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help for struggling readers as child uses kindle device to read more easily sitting outside in blue jacket
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    • books for ages 5 to 15
    • kids book series

Help for Struggling Readers: 8 e-Reader Benefits

  • Posted byby Marielle Rebbechi
  • December 2, 2023

A purpose-built e-reader is not just another device. Its single-focus minimizes distractions while supporting the physical reading process and optimizing engagement.

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    • ages 8 to 10 years
    • american history

5 Reasons Why Historical Fiction Books are Good for Kids

  • Posted byby Marielle Rebbechi
  • April 28, 2021

Historical fiction has a number of benefits for children, from early readers through to young adults. Stories set against past events and time periods open up reading enjoyment, contextual learning and…

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    • ages 8 to 10 years
    • Australian authors

Looking Forward, Looking Back: Max Booth Future Sleuth

  • Posted byby Marielle Rebbechi
  • November 4, 2017

Today, I’m handing over the blog reigns to a group of voracious readers and up-and-coming book reviewers from Years 3 and 4 at Girton Grammar School in Bendigo.  Maddi, Jacob,…

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    • books for ages 8+
    • classic YA books

All Things Sweet… Well, Almost

  • Posted byby Marielle Rebbechi
  • March 16, 2016

Easter seemed like the perfect opportunity to browse our books for series that feature chocolate and sugar! Perhaps not surprisingly, the sweet spot for the baking-themed series is the 8+…

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    • 2015 series
    • books for ages 5 to 15

Series from Santa!

  • Posted byby Kara Smith
  • November 23, 2015

Can you believe it’s nearly Christmas again, already?! But what to buy for children and teenagers who often seem to have so much? Surely not more plastic and electronics. Okay,…

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    • books in series
    • graphic novels

The Colourful Appeal of Graphic Novels

  • Posted byby Marielle Rebbechi
  • March 11, 2015

What is a graphic novel? Graphic novels are, by the simplest definition, book-length comics. Sometimes they tell a single, continuous narrative from first page to last; sometimes they are collections…

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    • 2014 series
    • books for ages 5 to 15

Kara’s Holiday Reading Guide

  • Posted byby Kara Smith
  • December 20, 2014

In the southern hemisphere, summer is warming up! Attack your growing pile of ‘been meaning to read’ books, or embark on one of the new children and teen series out…

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    • books for tweens
    • books in series

Fairy Tales Reconstructed—Past, Present and Future

  • Posted byby Marielle Rebbechi
  • June 24, 2014

Once upon a time, long, long ago…long before there were books written for reluctant readers, books about social issues, or distinct markets such as ‘tween’ or ‘young adult’…long ago, there…

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    • Australian teen fiction
    • books in series

Reading Every Word

  • Posted byby Marielle Rebbechi
  • June 2, 2014

Book 2 in the ‘Every’ Series Today, Cereal Readers talks with YA author, Ellie Marney, about grunge characters, writing romantic scenes, and scouting murder locations for her latest book in…

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    • Australian teen fiction
    • books for tweens

How to Choose Your Own Ever After…

  • Posted byby Marielle Rebbechi
  • April 22, 2014

Cereal Readers is pleased to welcome a new Australian series out this month, called Choose Your Own Ever After. The series has been written for girls aged 10-14 years with…

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