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  • Clementine Rose and the Birthday Emergency – Jacqueline Harvey

    Random House Australia ISBN: 9780857985163 Published: 01/07/2015 Imprint: Random House Australia Children’s RRP $12.99 – Little girls are always excited about their upcoming birthdays and the all-important party planning. Clementine Rose is no exception. She’s counting down the days with excited anticipation. Of course, deciding on the theme is most important and luckily she has Uncle Digby to Read more

  • The One and Only Ivan – Katherine Applegate

    Harper Collins Australia I may well be one of the last to read The One and Only Ivan although I have heard all the fulsome praise for it since its publication.  And now what to say about a book that not only lives up to its hype and my expectations but exceeds them? No reader Read more

  • One Word from Sophia – Jim Averbeck/Yasmeen Ismail

    Simon & Schuster Atheneum Books for Young Readers | 40 pages | ISBN 9781481405140 | June 2015 | Grades P – 3 RRP AU$ 24.99 NZ$ 27.99 This is certainly a very different sort of picture book. Though it is clearly intended for very young readers, there is some very sophisticated vocabulary within the text. Read more

  • Float – Daniel Miyares

    Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers | 48 pages | ISBN 9781481415248 | June 2015 | Grades P – 3 RRP AU$ 24.99 NZ$ 27.99 This is a beautiful textless picture book perfect for sharing with younger children. Seemingly very simple in its premise of a little boy using his imagination to make and Read more

  • Pig and Pug – Lynne Berry & Gemma Correll

    Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 40 pages ISBN 9781481421317 June 2015 RRP AU$ 24.99 NZ$ 27.99 Two small animals are quite different – and also very alike! Pig and Pug are rather small, ‘petite and portable’ in fact. They are just the right size to fit in a pocket (for Pig) and a Read more

  • Lulu Bell Series – Belinda Murrell

    Lulu Bell and the Pirate Fun – Belinda Murrell  ISBN: 9780857985545 Published: 01/06/2015 Imprint: Random House Australia Children’s Extent: 96 pages RRP $9.99 Lulu Bell and the Magical Garden ISBN: 9780857985644 Published: 01/06/2015 Imprint: Random House Australia Children’s Extent: 96 pages RRP $9.99 I recall when I was so pleased to meet Belinda Murrell last year at Black Cat Books Paddington just Read more

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