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  • Dragon Post – Emma Yarlett

    Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9781406379716 Imprint: Walker October 1, 2018 Australian RRP: $24.99 New Zealand RRP: $27.99 Some might argue that letter writing is a dying skill and in one sense they could be write – oops right. But good communication is more vital than ever and teaching children to write letters of varying formats is not only an Read more

  • The Puffin Book of Summer Stories

    Penguin Random House 9780143793540 October 29, 2018 Puffin   RRP: $29.99 Here’s another beautiful gift book which would delight a little person in your life – just in time for Christmas stockings! Eight simply gorgeous stories are included including some of my very favourites: Summer by June Factor and Alison Lester Max by Marc Martin Grandpa and Read more

  • Favourite Enid Blyton Stories: chosen by Jacqueline Wilson, Michael Morpurgo, Holly Smale and many more…

    By Enid Blyton Illustrated by Mark Beech   Hachette October 2018      ISBN: 9781444948561 RRP: $39.99   Is there anything better than an Enid Blyton book? The answer to that is only when it is a superb new gift book of excerpts and stories especially selected by some of our favourite authors – including our very Read more

  • Ariki and the Giant Shark – Nicola Davies. Illustrated by Nicola Kinnear.

    Walker Books Australia July 2018 ISBN: 9781406369793 Imprint: Walker Australian RRP: $12.99 New Zealand RRP: $14.99 It can be difficult to find fiction that focuses on the Pacific/Polynesian cultures particularly for younger readers but this first book in a new series promises to be rich material for this aspect of HASS as well as being an entertaining mystery/adventure. Ariki Read more

  • Diary of a Wimpy Kid #13 : The Meltdown – Jeff Kinney

    Penguin Random House 9780143309352 October 30, 2018 Puffin RRP: $14.99   There is not much more embarrassing than being an adult of a certain age in public and snort laughing as you read the newest Wimpy Kid book, attracting strange looks from wary observers.  But it does seem to happen to me every time and Read more

  • The Funny Life of Pets – James Campbell and Rob Jones

    Bloomsbury Australia September 2018 ISBN 9781408889947 Imprint: Bloomsbury Children’s Books RRP: $12.99   This book answers all the big questions, like: do sausage dogs eat sausages? Why has my cat done a poo-poo behind my wardrobe? And, how can I persuade my parents to get me a pet? If you have some reluctant readers in Read more

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