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  • Clancy of the Overflow (The Matilda Saga #9) – Jackie French

    Harper Collins October 2019 ISBN: 9781460754771 ISBN 10: 1460754778 Imprint: HarperCollins – AU List Price: 29.99 AUD This little hobby of mine has brought me so much richness. I’m able to read the newest titles from so many fabulous creators. But as you probably have realised I stand in complete awe of our maven of literature for children, teens Read more

  • Final Storm – Deborah Abela

    Penguin August 2019 ISBN: 9780143794462 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $16.99 When Deborah Abela started her ‘cranky climate change’ series it was because she was prompted to do so by the refusal of world governments to take action against the obvious and dangerous climatic changes threatening the world as we know it. A decade after the publication of Grimsdon our Read more

  • Flights of Fancy: stories, pictures and inspiration from ten Children’s Laureates 😉

    Walker Books, April 2019, 80 pp., $27.99 (hbk), ISBN 9781403687858 Quentin Blake, Anne Fine, Michael Morpurgo, Jacqueline Wilson, Michael Rosen, Anthony Browne, Julia Donaldson, Malorie Blackman, Chris Riddell, Lauren Child. Naturally we are not the only ones to celebrate our creators of extraordinary children’s books and this compilation is a real treat. The above authors, Read more

  • Story Time Stars: Favourite Characters from Australian Picture Books – Stephanie Owen Reeder

    NLA September 2019 ISBN:   9780642279408 RRP: $24.99   During the week the Story Time: Australian Children’s Literature exhibition was officially opened at the National Library of Australia. Judging by the photos posted by many friends it was a superb occasion with the glitterati of our children’s literary creators and supporters in attendance. To commemorate this special Read more

  • …and the Three Little Pigs…

    Me and my amazeballs library team! Read more

  • Jinxed! The Curious Curse of Cora Bell (Book #1) – Rebecca McRitchie

    Harper Collins August 2019 ISBN: 9781460780169 ISBN 10: 1460780167 RRP: $17.99 Sometimes you pick up a book and it just sparkles! Young Cora is an orphan who was found and raised by elderly Dot. She’d lost an eye with a resulting nasty scar and has a mysterious special bracelet. Dot and Cora are collectors in the virtually Read more

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