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The Happy Prisoner – Monica Dickens
First published in 1946 I originally read this when a friend gave me a copy as a birthday gift many (many!) years ago. I loved it so much and re-read it so often that the paperback disintegrated over time and was reluctantly abandoned. A few weeks ago the wonderful Pat Pledger of ReadPlus invited Read more
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His Name was Walter – Emily Rodda
Harper Collins Australia March 2020 ISBN: 9781460756195 ISBN 10: 1460756193 Imprint: HarperCollins – AU List Price: 17.99 AUD Back in October 2018 I had the immense privilege of reviewing Emily Rodda’s new book His Name was Walter and immediately fell in love with it. I promoted it heavily with my kiddos and was very excited to be one of Read more
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What Stars Are Made Of – Sarah Allen
Penguin Random House April 2020 ISBN: 9780241427965 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $14.99 This is just a wonderful heart-warming book on many levels and has introduced me to not only a new author but new information. Libby Malone is 12 years old and passionate about science so much so that she wants to be a scientist when she grows up. Read more
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The Book of Chance – Sue Whiting
Walker Books Australia April 2020 ISBN: 9781760651367 Imprint: Walker Books Australia Australian RRP: $17.99 New Zealand RRP: $19.99 For Chance Callahan life has always been simple and straightforward. She and her mum and her dog, Tige, have a happy existence with their almost-family next door including Chance’s best friend Alek. The two girls are about to start second term Read more
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Fantastically Great Women Who Saved the Planet – Kate Pankhurst
Bloomsbury Australia March 2020 ISBN:9781408899298 Imprint: Bloomsbury Children’s Books RRP: $14.99 Emmeline Pankhurst must look over her descendant Kate very proudly as she brings to light the stories of so many ‘mighty girls’ to young readers. In this, the third in her series, Kate informs her audience of such outstanding and well-known environmentalists as Jane Read more
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Scribbly Gum Secrets – Dannika Patterson and Megan Forward
Ford St Publishing April 2020 ISBN: 9781925804485 RRP: $16.99 Exactly a month ago today I had the great pleasure of meeting both Dannika and Megan at Booklinks’ Romancing the Stars event held at Iona College – the last gathering before our social lives were turned completely upside down – and the joy of them both telling Read more
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