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Begin Again: The Story of How We Got Here and Where We Might Go – Our Human Story. So Far. – Oliver Jeffers
Harper Collins Australia November 2023 ISBN: 9780008579593 ISBN 10: 0008579598 Imprint: HarperCollins GB RRP: $29.99 Oh yes, I know it’s taken me some time to get to this one, but it was quite deliberate. I’d heard a lot about it – though I haven’t read any actual reviews. I knew it was going to be profound and powerful,… Read more
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Leo and Ralph – Peter Carnavas
UQ Press February 2024 ISBN: 9780702266218 RRP: $16.99 I did have to wait a while to get my hands on this one, but thank you UQP for allowing me to do so at last 🙏. Not only because Peter is a ‘local’, and I’ve had the good fortune to meet with him, but because his… Read more
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The Daredevil Princess and the Fire Dragon: #3 – Belinda Murrell. Illustrated by Rebecca Crane.
Penguin Australia ISBN: 9781761340468 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $14.99 Princess Tillie and Honeyblossom are back in another exciting mystery/adventure, this time with a very large, very pink and very grumpy dragon with which to deal. Yet again, there is trouble in the Queendom when suddenly all the water begins to dry up – wells, fountains, animal troughs, the castle… Read more
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Spot Bakes a Cake – Eric Hill
Penguin Australia June 2024 ISBN: 9780241638842 Imprint: Puffin Format: Board Book RRP: $14.99 Spot Bakes a Cake was first published in 2008 and has been both a paperback and a board book. Now this new edition of the board book will continue to bring joy to Smalls. It’s Dad’s birthday, so Mum and Spot make a delicious cake… Read more
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Thank You: how to turn a grey day into a Yay day – Josh Langley
Big Sky Publishing May 2024 LIST PRICE: AU$ 14.99 / NZ$ 17.99 I am grateful for the beach. I am grateful for The Kid. I am grateful for mangoes. I am grateful for our cat, even if she’s snarky. I am grateful for books. I am especially grateful for Josh Langley’s books… and this new… Read more
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A Small Collection of Happinesses: : A tale of loneliness, grumpiness and one extraordinary friendship – Zana Fraillon. Illustrated by Stephen Michael King.
Hachette Australia May 2024 Imprint: Lothian ISBN: 9780734422989 RRP: $14.99 Hettie is a smallish girl with a biggish imagination. She also has a biggish personality, that much is evident from the first pages of this new very different, somewhat off-beat new Zana Fraillon middle grade novel. She lives in a very unprepossessing block of flats,… Read more
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