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  • Main Abija My Grandad – Karen Rogers

    Allen & Unwin 16 March 2021 ISBN:9781760526030 Publisher: A&U Children’s Imprint: A & U Children RRP: $24.99 ‘Dijan buk gada ola memri ai bin abum gada main abija from wen ai bin lilgel til imin libu wi. Imin titjim mi loda tings bla koltja en bla kantri. Mi hepi ba pasim det stori la main Read more

  • Hello and Welcome – Gregg Dreise

    Penguin Australia March 2021 ISBN: 9781760898328 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $24.99 With absolutely spot-on timing for Harmony Day 2021, multi-talented Gregg Dreise’s new book – which is a stunning companion to My Culture and Me – once again celebrates our First Australian people. In joyful celebration, as all are welcomed to corroboree, this gorgeous book provides insight and understanding Read more

  • Early One Morning – Mem Fox. Illustrated by Christine Davenier

    Penguin Australia March 2021 ISBN: 9781761040030 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $19.99 It’s always a delight to see a new Mem Fox book and this one for very little people is no exception. Your littlest humans will thoroughly enjoy this little boy’s mission to collect his breakfast, as he walks around the farm in search of the source. There is Read more

  • Cuckoo’s Flight – Wendy Orr

    Allen & Unwin March 2021 ISBN: 9781760524913 RRP: $16.99 Wendy Orr continues her stunning and intriguing sequence of books set in ancient Crete, now focused on Leira’s granddaughter, Clio. In this companion book to Swallow’s Dance and Dragonfly Song, daily life is in turmoil as the ever-increasing threat of invaders pervades the village and its Read more

  • Bad Habits – Flynn Meaney

    Penguin Australia February 2021 ISBN: 9780241407196 Imprint: Penguin Format: Paperback RRP: $16.99 Hands down, this is the funniest and most enjoyable YA novel I’ve read in ages! Naturally, the super stunning cover is a real drawcard but when I tell you that I’ve ripped through it over just the last couple of nights, you can guess it was just Read more

  • Penguin Bloom Young Readers’ Edition – Chris Kunz, Harry Cripps, Shaun Grant

    Harper Collins Australia January 2021 ISBN: 9780733341670 ISBN 10: 0733341675 Imprint: ABC Books – AU List Price: 14.99 AUD Unless you were in some kind of mystical retreat with no access to outside communication, you could not have missed one of the summer’s biggest cinema releases, Penguin Bloom, based on the real-life story of Sam Bloom. Sam’s story, and Read more

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