Life & Technology Over Time by Tranter, Stephanie

stephanietranter1 — 2024-03-26 23:51:28 UTC

Young children may not know what life was like before technology. This is your chance to open their eyes to a technology-less living. Imaginative and thought-provoking, this picture book will challenge your child's ability to grasp the post-modern world.

stephanietranter1 — 2024-03-27 00:14:56 UTC

Jim and his family live happily on their remote outback station. Yet, sometimes Jim feels lonely. Jim's Dad enjoys droving and shearing his sheep but sometimes he wishes he could chat to a mate. Jim's Mum is always busy with the accounts and looking after the chooks, but she sometimes worries about being so far away from everything -- what would happen if someone got sick? Then a strange new radio with pedals arrives and Jim's Mum and Dad can send messages to their neighbours. Jim wants to have a go! 'When you're older,' says Dad. Then something happens that only Jim can deal with. Will he learn how to use the radio in time to save Dad?

stephanietranter1 — 2024-03-27 00:20:12 UTC

A picture book about life in the 1950s, done as a series of vignettes drawn from childhood memories - neighbours, trips to the beach, notable events, domestic routines, schoolboy pranks. Text and illustrations have been meticulously researched to give a fascinating glimpse of the period.

stephanietranter1 — 2024-04-04 02:17:10 UTC

Illustrations and headings around change can be considered as an aerial photo is shown over the years from 1822 to now.

brigitta_gleeson — 2024-11-26 23:21:31 UTC

A stunningly illustrated book shows what can happen if everything stops, promotes the idea of being slow, of slowing down, of not taking things for granted.

Great opportunities to integrate illustrations with real life photography of the 'shut down' world during COVID times.

brigitta_gleeson — 2024-11-26 23:27:18 UTC

In response to the Coronavirus pandemic, this book presents Tomos Roberts' inspiring poem, with its message of hope and resilience.

From simple acts of kindness, to the creativity within us all, The Great Realisation is a celebration of the many things that brought us together at a time of crisis. It captures, with magical resonance, the thoughts and feelings of millions worldwide as we adapted to a new way of life, cast aside old habits and reflected on what truly matters to us. It is a story for all readers, young or old, who dare to dream of a fairer, kinder, more loving world.

brigitta_gleeson — 2024-11-27 00:06:47 UTC

Windows is an uplifting story of how humanity has pulled together during the Coronavirus pandemic.

Windows shows how five kids from different parts of the world connect and draw strength from their communities, all from behind the safety of their own windows.

Heartwarming, hopeful and surprisingly funny, Windows will resonate with families all over the world and become a valuable time capsule of what life was like in 2020.

brigitta_gleeson — 2024-11-27 00:26:30 UTC

A picture book to celebrate and remember the days we spent inside—the joys and the hardships, the bravery and the resilience, but most of all the love.

For early years