Australian Children’s Literature

On our recent visit to Canberra I was able to visit the exhibition on Australian Children’s Literature at the National Library of Australia. The building always impresses me and reminds me of the Parthenon in Greece. The exhibition was in its last few days so I was lucky to be able to get to Canberra…

Wattle on my morning walk

Beautiful blossom.  I always think of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie. This is a piece of artwork by May Gibbs, the author of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie. If you don’t know of the book it is an old-fashioned favourite of children in Australia. There is a link here to information and illustrations by May Gibbs.  Well worth a…