Parenting Is Forever


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Anxiety, autism, ADHD, and learning problems make school hard. Depression, self-harm, cyberbullying, and eating disorders are part of our complex lives. Stress, busyness, and a digital world changes parenting. Parenting is Forever reflects the ongoing conversations of a paediatrician with those who care for children. It is influenced by her experience as a parent and from helping more than 30,000 families over twenty-five years. Dr Elizabeth Green shares her practical tips for navigating the developmental stages of childhood. From before birth, through early childhood and adolescence, to adulthood. Parenting is not a competition. It's okay to fail and try again. That's what makes us better parents.




Fuzzy-wuzzy Wombat and Other Rhymes


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Pretty possums, lazy lizards, jolly joeys, cuddly koalas . . . all these plus more of our favourite animals.




Ruby Roars


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When she was a baby, Ruby liked making popping noises with her dummy. 'Pop! Pop! Pop!' When she was older, she tried making scary noises instead. 'Scrrr! Screekle! Scrunch!' But she couldn't frighten anyone, not a frog, not a fish. 'Shivers!' thought Ruby. What was the scariest noise she could make? And she opened her mouth wide to find out... 'Beware, this story could provoke a wild rumpus.' Magpies Both author and illustrator are donating a portion of their royalties to the Save the Tasmanian Devil Appeal.







Daisy-head Mayzie


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Young Mayzie McGrew becomes a worldwide sensation when a daisy grows out of the top of her head, and everyone attempts to get rid of it.







Animaulia


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Poetry for children and adults where smaller creatures of the animal kingdom and members of the insect world come to a 'sticky end.'




Building Fluency Through Practice & Performance Grade 2


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Includes 1 teacher resource CD-ROM containing reproducibles of poems, songs, and scripts, and one audio CD of recordings of the songs from the book.




Soft Riots


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The Lonely Funeral


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Every year, people living in our towns and cities - the homeless, suicides, old people living alone - are found dead. Their funerals are held without relatives or friends. In Amsterdam in 2002, F Starik established a network of poets who would write a personal poem for the deceased and read it at their funeral as an affirmation of their existence.