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  • Feather [The Twitchers series] – M. G. Leonard

    Walker Australia February 2024 Imprint:Walker Books ISBN13:9781529506112 Australia RRP:$18.99 New Zealand RRP:$21.99 I have loved this series – I guess, firstly, because I’m a bird nerd – but also because the whole friendship aspect, and the teamwork of this bunch of kids working together, each to their own strengths, has been a joy. Although I Read more

  • A Footy Tail – Alex Johnston & Gregg Dreise

    Allen & Unwin October 2023 ISBN: 9781761180316 Publisher: A&U Children’s Imprint: A & U Children RRP: $19.99 When footy season is over, my TV viewing drops dramatically I have to say. And the accompanying stream of texts and posts to fellow fans likewise. I’m a Sydney girl, even though I’ve been in Queensland, on and Read more

  • Bowerbird Blues – Aura Parker

    Publisher:SCHOLASTIC AUSTRALIA PTY LTD December 2023 ISBN : 9781760269609RRP: $19.99 Oh, how I love the sky….And moving throughThe marvellous BLUE What a sensational choice this is for this year’s NSS title!  Aura has created a book that is a magnificent combination of her talents as writer, illustrator and designer, and one which speaks volumes on Read more

  • Louder! – Kate Asquith

    A Guide to Finding Your Voice and Changing the World Harper Collins Australia August 2023 Young activists have made news often in recent years whether they are agitating for climate change, gun reform, LGBQTI+ rights, equality, immigrants/refugees rights, water, ending poverty, and more. And I know that when I talk with children as young as Read more

  • Mermedusa – Thomas Taylor

    Walker Books Book 5 of An Eerie-on-Sea Mystery Series September 2023 ISBN13: 9781529502138 Australia RRP: $17.99 New Zealand RRP: $19.99 When you’ve loved every minute of a series, it’s hard to say goodbye to it. So it is that in reading this fifth and final in the wonderful Eerie-on-Sea sequence, I tried hard to make it Read more

  • 7 Days of Dinner – Adam Liaw

    Easy Recipes From Meat-free Monday to Sunday Roasts Hardie Grant Books October 2023 ISBN: 9781743799765 RRP: $49.99 He had me at best-ever garlic bread! You know that meme about the hardest thing about adulting is trying to think what to have for dinner for the rest of your life? [by the way, watch this – Read more

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