Book Review of Playing the Cards You’re Dealt The Children’s Book Review Written by Varian Johnson Age Range: 8-12 Publisher: Scholastic | ISBN: 9781338348538 What to Expect: Family, gambling, friendship, masculinity, Black culture Written from the semi-omnipotent perspective of an unknown Joplin man, Playing the Cards You’re Dealt is a funny, moving, and thought-provoking exploration of both growing up and right and wrong. Ant has a lot to worry about for a ten-year-old. Like whether his dad is a secret gambler and drinker, whether his best friend’s mom is going to come back home this time, and whether that tingly feeling…
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Carclew House Tours and Activities. Every year as part of South Australia’s History Festival, Carclew swings open its doors for tours of the house and grounds. Learn about the links this iconic manor has to significant figures in South Australian history while touring the house and participating in family-friendly activities. Carclew House was built on Kaurna Land in 1897 and over the years transformed into a youth arts organisation. This year, the event organisers are combining their history tours with interactive activities for the whole family. History tours are guided by Carclew’s emerging artists and include arts activities so kids…
/ Shows / The 51% Issued on: 05/05/2023 – 15:36 12:36 THE 51 PERCENT © Reuters As fighting continues in Sudan between two military factions, tens of thousands have been forced to flee their homes with aid workers warning women and children are being disproportionately affected by the violence. Also with the UN saying it will take us close to 300 years until the world reaches gender parity, Annette Young talks to Anita Bhatia who’s just finished her term as the UN Women’s Deputy Director on how women’s rights are facing a global backlash. Plus being a Barbie doll in…
Issued on: 05/05/2023 – 16:15 Mali’s ruling junta announced Friday a referendum on a new constitution would be held in the west African nation on June 18. Government spokesman colonel Abdoulaye Maiga read out a decree on state television saying the country was called upon “to decide on the Constitution project” in June, after missing a previous deadline of March 19.The new constitution is the first major step in plans the military has invoked to justify continuing to govern until 2024 following the overthrow of former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in August 2020.Elections are due to be held in February…
In the first days of Sudan’s war, the two university students felt helpless.They locked themselves into their apartment in the capital, Khartoum, glued to Twitter as the battle unfolded. They winced as the walls shuddered from blasts and gunfire, taking shelter in the corridor. They wondered where Sudan was going.On the fifth day, April 19, the phone rang: Someone needed a taxi.A senior United Nations official, a woman in her 40s, was trapped inside her home in an upscale neighborhood, the caller explained. Her situation was desperate. Pickup trucks mounted with machine guns stood outside her building, firing at warplanes…
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City Lights – Illuminate Adelaide FREE Family Friendly Event Illuminate Adelaide’s biggest free program of art, light and technology returns with a new series of immersive installations, artworks and large-scale activations set to turn Adelaide’s most iconic streetscapes into a high-tech night-time playground of colour and sound. Open, accessible, and running nightly from 7 July, Illuminate Adelaide’s flagship centrepiece invites the young and young at heart to explore our beautiful city in a surprising and playful new light. Across Adelaide’s north, east and west precincts, City Lights takes in beloved cultural institutions, iconic heritage architecture and secret hidden treasures to curate a…
Book Review of Ready… Set… Frog! Sponsored | All opinions are our ownThe Children’s Book Review Written by Katharine Mitropoulos Illustrated by Laura Watson Ages 4+ | 40 Pages Publisher: Set Sail Press | ISBN-13: 9788987462607 What to Expect: Practice, helping others, competition, friends With so many stories emphasizing being kind, helping others, and supporting your community, young people sometimes don’t often hear enough that it’s okay to say “no” sometimes. Frogathon Spots (Frog for short) loves challenges. When his mom tells him an obstacle course will be at the neighborhood fair this year, Frog is determined to practice and…
What’s on in Adelaide for Mother’s Day – Sunday 14 May 2023 Mother’s Day gift ideas and family-friendly activities to show Mum how much you care. We think Mums everywhere deserve some extra love and attention on Mother’s Day to show how much they are loved and appreciated. Take the time to find out what that special Mum or female role model in your life would love most, or drop a hint to those who never quite know what to get you! If you want to head outdoors to enjoy time with family, perhaps a visit to your local…
Torrential rains and flooding in Rwanda have killed at least 129 people this week…with reports the toll could rise still further. A search and rescue operation is underway. The extreme weather began last week, when heavy rains triggered mudslides that washed away homes and left some roads inacessible. The Rwanda Weather Agency has warned that more rain is coming. FRANCE 24’s Charli James tells us more.