Monthly Archives: February 2011

My First Travel Insight story

Yep I finally managed to work this blog thing out to a point where I can actually write a story for you.  Its just a short narrative which hopefully you will find interesting as well as amusing.  So buckle up … Continue reading

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Book Reading Challenge: Book 4

Tacky and the Winter Games by Helen Lester and Illustrations by Lynn Munsinger When Tacky joins his team of fellow penquins, Goodley, Lovely, Angel, Neatly and Perfect for the Winter Olympics, things surely do not go to plan.  Tacky’s silly … Continue reading

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Book Reading Challenge: Book 3

“Milly, Molly and Betelgeuse“ New Zealand author Gill Pittar and illustrator Cris Morrell This beautiful brightly illustrated book for 4 – 8 year olds has a message that jumps out at us as soon as you turn the first page. “We … Continue reading

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Book Reading Challenge: Book 2

“Muddypaws” Author  Moria Butterfield and Illustrator Simon Mendez   – Parragon Publishing. With such a cute face like this peering at you from the book shelf it’s kind of hard to resist picking up this beautifully written book.  When Ben has … Continue reading

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Poetry

Recently I felt the need to write a poem for a friend whose parents had passed away.  This was unusual because I had never written a poem before.  Being such a great distance away from her, I wanted to give her something that … Continue reading

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