Stories for boys
Random House Australia Children's, 2013. ISBN 9780857980885. Ebook
9780857980861.
Stories for girls
Random House Australia Children's, 2013. ISBN 9780857980861. Ebook
9780857980878.
(Age: 6-8) Highly recommended. Two delightful collections of short
stories aimed squarely at the 6-8 year olds. With many of
Australia's leading authors on board including Tristan Bancks,
Sophie Masson, Bill Condon, George Ivanoff, Janeen Brian, Martin
Chatterton, Claire Saxby and Jacqueline Harvey, little people who
are either newly independent readers or enjoy read-alouds will love
these engaging stories. Some silly, some serious, some adventurous,
some clever means something for everyone!
Stories for boys is illustrated by Tony Flowers, whose work
will be known already by followers of the popular Saurus Street
series while Stories for girls is illustrated by J. Yi who is
particularly known for the Alice-Miranda series.
Over the weekend Miss Small (8) and I shared two of the stories from
the Girls book and her facial expressions, comments and laughter
affirmed that these will be a sure-fire hit with the smaller folk in
your reading circles. Arabella Button, by Grace Atwood was
particularly well received. After all, just the very image of a
giraffe doing ballet was enough to set us both in the right frame of
mind for a cosy happy snuggle before bedtime. We are both looking
forward to the next weekend sleepover to continue working our way
through the contents page.
For those familiar with the Stories for five, six, seven and eight
year olds series, the style of these two collections will be very
recognisable. Perfect for teachers wanting a quick story for a spare
five minutes or parents needing that brief before bed just-one-more
tale, both of these will appeal to the imaginations and humour of
the age group.
Highly recommended, both for the readings levels and interests, of
boys and girls from 6-8 years old
Sue Warren