Ben & I spent the weekend in the Barossa Valley…it was a fun little trip, neither of us had been to the Barossa and felt it was due time to go having been in Australia for six months now! Saturday afternoon we visited the Barossa Tourist Centre in Tanunda, and picked up a map….aside from visiting a few wineries for some wine tasting, we were pretty keen to find somewhere picturesque to do a bit of oil painting. Thumbing through the South Australia booklet on the Barossa Valley, we stumbled across this beautiful picture of Bethany Winery, and decided to go exploring to find it!

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These are some of my favourites from my own libary of children’s books… if you live in my area I might even lend them to you if you ask real nice!

Incredible Book Eating Boy Written & Illustrated by Oliver Jeffers Read My Review	The Leaf Men by William Joyce
Written by Jon Scieszka Paintings by Daniel Adel Review : Very funny, brilliantly illustrated	Beatrix Potter’s Nursery Rhyme Book F. Warne & Co.
The Birthday Presents by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell Review : I tear up every time I read this book, thecharacter’s are just so sweet	Harvey Potter’s Balloon Farm by Jeradine Nolen and Mark Buehner Review : Beautifully colorful illustrations
One Gray Mouse by Katherine Burton and Kim Fernandes	Piggies by Audrey Wood and Don Wood
Romeo the Romantic Rat by Carole Tremblay Illustrations by Dominique Jolin	Santa Calls by William Joyce
The Stinky Cheese Man and other Fairly Stupid Tales by John Scieszka and Lane Smith	Tub-boo-boo by Margie Palatini Illustrated by Glin Dibley
Up With Birds! by John Yeoman	The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
“Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories” Six by Seuss A Treasury of Dr. Seuss Classics

Here are a few of my favourite young adult books in my library… I hope to read with my own kids someday!

Novels / Young Adults