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  • The Poesy Ring: a love story – Bob Graham

    Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9781406378276 Imprint: Walker Release Date: November 1, 2017 Australian RRP: $24.99 New Zealand RRP: $27.99\   This one had slipped through the cracks but certainly not by intention! I love Bob Graham’s books and this one is no exception. It is the story of the travels of one Irish poesy ring from the time it left Read more

  • I am Out with Lanterns – Emily Gale

    Penguin Random House 9780143782766 July 30, 2018 Random House Australia Children’s RRP $17.99 One of us is in the dark.  One of us is a bully. One of us wants to be understood. One of us loves a girl who loves another. One of us remembers the past as if it just happened. One of Read more

  • House of Dreams: The Life of L. M. Montgomery –  Liz Rosenberg. Illustrated by Julie Morstad

    Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9780763660574 Imprint: Candlewick Release Date: August 1, 2018 Australian RRP: $19.99 New Zealand RRP: $22.99 This year marks the 110th anniversary of the publication of Anne of Green Gables and what more fitting way to celebrate the author who brought so many thousands of readers such a memorable cast of characters than a brand new biography. Read more

  • The Girls’ Guide to Growing Up Great: Changing Bodies, Periods, Relationships, Life Online

    –  Sophie Elkan with Laura Chaisty & Dr Maddy Podichetty. Illustrated by Flo Perry Bloomsbury Australia June 2018 Imprint: Green Tree ISBN 978147294374 RRP $22.99 Navigating through puberty is no easy ask and often it seems tweens heading into teens can be quite overwhelmed despite all intentions to help them be informed and comfortable. For Read more

  • The Peski Kids #1: The Mystery of the Squashed Cockroach – R. A. Spratt

    Penguin Random House 9780143788812 July 30, 2018 Puffin   $16.99   There were many sad faces in my library when I reported that the Friday Barnes series had come to an end (including mine) but there was the consolation that R. A. Spratt was working on a new series. And here it is! And it’s Read more

  • Mr Bambuckle’s Remarkables #4: Go Wild – Tim Harris

    Penguin Random House 9780143789024 September 3, 2018 Random House Australia Children’s RRP : $14.99   Being curled up and cosy with a steaming cup of Himalayan tea – what could be better? If you have the new adventure of Mr B and 12B to make you laugh, of course. The class camp is going to Read more

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