Ash and Benjamin are teenage mercenaries. They find stolen artifacts and return them to the owners - for a fee. But when they are hired to rescue an imprisoned girl, they realise they're in over their heads. Because there are others looking for the girl too. Corrupt governments. Ruthless corporations. Rogue assassins. As these forces […]
A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive idea without fear it will go off in your face. It is one of the few havens remaining where a man's mind can get both provocation and privacy. ~Edward P. Morgan
As you’re sitting here reading this article, chances are that you aren’t thinking for long about each individual word. You’re simply recognizing the words “on sight” because they are familiar to you. Hence, you are “sight reading”. For children, sight word recognition is an important step to being able to efficiently learn to read. If […]
By definition, an affirmation is a statement repeated time and again either verbally or mentally -- or written down. The words of the affirmation statement - in themselves -when spoken, thought of, or written *without* a pictorial (visualized) or emotional connection -- make a very weak affirmation. Affirmations, when worded correctly -- and when emotionally […]
You probably already love the TED talks and been inspired by them. I have been made to think outside the square, entertained, concerned and so much more. And any presenter that can do that must be a source of learnings for other presenters. Interesting then, to discover the "Ten Commandments" for TED presenters. Yes please […]
Speech is human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead: therefore we must learn both arts. Thomas Carlisle ~
by Sonja Hartnett Her muzzle wrinkled, and Andrej saw a glimpse of teeth and pale tongue. 'They smell the same, ' the lioness murmured. 'My cubs smelt as she does. Like pollen.' She breathed deeply again, and Andrej saw the missing cubs returning to her on the wings of the baby's perfume. 'All young ones […]
10 amazingly absurd 'facts' about books. If you love reading, if you love writing, if you are the bookish type, you may just find yourself grinning at this cartoon promoting the 2010 Melbourne Writers Festival.
Imagine you wake up one morning and can't read. Your eyes work, but the letters on the page have turned into squiggles. They make no sense. Now meet Howard Engel, a writer of detective stories, who has this condition, but amazingly, has found a way to trick his brain to almost read again.
Nine’s award-winning children’s series, Lockie Leonard, finally returns with 26 new episodes next week. Based on the books of Tim Winton, it first aired in 2007. It won the 2008 Logie Award for Best Children’s Series, and the AFI Award for Best Children’s Drama Series. Star Sean Keenan (Lockie) was also nominated for the Graham […]
