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  • 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

  • Hattie Helps Out – Davina Bell & Jane Godwin/Freya Blackwood

    ISBN:9781743435434 Publisher:Allen & Unwin Imprint:A & U Children Pub Date:March 2016 RRP $24.99   This is a delightful story to which young readers will easily relate. Hattie loves to help out and she thinks she is very good at it. Baby Lottie is not so much of a help but that’s not her fault. One Read more

  • The Family with Two Front Doors – Anna Ciddor

    ISBN:9781925266641 Publisher:Allen & Unwin Imprint:A & U Children Pub Date:March 2016 RRP $14.99   To take one’s own family history and turn it into a delightful, amusing and engaging story takes a real talent. Anna Ciddor has done so with this wonderful tale of family warmth, traditions and insight. Inspired by her grandmother’s stories Anna Read more

  • Blueberry Pancakes Forever – Angelica Banks

    ISBN: 9781760110451 Publisher :Allen & Unwin Imprint: A & U Children Pub Date: June 2016 RRP $15.99   As soon as I opened the package I was bursting to read this third and last instalment in the Tuesday McGillycuddy trilogy. And so I did in one sitting, devouring it as easily and happily as Tuesday Read more

  • Stanley the Amazing Knitting Cat – Emily McKenzie

    Category:Picture books ISBN:9781408860489 Allen & Unwin Publisher:Bloomsbury Imprint:Bloomsbury Child Pub Date:February 2016 RRP $15.99 Stanley is most definitely not your average moggy. He doesn’t do any of the usual cattish things like chasing mice or having hassles with dogs.  He’s not even lazing around sleeping in the sun all day. In fact, he’s always busy Read more

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