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23/04/2024

I’m taking part in this year's Mother's Day Classic to raise funds and awareness for life-saving breast and ovarian cancer research. 🏃
Every dollar counts and will help the National Breast Cancer Foundation and Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation to continue their game-changing research into the prevention, detection, and treatment of breast and ovarian cancer. 💕
Together, we can make a lasting difference in the lives of women today and tomorrow.
Please donate to my fundraising page today:

I’m taking part in the Mother’s Day Classic to help raise funds and awareness to fight breast and ovarian cancers. I’m going to put my foot down on Sunday May 12. Please join me, or donate now and show all women that you’re running, walking and standing with them.

04/02/2024

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16/09/2022

A lovely visit today with some amazing bee detectives

05/09/2022

Join author Vanessa Ryan-Rendall and explore the magical world of native stingless bees.

17/05/2022

Just a very quick blog today to tell you that Friday is World Bee Day and of course there is no better way than to celebrate by reading my book - Bee Detectives! You can borrow a copy from your library Or you can buy a copy from one of these great places: Wild Kindy: Vanessa Ryan Rendall: CSIRO: Please get in touch if you have any questions or would like to share some great bee activities! Vanessa

Just a very quick blog today to tell you that Friday is World Bee Day and of course there is no better way than to celebrate by reading my book – Bee Detectives! You can borrow a copy from yo…

12/04/2022

What are the 5 R’s? Refuse, Reuse, reduce, repair, repurpose, rot & then recycle. But why have we been sold the idea that Recycling packaging from our food is our best option? Well if we recycle then we are still buying the products that the big companies want us to buy, it looks like they are doing the right thing and then we feel better for using plastics & over consuming clothing....

What are the 5 R’s? Refuse, Reuse, reduce, repair, repurpose, rot & then recycle. But why have we been sold the idea that Recycling packaging from our food is our best option? Well if we recycl…

12/04/2022

A spaceship? A pair of butterfly wings or even a dinosaur? Anything’s possible with cardboard! Unleash your families imagination and enjoy endless hours of creative fun with the wonderful craft projects that all start with the humble cardboard box. There are 16 ideas for upcycling a cardboard box and other odds and ends you have around the house as well as very well set out instructions which include a list of materials, construction tips and photographs of the product from conception to finished! A great book for parents and early educators.

A spaceship? A pair of butterfly wings or even a dinosaur? Anything’s possible with cardboard! Unleash your families imagination and enjoy endless hours of creative fun with the wonderful craft pro…

12/04/2022

Alice is in Year 6 at Melwood Public School and she hopes it’s going to be a wonderful year. But it’s not really going to plan as Alice is stuck in the sunroom with her Grandmother now living in her bedroom, as she needs to recover from a heart episode. But things begin to change when her teacher announces a class project - become a penpal to someone famous....

Alice is in Year 6 at Melwood Public School and she hopes it’s going to be a wonderful year. But it’s not really going to plan as Alice is stuck in the sunroom with her Grandmother now living in he…

07/04/2022

Music for Tigers by Michelle Kadarusman and published by Pajama Press is a beautifully told story written for Middle Grade readers. Set in Tasmania, we meet Louisa who has been flown there from Canada to stay with her relatives for the holidays. Life in the remote camp in the Tasmanian rainforest isn’t Louisa’s cup of tea at first but as she begins to understand the pig-footed bandicoots, spiders and weird noises she grows to love the place - especially when there is a sighting of the elusive and thought to be extinct Tasmanian Tiger....

Music for Tigers by Michelle Kadarusman and published by Pajama Press is a beautifully told story written for Middle Grade readers. Set in Tasmania, we meet Louisa who has been flown there from Can…

07/04/2022

The more you know about poo, the less you might be inclined to say ‘Gross’ the next time you see it. Poo is always a popular topic amongst kids so I believe that this book is perfect to engage and then educate about how poo helps animals in various ways. There are photographs alongside fun cartoon drawings, gross fact break out boxes and easy to navigate chapters with subheadings....

The more you know about poo, the less you might be inclined to say ‘Gross’ the next time you see it. Poo is always a popular topic amongst kids so I believe that this book is perfect to engage and …

31/03/2022

Written for older readers, but accessible through the bright and detailed illustrations, Let’s Save Antarctica is a great non-fiction picture book to build awareness of Antartica and the myriad of reasons we need to save the place. With recent events in this world, the need to take climate action ...