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  • Introducing Teddy: a story about being yourself – Jessica Walton illustrated by Dougal MacPherson

      Allen & Unwin Australia ISBN: 9781408877630 Publisher: Bloomsbury Imprint: Bloomsbury Child Pub Date: June 2016   This is a really lovely, though unexpected story. Errol and his teddy Thomas are the very best of friends who do many fun everyday things together – riding bikes, eating sandwiches in their tree-house or having tea parties. Read more

  • Super Sports Stories for Kids – Patrick Loughlin/illustrated by James Hart

    ISBN: 9780857989666 RRP $14.99 Published: 01/12/2015 Imprint: Random House Australia Children’s     Your sporty kids, particularly those who have enjoyed the Billy Slater footy series and the Glenn Maxwell cricket series, will love this collection of stories from Patrick Loughlin. There’s Robbie and Bradley who both want to win their 200 metre final but are a little Read more

  • A Beginner’s Guide to Bear Spotting – Michelle Robinson/David Roberts

    Published: March 2016 ISBN: 9781681190266 Imprint: Bloomsbury USA Childrens RRP $22.99 We all know that kids love offbeat humour and this is certainly a book that will tick that box. Bear spotting is a tricky business so if you’re going searching you need to be prepared with all the information required.   For example did Read more

  • I Knew You Were Trouble A Jessie Jefferson Novel By Paige Toon

      Simon & Schuster Children’s UK | 336 pages | ISBN 9781471118807 | November 2015 List Price AU$ 16.99 NZ$ 18.99   The second in a series this is a light read for your senior girl readers. Full to the brim of parties, jetset lifestyles, rock and roll and hot boys this will appeal to Read more

  • Somebody Stop Ivy Pocket – Caleb Krisp/illustrated by John Kelly

    ISBN:9781408858677 Publisher:Bloomsbury Imprint:Bloomsbury Child June 2016 RRP $14.99 That irritating and insufferable Ivy, Child Blunder extraordinaire, is back with another hair and eyebrow raising adventure. Half dead and now living with a sinister and secretive pair of undertakers who purport to be her new ‘parents’, Ivy is on a mission to save her dead friend Read more

  • Kiss It Better -Smriti Prasadam-Halls, illustrated by Sarah Massini

    Allen & Unwin ISBN:9781408845622 Publisher:Bloomsbury Imprint:Bloomsbury Child Pub Date:February 2016 $22.99   Everybody needs kisses. In our house there are plenty to share for any reason or none at all. This charming book shares the special sweetness of family kisses for young readers with a lilting rhyming text and a gorgeous family of bears. Little Read more

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