I'm the Hong Kong-based children's author of the Chinese Calendar Tales, the Dirty Stories, and Storm Whale. I tour internationally with my books and workshops for primary school aged kids. And I'm passionate about helping kids become literate, literary people in the digital age.
Author: sarahbrennanseriously
Give them bread and circuses
Photo credit. So today we wake with the news that yet another far right politician has achieved success at the polls – Jair Bolsonaro, who has just won the presidential election in Brazil. He promises reform of the economy by …
What do the Tech Founders in Silicon Valley know that we don’t?
Photo credit. It’s long been known that the Waldorf Schools in Silicon Valley – which do not allow access to screens AT ALL in primary school, are stuffed with the children of tech founders and that Steve Jobs was a …
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How Reading Books Can Save the World…Literally!
On Sunday 26th May I gave the Keynote Speech to the ASLA Mini-Conference in Hobart, Tasmania, to over 60 dedicated librarians and library technicians. The theme of the conference was “Get Passionate about Reading” – which anybody who knows me …
Why digital games and screens are NOT good gifts for young kids this festive season!
Hello everyone – I hope you’re all having fun in the run up to the festive season! I guess that in the next week or so, if you haven’t done so already, you’ll be buying gifts for all your nearest …
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