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The First Tackle: Girls with Game – Rikki-Lee Arnold
Wombat Books March 2022 SKU: 9781761110818 RRP $14.99 Speaking from the point of view of the primary school girl who loved rugby league with a passion – and played before school and every break time with some equally determined girls, I absolutely loved this book. Back in my day it really was unheard of for girls Read more
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Seven Days- Fleur Ferris
Penguin Australia May 2022 ISBN: 9781761043352 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $16.99 I really do love a good countdown action/adventure and Fleur Ferris has brought her masterful manipulation of tension into a fantastic new narrative for middle school readers. In similar fashion to her hugely successful and popular suspenseful stories for YA kiddos, this one follows a cracking pace from Read more
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Gus and the Starlight – Victoria Carless
Harper Collins May 2022 ISBN: 9781460760642 ISBN 10: 1460760646 Imprint: HarperCollins AU List Price: 16.99 AUD This is such a completely fresh take on both family stories and ghost stories. It is charming, poignant and thoroughly engaging for readers from around mid-primary to lower secondary. Gus is tired of moving house and never belonging anywhere. It’s the reason she Read more
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The Boy Who Hatched Monsters- T. C. Shelley
Bloomsbury Publishing March 2022 ISBN 9781526600790 Imprint Bloomsbury Children’s Books RRP: $14.99 Sam, half monster/half fairy, has not only that secret to keep but many others. For example, there’s the one about his pack – the gargoyles who protect him, and the one about his school friends, the shape shifters who can change into dogs Read more
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Bug Hunt: a lift-and-learn book
Penguin Australia April 2022 ISBN: 9780241553503 Imprint: Puffin Format: Board Book RRP: $14.99 Your littlest readers are going to love this. Every page is pure classic Carle and the fact that there are several flaps on each spread will just send them into paroxysms of squealing joy. Aside from finding the mini-critters, you can focus on some prepositions and Read more
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