Just So Stories

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  • Wolfie: an Unlikely Hero – Deborah Abela/Connah Brecon

    Penguin Random House ISBN 9780143781509 May 1, 2017 Random House Australia Children’s RRP $24.99 One thing I’ve learned in my years of being a teacher-librarian is that all kids, big and little, love fractured fairy tales. Wolfie is fed up with fairy tales promoting the nonsense that wolves are the bad guys. He’s determined to Read more

  • When We Go Camping – Sally Sutton. Illustrated by Cat Chapman

    Walker Books ISBN  9781921977787 Imprint: Walker Books Australia October 1, 2016 Australian RRP: $24.99 New Zealand RRP: $27.99 This is another one that had slipped through the cracks and shouldn’t have! It’s a really fabulous read aloud that will have little ones bouncing in their seats and joining in the choruses.   With lots of rhyming and onomatopoeia Read more

  • Piggy – Trevor Lai

    Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781681190655 Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Imprint: BLM Children’s USA  January 2017 RRP $19.00   What’s not to love about a cute little pig who loves to read so much that he’s never made any friends?  Piggy has always been so immersed in his books and the library that it is almost a Read more

  • Teens – Louise Mack

    Angus & Robertson ISBN: 9781460705469 ISBN 10: 1460705467 Imprint: HarperCollins On Sale: 24/07/2017 List Price: 7.99 AUD In 1897 Angus & Robertson published their first fiction book which was a children’s book describing Australian family and school life – another first. Louise Mack was a contemporary and friend (most of her life) with Ethel Turner and both attended Sydney Girls Read more

  • A First Book of Animals – Nicole Davies

    Walker Books ISBN: 9781406359633 Imprint: Walker October , 2016 Australian RRP: $29.99 New Zealand RRP: $32.99 Divided into five sections: Big and Small, Colours and Shapes, Animal Homes, Animal Babies and Animals in Action, over fifty animals are presented in poems and simply glorious illustrations in this beautiful book. The author is both a biologist and a children’s writer Read more

  • An Artist’s Alphabet – Norman Messenger

    ISBN: 9781406346763 Imprint: Walker Studio October , 2016 Australian RRP: $29.99 New Zealand RRP: $32.99   This is an amazingly beautiful book which unfortunately (with a couple of others, reviews on their way) got waylaid on a shelf under some other more trivial items. Whether this is a gift or a title for your library collection (either primary or Read more

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