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  • 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

  • Funny Kid Prank Ninjas [Funny Kid #10] – Matt Stanton

    Harper Collins September 2021 ISBN: 9780733340628 ISBN 10: 0733340628 Imprint: ABC Books AU List Price: 14.99 AUD I freely admit it. I’m not a huge fan of the many comic mega-series. They always seem to me to be very formulaic and same-same BUT I never find that in Matt’s books. Each Funny Kid I have read has provided delicious Read more

  • Girls Change the Game – Gabrielle Gloury/Michael Hyde

    Ford St Publishing April 2020 ISBN: 9781925804492 RRP: $14.99 Although the women’s version of Aussie Rules has been around since the early 20th century with regular competitions and state leagues being established over the years it wasn’t until 2017 that women’s AFL first became professionalised at a national level. Now with more 2 million viewers/followers, Read more

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