celebration of reading and literacy. Every year, one picture is chosen to be read aloud simultaneously in schools, libraries, pre-schools, childcare centres, family homes, bookshops and many other laps and corners across the country.