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From the time your child is born, parents are encouraged to read their children stories. As we grow, storytelling is a large part of our education – we learn about our past and other cultures through stories, we learn to read, write and speak by telling and reading stories, but we also learn to share stories so that we can share experiences and use our stories to present ourselves to the world, and to influence others.
From the time your child is born, parents are encouraged to read their children stories. As we grow, storytelling is a large part of our education – we learn about our past and other cultures through stories, we learn to read, write and speak by telling and reading stories, but we also learn to share stories so that we can share experiences and use our stories to present ourselves to the world, and to influence others.
The collection of stories below includes some favourties from kindergarten as well as others to support your child's wellbeing during these challenging times. We hope you can enjoy these with your child.
The collection of stories below includes some favourties from kindergarten as well as others to support your child's wellbeing during these challenging times. We hope you can enjoy these with your child.
Windows is an uplifting story of how humanity has pulled together during the Coronavirus pandemic.
Windows shows how five kids from different parts of the world connect and draw strength from their communities from behind the safety of their own windows.
Heartwarming, hopeful and surprisingly funny, Windows will resonate with families all over the world and become a valuable time capsule of what life was like in 2020.
Excerpt from Hardie Grant Publishing
A boy loves collecting things, especially cardboard boxes. He makes more and more amazing things from boxes, until his work is noticed by an art gallery director who gives him a big exhibition. He tires of artistic fame though, and goes back home to play with his boxes, until one day he discovers a new collectible, with potential, inside a box – bubble wrap!
Exerpt from Windy hollows books
Pig is a greedy and selfish Pug. He has all the bouncy balls, bones, and chew toys a dog could ever want yet he refuses to share with his poor friend, Trevor. Little does he know, however, that being greedy has its consquences. Join Pig as he learns to share - the hard way!
Pete the Cat has woken up grumpy today! Nothing seems to be going his way. But maybe some groovy magic sunglasses can help...
Pete the Cat has woken up feeling blue - and he just doesn’t know what to do! But when Pete is given some groovy, magic sunglasses, he finds out that maybe, just maybe, feeling blue isn’t something you have to do.
Spread the good mood with Pete and his friends in the rockin’ adventure all about seeing the bright side of every day!
Excerpt from Google books
The Feeling series is especially designed to help children better understand their feelings and how to identify, manage and express those feelings in an appropriate and acceptable ways both to themselves and others. These books provide an invaluable tool to help build confidence, self-esteem and contribute to a healthy emotional foundation upon which children can thrive.
Excerpt from Booktopia
Winnie lived in her black house with her cat, Wilbur. He was black too. And that is how the trouble began. Everything in Winnies house is black - the carpet, the chairs, the bed and the sheets, the pictures on the walls, and even the bathtub! And of course her cat, Wilbur, is black too - all except for his bright-green eyes. Whenever poor Wilbur closes his eyes and tries to take a catnap, Winnie stumbles right over him. Or accidentally sits on top of him. Until one day, when Winnie gets a brilliant idea. What if Wilbur were a different color?
Excerpt from Goodreads
Her teacher smiled. "Just make a mark and see where it takes you."
Art class is over, but Vashti is sitting glued to her chair in front of a blank piece of paper. The words of her teacher are a gentle invitation to express herself. But Vashti can't draw - she's no artist. To prove her point, Vashti jabs at a blank sheet of paper to make an unremarkable and angry mark. "There!" she says.
That one little dot marks the beginning of Vashti's journey of surprise and self-discovery. That special moment is the core of Peter H. Reynolds's delicate fable about the creative spirit in all of us. (less)
Excerpt from Goodreads
Each act, big or small, can make a difference – or at least help a friend. What does it mean to be kind? When Tanisha spills grape juice all over her new dress, her classmate contemplates how to make her feel better and what it means to be kind. ...
Excerpt from Google books
Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley are the best of friends. But they are different in almost every way . . .
Pearl likes solving mysteries and moves rather fast in the world.
Charlie likes taking baths and watching his garden grow.
So how can Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsely be such goods friends?
A delightfully uplifting tale about self-belief, courage - and above all - the power of friendship.
Excerpt from Penguin books
A mouse took a stroll through the deep dark wood. A fox saw the mouse and the mouse looked good."
Walk further into the deep dark wood, and discover what happens when a quick-witted mouse comes face to face with an owl, a snake ... and a hungry Gruffalo!
Excerpt from Booktopia
helma dreams of being a glamorous unicorn. Then in a rare pink and glitter-filled moment of fate, Thelma's wish comes true.
She rises to instant international stardom, but at an unexpected cost. After a while, Thelma realizes that she was happier as her ordinary, sparkle-free self. So she ditches her horn, scrubs off her sparkles, and returns home, where her best friend is waiting for her with a hug.
From award-winning author Aaron Blabey comes this joyful book about learning to love who you are…even if you don't have sparkles.
Excerpt from Scholastica
What to do with a problem is the story of a persistent problem and the child who isn’t so sure what to make of it. The longer he avoids the problem, the bigger it seems to get. But when the child finally musters up the courage to face it, the problem turns out to be something quite different indeed.
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