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This Bird: noticing our urban birds – Astred Hicks. With Holly Parsons.
CSIRO Publishing August 2025 ISBN: 9781486318452 RRP: $26.99 It’s another wonderful title from CSIRO and yes! more birds! I talked a little about our backyard birds in a previous post but we also have our birds along the shore within a minutes’ walk. The regulars are: Australian and Little Pied Cormorants, welcome swallows, pelicans, oyster Read more
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We interrupt this programme..
Nothing to do with birds at all but pretty pleased about two upcoming events – one happening sooner than the other……. On Saturday 6th September I’m presenting on Bibliotherapy at this year’s ALIA New Librarians Symposium – yayy! And my first book (the one I wrote last year) is still a long way off but Read more
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The Great Dawn Choir – Sarah Speedie. Illustrated by Cindy Lane
CSIRO Publishing August 2025 ISBN: 9781486318339 RRP: $26.99 We may not live in the ‘bush’ as I’ve heard some proudly describe their location [while at the same time moaning about the lack of facilities, phone signal and more] but that doesn’t mean in the slightest that we do not have our fair share of wildlife, Read more
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Bin Chicken Goes for Gold – Kate and Jol Temple. Illustrated by Ronojoy Ghosh
Scholastic Australia March 2025 ISBN: 9781760268275 RRP: $19.99 To follow up on the first of this week of birdie books, it’s another Queenslander. Yes, I know ibis are found elsewhere but these are so iconically Queensland that there is a strong push for them to be the Brisbane Olympics official mascot. We generally have at least Read more
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Cassowary Dad – Beverley McWilliams. Illustrated by Julian Teh.
CSIRO Publishing February 2025 ISBN: 9781486317578 $26.99 To kick off the week of birds [yes intentional!], and so close to Fathers Day, what better choice than our own Queenslander and largest of the cassowary species – the Southern Cassowary, daddy extraordinaire! You know it’s top shelf when it comes from the CSIRO, and Beverley McWilliams Read more
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Birdie Num Nums…
Peter Sellers may have coined it but I’ve used it for a gazillion years to mean anything from edible goodies to just special things in general. Seems appropriate in this context as I have a stash of bird books to share over the next week or so. It’s still a way off for this year’s Read more
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