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How to Move a Zoo: the incredible true story – Kate Simpson and Owen Swan
Allen & Unwin June 2024 ISBN:9781761180309 Publisher:A&U Children’s Imprint:A & U Children RRP: $24.99 I’m a Sydney girl even though I’ve now lived in Queensland, on and off, for almost forty years, so Taronga Park Zoo and Moore Park are familiar names full of memories of a happy childhood. I was taken to Taronga by… Read more
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The Other Shadow – Tania Ingram
Scholastic Australia July 2024 Imprint: Omnibus Books ISBN: 9781761203251 ISBN-10: 1761203258 RRP: $15.99 Well, we all know that Tania Ingram is a gifted writer, particularly of humorous fiction – just witness the runaway success of Aggie Flea [why, oh why are we not getting more Aggie, I ask?]. With this new MG novel, Tania proves her versatility… Read more
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Mim and the Vicious Vendetta:#5 The Travelling Bookshop- Katrina Nannestad. Illustrated by Cheryl Orsini.
Harper Collins Australia March 2024 ISBN: 9780733343117 ISBN 10: 0733343112 Imprint: ABC Books AU RRP: $16.99 To be honest, Katrina’s books sell themselves, they really don’t need any help from me. In particular, her series like this one which have engaged readers from the outset. Take a horse-drawn ‘bookshop’, a somewhat eccentric bookseller father, an excitable [and possibly… Read more
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Camp Chaos: Willa and Woof # 7 – Jacqueline Harvey. Illustrations by A. Yi
Penguin Australia June 2024 ISBN: 9781761343568 Imprint: Puffin $12.99 Each new Willa and Woof adventure makes me think “Oh this is the best yet!” but, somehow, they just keep coming – and getting better! I really LOVE this one. It makes me, as an adult, think of all the camps I’ve taken kiddos on, both school and… Read more
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Tracks in the Mist: #4 The Adamson Adventures – Sandra Bennett
Rosella Ridge Books June 2024 ISBN: 9780648938240 RRP: $18.00 Sandra Bennett This is the first of this series I’ve read but I definitely enjoyed it, and think your readers would as well, especially those who like a combination of adventure, mystery and family. Although I hadn’t read any of the previous episodes, it wasn’t too… Read more
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