The Standard Goodies: Never stay silent
12 March 2018 IN The Hundred Dresses, Wanda Petronski is ridiculed by her classmates for wearing the same faded blue dress every day. Wanda claims she has one hundred dresses at home, but everyone knows she does not and bully her mercilessly. Maddie, one of Wanda’s classmates, ultimately decides that she is “never going to […]
The Standard Goodies: Ingenuity and teamwork
26th Feb 2018 IN Swimmy, a happy school of little fish lives deep in the sea. Their watery world is full of wonders, but there is also danger, and the little fish are afraid to come out of hiding . . .
The Standard Goodies: Fears and dreams
5th Feb 2018 In Rosie Revere, Engineer, Rosie dreams of becoming a great inventor. When her great-great-aunt Rose comes for a visit and mentions her one unfinished goal – to fly – Rosie sets to work building a contraption to make her aunt’s dream come true…
The Standard Goodies: Our true thoughts
29th Jan 2018 When her mother gives her a magic wand to read people’s minds,a new and fascinating world opens for Nora. She discovers that…
The Standard Goodies: Live in the moment
22th Jan 2018 IN The Three Questions, Nikolai knows that he wants to be the best person he can be, but often he is unsure if he is doing the right thing…
The Standard Goodies: Valuing yourself and others
15th Jan 2018 ZERO is a follow-up to the book One by the same author. Zero feels empty inside and has a hole right through her centre…
The Standard Goodies: Appreciating differences
FREDERICK is lost in his dreams while his family gather nuts and seeds in preparation for winter. What they do not know is…
The Standard Goodies: Friends real and imaginary
11th Dec 2017 THE Adventures of Beekle details an imaginary friend’s quest to find his real friend. Just as he resigns himself to a life of loneliness…
The Standard Goodies: Caring for our world
18th Dec 2017 WHERE the Forest Meets the Sea is set in Australia’s Daintree rainforest. A father takes his son there one day…
The Standard Goodies: Always be positive
6th Nov 2017
