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  • 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

  • Grandparents are the Bomb!

      Random House Australia Of course I can be a little smug since Small so often tells me  lovingly that I am ‘the best Gran in the whole world’. This little person and I have always had such a close bond and that was made even closer when Mummy became so critically ill and K Read more

  • The Adventures of Alfie Onion – Vivian French: illustrated by Matra Kissi

          Walker Books   Imprint: WALKER PAPERBACK   ISBN: 9781406363104 Published: 05 May 2016 Price: $14.99   Fractured fairytales are a popular writing task in many schools. In the past week the secondary girls in my ‘home’ school are writing them and in one of the local primaries in which I did a supply Read more

  • Meet…series – new titles

      This fabulous series of biographies of outstanding Australians in a picture book format for younger readers continues with these terrific two new titles. Meet… Nellie Melba – Janeen Brian/Claire Murphy ISBN: 9780143780298 Published: 01/08/2016 Imprint: Random House Australia Children’s   RRP $24.99 Our first international classical singing sensation and the toast of world audiences as well as Read more

  • Woot! An arvo with Nick Falk & Tony Flowers

    Megan’s fabulous themed cupcakes – Hostess with the Mostest! What a blast! Lots of laughing from kids and grown ups alike. So much fun to catch up with Megan Daley  in her delightful library, the amazing Zoe Bechara from Random House Australia and the lovely Louise Brooks! Read more

  • Amped! Carving it up with DC Green – a blog Q&A that’s choka!

    Ohmigosh! Q&A with the wonderful DC Green – grommet, writer, entertainer, cat-herder, friend, guy with panache…………..and all round Good Guy. Tell us about the young DC – what were you like as a kid, what did you like doing, where you grew up, how naughty you were? Young DC would be devastated to learn that Read more

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