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  • Wishyouwas: The Tiny Guardian of Lost Letters – Alexandra Page. Illustrated by Penny Neville-Lee.

    Bloomsbury Published 02 Nov 2021 Format Paperback Edition 1st Extent 288 ISBN 9781526641915 Imprint Bloomsbury Children’s Books Dimensions 198 x 129 mm Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing RRP $14.99 Every now and then a book comes along that is just so utterly charming that it nestles straight into your heart immediately. It doesn’t happen very often but Read more

  • The Curiosities – Zana Fraillon/Phil Lesnie

    Hachette SEP 29, 2021 | 9780734417848 | RRP $26.99 Imprint: Lothian Books This is a sophisticated book in all senses so my inclination is that it is more suitable for sharing with older children, with whom one would be able to fully explore and unpack the subtleties both written and visual. Indeed, the teachers’ resources file is full of Read more

  • Toy Mountain – Stef Gemmill and Katharine Hall

    Exisle Publishing  9781925820966 EK Books RRP: $24.99 With Christmas literally around the corner this is a timely reminder about promoting sustainability, moderating our consumerism and caring for both our belongings and our earth. Sam has much-loved toys with which to play and share with baby Max, some of them being handed down from his grandma Read more

  • 2021 in the SRC

    This was my second year as Head of Library Services and so time to really start making my mark. I introduced a number of groups last year: ChocLit (our book group), PotterHeads (for all the HP nutters like me) and this year added a Lego Builders which has had a small but very dedicated group Read more

  • Shadowghast – Thomas Taylor

    Walker Books Australia September 2021 ISBN: 9781406386301Imprint: WalkerAustralian RRP: $17.99New Zealand RRP: $19.99 It’s back to Eerie-on-Sea for another cracking and creepy mystery. In this new adventure a seriously spooky magician arrives in town, accompanied by henchmen, and purports to be Herbie’s long-lost aunt. She seems to enthrall the boy but his friend and ally, Violet, is far from Read more

  • Windswept & Interesting: my autobiography – Sir Billy Connolly

    Hachette Australia OCT 12, 2021 | 9781529318265 | RRP $49.99 One might think that after so much has been written and shared about hi, that the man himself would not have much more to add, but not so. Because aside from the recollections and anecdotes, it is Billy’s innate gleeful humour that lifts this beyond straight autobiography to become Read more

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