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Buying picture books as Christmas presents? These stories with diverse characters can help kids develop empathy

Image: ShutterstockGifting children books can be about more than just giving them something to read. Books are portals to adventure, imagination and new experiences....

Books offer a healing retreat for youngsters caught up in a pandemic

  Picture: Johnny McClung/UnsplashParents at a loss to find activities for their children during COVID lockdowns can encourage them to escape into a book. New...

Heroes, villains … biology: 3 reasons comic books are great science teachers

  Image: ShuttlestockPeople may think of comics and science as worlds apart, but they have been cross-pollinating each other in more than ways than...

After a year of digital learning and virtual teaching, let’s hear it for the joy of real books

 Picture: ShuttlestockWe know COVID-19 and its associated changes to our work and learning habits caused a marked increase in the use of technology. More...

Australia lifts to be among top ten countries in maths and science

Image: Shuttlestock Results from the longest running large-scale international assessment of maths and science show Australia has significantly improved in Year 8 maths and science, and...

If you can read this headline, you can read a novel. Here’s how to ignore your phone and just do it

Fewer people are reading novels for pleasure than in the past.  from shutterstock.com Public anxiety about the capacity of digital-age children and young adults to read...

Hooked on a book, podcast or TV show? Here’s how the story changes you

Reading alone is more likely to take you into the world of the story. Shutterstock Every holiday season, you have new worlds at your fingertips....

Children prefer to read books on paper rather than screens

Children may actually prefer reading books the traditional wayThere is a common perception that children are more likely to read if it is...
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Mick created TAGG - The Alternative Gig Guide in 1979 with Helmut Katterl, the world's first real Street Magazine. He had been involved with his fathers publishing business, Toorak Times and associated publications since 1972. Mick was also involved in Melbourne's music scene for a number of years opening venues, discovering and managing bands and providing information and support for the industry.Mick has also created a number of local festivals and is involved in not for profit and supporting local charities.