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Hello Butterfly by Leanne Frost and Ingrid Valls

Ashleigh

Title: Hello Butterfly Author: Leanne Frost, Ingrid Valls Genre: Fiction Publisher: Frostie Creative Published: 10th June 2024 Format: Hardcover Pages: 30 Price: $25 Synopsis: "Hello Butterfly" is a children's picture book about an inquisitive girl named Anna Grace who befriends a butterfly. The book is not only beautiful and engaging, but also educational, featuring discussion… Continue reading Hello Butterfly by Leanne Frost and Ingrid Valls

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Stella Day Out 2024

Ashleigh

Stella Day Out, a mini literary festival, began in November 2023. It’s a free, one-day literary festival. It focuses on celebrating and promoting the outstanding contributions of women and non-binary writers to Australian literature, and celebrating Australian literature as diversely and as broadly as I can is what this blog is all about, so I… Continue reading Stella Day Out 2024

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Gendered Reading: Why Do We Still Insist on Gendering Books?

Ashleigh

Over the past few months and years, I have been following online discussions about the way people gender reading - not only the act of reading, as a pursuit that girls are said to prefer, but the books we give younger children and what we expect of them as they grow and how they develop… Continue reading Gendered Reading: Why Do We Still Insist on Gendering Books?