Cristin, Author at Artsplorers

December 17, 2019 No Responses

January 2020 School Holidays – Family Arts Guide, Sydney

Summer, summer, summertime – time to sit back and unwind … or, so says Will Smith. How about unwinding with some artsy entertainment over the January school holidays? From the Sydney Festival to summer reading, you and your kids can...

November 30, 2019 2 Responses

25 Gorgeous Australian Picture Books From 2019

Last year, I rounded up 2018 with a compilation of 20 of my favorite Australian picture books. This year, it has been my joyful task to do my best to see as many of the picture books published in Australia...

November 21, 2019 No Responses

Christmas Cards for Hot a Weather Christmas: Make It With Kids

Since moving to Australia nearly a decade ago, the most common question I have gotten from people at home has to do with Christmas in the summer. The idea perplexes many of my northern hemisphere friends. My answer is that...

November 15, 2019 No Responses

Sydney Christmas With Kids 2019: The Best of Carols, Shows, Lights & Craft

Christmas – when you think about it, this season is an arts bonanza. Music, dance, lights, crafting for days. There’s no better time to get artsy with the family. In the spirit of the artsiest holiday, I’ve rounded up quite...

November 7, 2019 No Responses

Listening Ears On!: A Review Nali & Friends by Dan Sultan

This post may contain affiliate links. Dan Sultan, the ARIA award winning musician, is best known for his rock/country/soul adult music. Earlier this year, he spread his wings (pun intended) into children’s music with the story and song album, Nali...

October 25, 2019 No Responses

Having a Play With “Playing With Collage” by Jeannie Baker: A Review

This post contains affiliate links. Being a relative newcomer to Australia, it’s only in the past couple of years that I discovered the divine picture books of Jeannie Baker. Baker works in collage, creating landscapes that are both stunning in...

September 22, 2019 No Responses

Artsplorers Meet: Avocado Smash

Avocado Smash, a charming trio made up of classical singer Jo, pianist Su, and dancer Fatima, not so much “smashed” onto the Sydney children’s music scene last year, as sang, strummed, keyboarded, and danced on with their bright and sensitive...

September 14, 2019 No Responses

October School Holidays Arts Guide – Sydney Families

Spring has sprung, and what a time for beautiful new things to begin to emerge. The blooming flowers are coloring our landscape, and on the family arts calendar, festivals are blossoming, a brand new children’s library is opening, and these...

August 23, 2019 No Responses

Kid Recommended Books!

I have been doing a guest post series on the theme “A Book My Child Adores” for Australian Book Week for 3 years now. That series, plus some of the ones I’ve reviewed here, make up a nice collection of...

August 22, 2019 No Responses

A Book My Child Adores: The Captain Jimmy Cook – Alice Toolie Series by Kate & Jol Temple

*This post contains affiliate links.* How amazing is kid logic? Do you remember digging in the ground, convinced that a stick you found was definitely a dinosaur bone? Or, being certain that you were on the case of a serious...

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Author: Cristin