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  • This is Banjo Paterson – Tania McCartney/Christina Booth

    NLA Publishing February 2017 ISBN 9780642278982 RRP $24.99   Those of us of a certain age will most likely have grown up with the ballads of Andrew Barton Paterson. I was fortunate to share a love of the Banjo’s work with my father and would often perform his bush poetry as my ‘party piece’ for Read more

  • A Monster Calls: Special Collector’s Edition (Movie Tie-in) –Patrick Ness {Siobhan Dowd}  . Illustrated by Jim Kay

    ISBN: 9781406365771 Imprint: Walker November 1, 2016 Australian RRP: $34.99 New Zealand RRP: $37.99 I first fell in love with Patrick Ness’ writing with the much acclaimed and prize winning Chaos Walking trilogy. I had not read A Monster Calls until this gorgeous hardback edition, which marks the imminent release of the movie, arrived and I’ve fallen in love Read more

  • Lift the flap fun from Bloomsbury

    Lift-the-flap Friends Dinosaurs – Peter Allen Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781408864166 Publisher: Bloomsbury Imprint: Bloomsbury Child       Lift-the-flap Friends Fairy – Peter Allen Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781408864159 Publisher: Bloomsbury Imprint: Bloomsbury Child Bloomsbury seem to have a special knack for interactive books and these two lift-the-flaps will be very well received by Read more

  • Push! Dig! Scoop! ; a construction counting rhyme – Rhonda Gowler Greene/Daniel Kirk

    Allen & Unwin Push! Dig! Scoop! ; a construction counting rhyme – Rhonda Gowler Greene/Daniel Kirk Allen & Unwin November 2016 Imprint: Bloomsbury Children’s ISBN: 9781408881668 RRP $9.99   What a darling book! I’m fascinated to learn that the author has been an elementary teacher for learning disabled children. She knows her stuff for sure. Read more

  • Return of the Dinosaurs _- Bronwyn Houston Magabala Books November 2016 ISBN:9781925360370 RRP $17.99 Over the years as a teacher-librarian I’ve probably lost count of the number of dinosaur books, both factual and fictional, I’ve seen or read or bought or circulated. This is the first one I have ever seen which incorporates an awareness Read more

  • Happy Holidays for Everyone (especially parents!)

    Here in Queensland, the independent schools broke up over a week ago and the state schools finished up last Friday. I can guarantee that there are already kids complaining about being bored!  Any of these will stop them in their tracks.   The Arty Book – Nikalas Catlow, David Sinden Bloomsbury September 2016 ISBN: 9781408870662 Imprint: Read more

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