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  • Mr Chicken Arriva a Roma – Leigh Hobbs

    ISBN: 9781925266771 Publisher: Allen & Unwin Imprint: A & U Children  September 2016 $24.99   Ben venuto caro Signore Pollo! Mi sei mancato! Everyone’s favourite fowl, renowned for his international travel, is back to give us true insight into another marvellous metropolis. Mr Chicken has graced both Paris and London and shown us all their Read more

  • Friday Barnes #5 The Plot Thickens – R. A. Spratt

    9780857989932 August 1, 2016 Random House Australia Children’s   RRP $15.99 I have some readers who have been driving us mad in the library waiting and waiting on a new Friday Barnes fix – and here it is! Friday’s at her best solving mysteries, uncovering truth, being a complete dork and antagonising people in this Read more

  • The Hero Maker: A Biography of Paul Brickhill

    The Hero Maker: A Biography of Paul Brickhill The Australian behind the legendary stories The Dam Busters, The Great Escape and Reach for the Sky By Stephen Dando-Collins Penguin Random House ISBN 9780857988126 August 29, 2016 Imprint : Vintage Australia RRP: $34.99   As the daughter of a Lancaster wireless operator/air gunner growing up in the Read more

  • Mulga’s Magical Musical Creatures – Mulga

    Hachette Australia ISBN: 9780734416711 Publication date: 27 Sep 2016 Imprint: Lothian Children’s Books RRP $19.99   What a joyous riotous romp through the creative process of a musician! A dream of all kinds of animals playing every type of instruments inspires a musician to write a new performance piece.   There is so much to genuinely like about Read more

  • The Book That Made Me – Edited by Judith Ridge

    ISBN: 9781922244888 Imprint: WALKER BOOKS AUST Release Date: September 1, 2016 Australian RRP: $19.99 New Zealand RRP: $22.99 Although the publishers suggest an age range of 14 up I feel that it is going to be adults who will enjoy this most. Judith Ridge has compiled a wonderful collection of anecdotes from thirty-two of Australia’s leading storytellers.  Each describes the Read more

  • Snow White: a graphic novel – Matt Phelan

      Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9780763672331 Imprint: CWP HARDBACK Australian RRP: $27.99 New Zealand RRP: $29.99 Traditional fairytales continue as such a rich source for adaptations, retellings and reworkings that one is often amazed that anyone can come up with a new approach. Acclaimed graphic novel creator Matt Phelan has proven that it is very possible to revitalise such Read more

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