Cristin, Author at Artsplorers

August 23, 2018 No Responses

A Book My Child Adores: May Gibbs’ Gumnut Babies

To celebrate CBCA Book Week 2018, I’ve asked some of my favourite bloggers to share a book that one or more of their children adores. Kell from All Mum Said‘s kids love an Aussie classic. This post may contain affiliate...

August 21, 2018 No Responses

A Book My Child Adores: Oi Frog!

To celebrate CBCA Book Week 2018, I’ve asked some of my favourite bloggers to share a book that one or more of their children adores. Rebecca from Story Addict‘s son knows every word of this funny one! This post may...

August 20, 2018 No Responses

5 Must-Read Adventure Books For Tween Girls

To celebrate CBCA Book Week 2018, I’ve asked some of my favourite bloggers to share a book that one or more of their children adores. Bron from Mumlyfe has not just one recommendation for tween girls, but five! This post...

August 18, 2018 2 Responses

A Book My Child Adores: Somewhere in Australia

To celebrate CBCA Book Week 2018, I’ve asked some of my favourite bloggers to share a book that one or more of their children adores. Ania from The Sane Mum shares a lovely Aussie animal picture book. This post may...

August 17, 2018 No Responses

A Book My Child Adores: Aaron Blabey’s The Bad Guys Series

To celebrate CBCA Book Week 2018, I’ve asked some of my favourite bloggers to share a book that one or more of their children adores. Sian from Teach Investigate Play has shared the books that turned around her son’s reluctance...

July 30, 2018 No Responses

Listening Ears On!: Here Comes Science by They Might Be Giants

We may be the family of arts explorers, according to me, but if you ask Miss 5 where her love lies, she would tell you it is science. She rattles off the names of planets with ease and spends a...

July 24, 2018 2 Responses

Artsplorers Learn to Sew: A Lifetime Skill With Unexpected Lessons

It started with Friendly The Echidna. A few months ago, we went to one of the Museum of Contemporary Art’s fantastic school holidays programs where the project was to sew a felt animal. Honestly, I did the better part of...

July 18, 2018 No Responses

Hunting of the Snark at the Sydney Opera House

Lewis Carrol’s epic “Hunting of the Snark” is classed as a “nonsense poem,” but the musical adaptation which has landed at the Sydney Opera House from London’s West End does its best to make sense of some charmingly odd char...

July 13, 2018 No Responses

Artsplorers Meet: The Beanies!

When our second baby was a newborn, our then 4 year old ended up watching so much TV, and I had a giant dose of Mama guilt about all that screen time. Enter Kinderling Radio, first their wonderful selection of...

July 9, 2018 No Responses

Wilde Creatures at the Sydney Opera House

The other day my 5 year old tried, with limited success, to recount the plot line of a famous fairy tale. I realized that, in all my interest in choosing books for her that have modern messages and diversity, we...

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Author: Cristin