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  • Happy Halloween!

    We are preparing for a teen ‘Ween party here but I’ve been saving these titles for today so here we go! Peppa Pig: Peppa’s Spooky Halloween Penguin Australia September 2020 ISBN: 9780241412268 Imprint: Ladybird RRP: $14.99 Peppa and her Pig famiy continue to be firm favourites with little ones and this one will delight them as the Pigs Read more

  • Mind the Gap, Dash & Lily – Rachel Cohn & David Levithan

    Allen & Unwin October 2020 ISBN:9781760526214 Publisher:A&U Children’s Imprint:A & U Children RRP: $19.99 This is my first encounter with Dash and Lily – and I’m in love with them! As it happens I had put this title on our orders list because I liked the sound of it so much – and as it Read more

  • The Body Book – Hannah Alice

    Allen & Unwin July 2020 ISBN:9781788006767 Publisher:Nosy Crow Imprint:Nosy Crow RRP $19.99 So here’s another book about the human body but this one for your younger readers – with considerably less grossness haha! It’s a large format sturdy board book and the see-through body will absolutely entrance readers as they explore each aspect of the Read more

  • The Human Body Survival Guide – George Ivanoff

    Penguin Australia September 2020 ISBN: 9781760896744 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $24.99 As it happens the Kid is looking at the human body for the science component of her home schooling this term. Of course, as the diligent teacher-librarian/gran that I am, I have organised a lot of useful resources for her – none of which will be anywhere near Read more

  • The Fire Star: A Maven & Reeve Mystery- A. L. Tait

    Penguin Australia September 2020 ISBN: 9781760897079 Imprint: Penguin RRP: $16.99 Well-known globally for her adventure series The Mapmaker Chronicles and The Ateban Cipher, A. L. Tait brings another entertaining and engaging series to middle years readers with the introduction of Maven and Reeve. Maven, youngest daughter of an impoverished and dispossessed noble family, is companion and maid to Read more

  • The Tindims of Rubbish Island – Sally Gardner and Lydia Corry

    Harper Collins Australia September 2020 ISBN: 9781838935672 ISBN 10: 1838935673 Imprint: Head Of Zeus – Zehpyr – GB List Price: 12.99 AUD This is not only a terrific story for newly independent readers to enjoy on their own but if your junior classes are planning an environmental or recycling unit this would make a super introduction to some serial Read more

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