Book Reviews



Hello and welcome to this issue of The Language Dispatch



Book Reviews


Over the past 2 months, I have discovered a series of new and not so new children's books. I have used them all as language therapy texts. I've written reviews for several of the books.

Some of the older books, such as Sniff Snuff Snap and The Deep can be considered classics, whereas others, such as The Boy and The Toy and Night School are recent releases. What connects them is that they are all excellent books to engage children in shared reading, language learning activities.

Please click on the links below to access the reviews.


Book Reviews - Ages 5-6

Sniff, Snuff, Snap by Lynley Dodd.


Why? by Nicolai Popov.


Book Reviews - Ages 7-9

The Boy and the Toy by Sonya Hartnett.


The Deep by Tim Winton.


Book Reviews - Ages 10-12

Night School by Isobelle Carmody.






Speak to you again soon


David Newman
Speech-Language Pathologist


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