Imagine If... by Ken Robinson
$22.99 AUD
Category: Education
Imagination and creativity are at the root of every uniquely human achievement and those achievements have brought us to this present moment. We are now the largest population in human history- seven and half billion people, rising to nine billion by 2050. Our technologies are evolving exponentially, b ...Show more
Waiting for Gonski: How Australia failed its schools by Tom Greenwell, Chris Bonnor
$39.99 AUD
Category: Education
Why is education in Australia failing?Where did we go wrong, and how do we fix it?The Gonski Review appeared to represent a breakthrough. Commissioned by Prime Minster Julia Gillard and chaired by leading businessman David Gonski, the 2010 review made clear that school education policy wasn’t working, a ...Show more
Hermetica Triptycha - The Mercury Elemental Year, with Ephemerides 1925-2050 by Gary P. Caton
$39.99 AUD
Category: Education
Messenger, trickster, psychopomp, Mercury's myriad forms belie a genuinely complex character. And yet to most modern astrologers he remains a relatively one-dimensional figure. Caton's Hermetic triptych is designed to ground you in the actual observation of Mercury as a living planetary phenomenon, and ...Show more
How to Raise a Reader by Pamela Paul; Maria Russo; Lisk Feng (Illustrator); Monica Garwood (Illustrator); Dan Yaccarino (Illustrator); Vera Brosgal (Illustrator)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Education
An indispensable guide to welcoming children--from babies to teens--to a lifelong love of reading, written by Pamela Paul and Maria Russo, editors of The New York Times Book Review.Do you remember your first visit to where the wild things are? How about curling up for hours on end to discover the secret ...Show more
The Art of Growing Up by John Marsden
$34.99 AUD
Category: Education
When I hear parents say 'I want my children to enjoy their childhood; there'll be time when they're older to learn about those things', I hear the voices of those who are scared of the vastness of the universe. These adults have a view of childhood as some kind of discrete interval, rather than just a f ...Show more
If You Want to Blitz Your Year 12 Exams Read This Book by Alexandra Smith
$27.99 AUD
Category: Education
Awesome advice and amazing secrets that will help you excel in your final exams at high school There is no doubt about it - getting through years 11 and 12 is no picnic, and preparing for your final exams can feel like mission impossible. Yet thousands of students produce spectacular results every year, ...Show more
Dear Parents: Letters from the Teacher—your children, their education, and how you can help by Gabbie Stroud
$32.99 AUD
Category: Education
Written by Gabbie Stroud, author of the national bestseller Teacher, Dear Parents is a passionate call to arms for all parents to understand their role as their children's lifelong teachers, showing how they can help their kids' educators and schools achieve the best outcomes for the next generation. S ...Show more
I Spy a Great Reader: Unlock the Literary Secret and Get Your Child Hooked on Books by Jackie French
$19.99 AUD
Category: Education
Australian Children's Laureate, book lover and dyslexia sufferer Jackie French gives a wonderful insight into how you can help your child discover a world of books. Does your child love books, but can't stay still long enough to focus on reading one? Would you like to improve your child's reading abilit ...Show more
What to Do When Bad Habits Take Hold: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Nail Biting and More by Dawn Huebner; Bonnie Matthews (Illustrator)
$29.95 AUD
Category: Education | Series: What-To-Do Guides for Kids® Ser.
Nail biting. Thumb sucking. Hair twirling. Scab picking. Shirt chewing. Do you have a habit that's hard to stop? A habit that embarrasses you or gets you in trouble? If so, you're not alone. Lots of kids have habits they wish they could lose. But habits are stronger than wishes. They lock on, holding yo ...Show more
Reading and Responding: A Guide to Literature in the Primary Classroom by Denise Ryan
$29.95 AUD
Category: Education
A guidebook for teachers about finding, choosing and using literature in the primary classroom. Many kinds of texts are introduced: picture books, novels, poetry, visual and multimodal texts, and texts from a range of cultural contexts. It offers a rich collection of practical and challenging classroom ...Show more
Annie Stories by Doris Brett
$21.95 AUD
Category: Education
The technique developed by clinical psychologist Doris Brett for her daughter lets you design stories to allow under-tens to explore situations in a non-threatening way, through the experiences of an imaginary child similar to themselves. Covers such topics as: sibling birth, nightmares, coping with div ...Show more
Raising Readers: How to Nurture a Child's Love of Books by Megan Daley
$27.95 AUD
Category: Education | Reading Level: 0
Some kids refuse to read, others won?t stop - not even at the dinner table! Either way, many parents question the best way to support their child?s literacy journey. When can you start reading to your child? How do you find that special book to inspire a reluctant reader? How can you tell if a book is a ...Show more