Review Caroline Chisholm – The Emigrant’s Friend

 

After growing up with Caroline Chisholm on the five dollar note, I’ve always been vaguely interested in who she was. Who was this woman with the tightly curled hair? I knew she was the friend of the emigrant and had done something to help women, but that was the extent of my knowledge. (I also wondered why she was the emigrant’s friend rather than the immigrant’s friend. I’ve never understood the distinction!) (more…)

Tania McCartney’s Eco Warriors Virtual Tour

eco warriors coverToday I’m thrilled to welcome Tania McCartney who not only does amazing work encouraging reading and everything book related within the community in many ways, including founding the respected Kids Book Review, but she’s also extremely talented and a gorgeous friend. She doesn’t know this, but she is the only person alive who is allowed to call me Ali. In her latest book, Eco Warriors, the reader joins Banjo, Matilda and Ned on a magical adventure into the Australian native landscape via a series of historic, beautifully-rendered botanical paintings. (more…)