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Awash – Marg Gibbs/Sandra Severgnini
Picture Book – full colourPublished – M J Gibbs, 2025Illustrated by – Sandra Severgnini$28.00 Ages – 3-7 yearsTeachers Notes available from the author – m.j.gibbs@bigpond.com It’s always a pleasure to review for ‘local’ creators. Author Marg Gibbs as well as illustrator Sandra Severgnini, I have been fortunate to meet. Both are Sunshine Coast/Hinterland based which Read more
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Find Me on the Coast – Jess McGeachin
Hachette Australia July 2025 Imprint: Lothian Children’s Books | 9780734423634 | RRP $29.99 ‘Let’s walk down a winding path to where the sand meets the sea’ We certainly love our proximity to the ocean, whether here at home – a five minute walk away or when we take a little trip up the coast, an hour’s drive away. Read more
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Don’t Trust Fish – Neil Sharpson. Dan Santat.
Penguin Australia April 2025 What happens when you blend non-fiction with narrative with absurdist humour? In this instance, you get Don’t Trust Fish – which is a book that will make all kiddos and adults alike laugh out loud because of the sheer anarchic ridiculousness of it all. It is SO my kind of book! Read more
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Piranhas Don’t Eat Bananas: 10th Anniversary – Aaron Blabey
Scholastic Australia September 2025 ISBN: 9781761528903 RRP: $19.99 This has long been one of my favourite read-alouds and, certainly, my favourite Aaron Blabey book. I have such great memories of sharing it the year it came out with The Kid, in that first year she was living with me [and we so often needed to Read more
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Some Fishyness swimming this way
Just as I had acquired a stack of birdy books and featured them a few weeks ago, now, because I’ve had ocean and fishy books piling up, figure that for the next theme that should be the go with the flow. So swim right on up and check out these titles – many very new, Read more
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