Be like a bird ... outstretch your wings.

 

Begin the journey of learning something new!

 

🕊️ Just fly 🕊️...

 

as you never know where your wings will take you!!

 

~ Paula St L 2022 🌻

 

 

"I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in."

 

~ Robert Louis Stevenson

 

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Paula's Reading Nook for 2025!

January: Loving Nature: Towards an Ecology of Emotion - By Kay Milton

February: The Soul of a Tree: A Woodworker's Reflections - By George Nakashima

March: Chinese Flower Painting Techniques - By Stephen Cassettari

April: Care of Australian Wildlife: For Gardeners, Landholders and Wildlife Carers - By Erna Walraven

May: Hush - By Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

June: The Far Reaches of Human Nature - By Abraham H. Maslow

July: Folk Witchcraft: A Guide to Lore, Land, and the Familiar Spirit for the Solitary Practitioner - By Roger J. Horne

August: Emma Kunz: Artist, Researcher, Healer (Monograph) - By Anton C. Meier et al.

September: The Secret Lives of Colour - By Cassie St Clair

October: The Space Between Our Ears: How the Brain Represents Visual Space - By Michael J. Morgan

November: Power vs. Force: The Hidden Determinants of Human Behaviour - By David R. Hawkins

December: What's Your Grief Lists to Help You Through Any Loss - By Eleanor Haley and Litsa Williams

 

Children's Bookshelf for 2025!

January: I Am Odd I Am New - By Benjamin Giroux

February: The Lost Girl - By Ambelin Kwaymullina

March: Creative Crafts: Practical Techniques for all Junior Craftspeople - By Moira Butterfield

April: Magic Beach - by Alison Lester

May: How the Birds got their Colours: An Aboriginal Story - by Mary Albert

June: Dear Wild Child: You Carry Your Home Inside You - by Wallace J. Nichols and Wallace Grayce Nichols

July: The Cats' Pawbook - by Katie and Sam Carey

August: The Great Big Book of Feelings - by Mary Hoffman

September: Thank you Rain - by Sally Morgan

October: The River - by Sally Morgan

November: Make Meatballs Sing: The Life and Art of Sister Corita Kent - by Matthew Burgess

December: Oh, The Places You'll Go - By Dr. Seuss

 

Try your local library for a copy. 

If the book is not available, request an inter-library loan or suggest a purchase!

Best wishes, Paula 🌻

 

 

APRIL 2026 

Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching

A Book about the Way and

the Power of the Way

By Ursula K. Le Guin

Published 1997

Check out this link to learn a little more about Ursula.

Find out more about the book here.

 

An excerpt from the book (Book 1, Chapter 1):

"Taoing

The way you can go

isn't the real way.

The name you can say

isn't the real name.

 

Heaven and earth

begin in the unnamed:

name's the mother

of the ten thousand things.

 

So the unwanting soul

sees what's hidden,

and the ever-wanting soul

sees only what it wants.

 

Two things, one origin,

but different in name,

whose identity is mystery.

Mystery of all mysteries!

The door to the hidden." 

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 📚  Children's Bookshelf!  📚 

 

april 2026 

Lin Yi's Lantern

A Moon Festival Tale

By Brenda Williams

Published 2009

 Watch and listen to the story here and check out this link to find out more about this heartwarming and beautifully illustrated book.

Learn more about the author Brenda Williams here and the illustrator Benjamin Lacombe here.

There are some cool extras too -

get a glimpse into market life in rural China, discover the magical Legend of the Moon Fairy, and learn how to make your own Moon Festival paper lantern!

 

Below is an excerpt from this enchanting book:

"As Lin Yi cycled to the market, he smiled and waved to people working in the rice paddies.

Very soon he saw Uncle Hui checking the fish drying outside his house.

"Are you well, Uncle Hui?" asked Lin Yi.

"Yes, thank you," Uncle Hui answered as he turned the last fish toward the sun.

"I'm off to the market," said Lin Yi. "If I bargain well, mother says I can buy a red rabbit lantern with the change."

"And will you be taking it to the picnic tonight?" asked Uncle Hui.

"Yes. Will you be climbing the mountain with us, Uncle Hui?"

"Of course!" said Uncle Hui. "I may be getting old, but I still enjoy moon cakes and peanuts.

Good luck with your bargaining."

Lin Yi grinned happily and hurried on his way."

                           

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