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Seeds – Carme Lenniscates
Candlewick Press March 2020 Imprint: Candlewick Studio ISBN 9781536208443 Another timely book – certainly for us – as we’ve been re-invigorating and re-planting our veggie patch after a long hot summer. Magical seeds are popping up in the propagator on our front verandah waiting until they are sturdy enough to be planted out in the Read more
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The Astronaut’s Cat – Tohby Riddle
Allen & Unwin March 2020 ISBN 9781760524944 RRP: $24.99 Tohby Riddle comments that he could not have predicted just how apt his new book would be given our current circumstances but it really is going to be a perfect story to share and discuss with your readers. Given how many cats have come and gone Read more
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To the Bridge – Corinne Fenton. Illustrated by Andrew McLean
Walker Books Australia April 2020 ISBN: 9781925126822 Imprint: Walker Books Australia Australian RRP: $26.99 New Zealand RRP: $29.99 If ever there was a story to inspire kids to follow their dreams this surely has to be one that is right up there with the best. In our modern world it seems completely unbelievable that a nine-year-old boy and his Read more
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I Need a Parrot – Chris McKimmie
Ford St Publishing September 2019 9781925804287 RRP: $24.95 Another one that got missed on my review shelves which of course is completely remiss of me as it is both a Notable and a Short List title in the 2020 CBCA Awards list. I think we’ve all been there. When the kid repeatedly asks for a Read more
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Roly Poly – Mem Fox/Jane Dyer
Penguin Random House November 2019 ISBN: 9781760896348 Imprint: Puffin Format: Hardback RRP: $19.99 This is just adorable! Of course Mem’s story about the arrival of a little usurper in the family is just delightful and will resonate with so many small children but aside from that. those glorious illustrations! They remind me so much of Jeannie Baker’s Polar Read more
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Taking the Lead – David Hill. Illustrated by Phoebe Morris.
Penguin Australia Published: 3 March 2020 ISBN: 9780143774518 Imprint: Picture Puffin RRP: $19.99 It’s no secret that so many of us have the utmost admiration for the remarkable Jacinda Ardern – and no doubt that we not-so-secretly wish we had a leader of her calibre ourselves. This is a ‘Mighty Girl’ book that is so timely as the New Read more
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