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We’re going on an adventure!
The Kid and I are off to Adelaide just for a few days, while she has a break from TAFE. It’s another opportunity to give her a sneak peek of a part of our beautiful country she doesn’t know. I’ve been to Adelaide a few times and looking forward to re-visiting after a decade. I’m… Read more
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Cheese! – Felice Arena. Illustrated by Beatrice Cerocchi.
Affirm Press September 2024 AUD RRP $22.99 ISBN 9781922992833 Did someone say cheese? Yes, please! Some Brie? Mais oui! Ooh la la, how fancy! Don’t forget the smelly ones: There are quite a few! Stilton, Limburger and Stinking Bishop, too. First da pasta, now da cheese! Of course! one can’t have the one without the… Read more
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The 113th Assistant Librarian – Stuart Wilson
Penguin Australia October 2024 ISBN: 9781761342257 Imprint: Penguin RRP: $19.99 When you get an ARC all wrapped up pretty just like a birthday present, you can be pretty sure it’s going to be an exciting surprise inside and so it was. I mean to say, how could they possibly go wrong sending me something called this with a… Read more
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Jy Goes for Gold (Kimberley Kickers, #1) – Carl Merrison/Hakea Hustler. Illustrated by Samantha Campbell
Harper Collins Australia September 2024 ISBN: 9781460765074 ISBN 10: 1460765079 Imprint: HarperCollins AU RRP: $15.99 It was a strange bit of serendipity when two days after posting my Q&A with Carl Merrison, in which he mentioned this new series, I was asked to write teaching notes for this first one [despite the fact that “you are a NRL… Read more
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Flora: Australia’s Most Curious Plants – Tania McCartney
National Library of Australia October 2024 9781922507716 /AUD$29.99, NZD$34.99 Try some Flora puzzles! Watch a Waratah bloom via Tania’s skills I have watched the development of this stunning companion to Fauna for months now and have eagerly anticipated its arrival. And how very beautiful it is – of course! With the meticulous attention to detail we… Read more
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Happy Millionth Birthday – R. W. R. McDonald – Alexandra Colombo
Larrikin House July 2024 Distributed by Simon & Schuster ISBN13: 9781922804631 RRP: AU$ 24.99 / NZ$ 27.99 There probably isn’t a child alive who hasn’t enjoyed their birthday celebrations so much, that they have wished it could be their birthday every day. But what if….? And that’s exactly what happens in this humorous look at… Read more
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