Seeds to Read

While having a story on technology can be a better alternative to other things, don't let it replace a story together. 💜💛❤️📕📗

Need a book? Click the link to find and interesting list to match a book for each year you are alive.
Don't stop reading.

0-100yrs

The best books to read at every age, from 1 to 100 Sometimes books come into our lives just when we need them. Here’s what to read and when.

Does your child ask for 'one more?'

Your baby’s brain: If you want to build a better mind, tell stories Reading, even talking, to a little one furiously directs neuron fibers to places in the brain where the magic of language, memory and attention develop.

What is going on in your child's brin when you read them a story?

What's Going On In Your Child's Brain When You Read Them A Story? There are many ways young children encounter stories. A new study finds a "Goldilocks effect," where a cartoon may be "too hot" and audiobooks "too cold" for learning readers.

A book can change the world...

A “million word gap” for children who aren’t read to at home Young children whose parents read them five books a day enter kindergarten having heard about 1.4 million more words than kids who were never read to, a new study found. This “million word gap” could be one key in explaining differences in vocabulary and reading development, said Jessica Logan, ...

The National Simultaneous Storytime book is traveling across Australia! Join us in reading it with the Paint the Town REaD book relay on 17th May

The Book Relay is making its way across Australia. Last we heard it had crossed the Nullabor Plain and was heading to South Australia. Stay tuned as the Relay comes through Marrickville at 2.30pm on 17th May.

Have you been to the library lately?

Mr Einstein was a very smart man and he knows what he is talking about here.

The new Marrickville Library and Pavillion is currently being built on the old Marrickville Hospital site and this new area is now known as Patyegarang Place.

It's on the corner of Marrickville and Lilydale Roads.

If you wander past there and sneak a peak, tell us what you think.

I still read aloud to my 8.5 year old, mostly because I enjoy that time together and knowing what she is reading about. It is great to see it is helping her brain as well!

Why reading aloud is a vital bridge to literacy Advice that children should still be read to as teenagers makes sense, as they learn the complex gear changes between speech and prose