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  • Lucky – Amelia Tonta & Peter Baldwin

    For those of us who have been in library mode as long as I have, this will bring back happy memories of hilarious sessions reading A Nice Walk in the Jungle but in this new Amelia Tonta [the artist formerly known as Amelia McInerney] book, the python in question is a pet of no scruples Read more

  • Somewhere Lost – Just Write for Kids and Friends

    ISBN: 9781763670051 May 2025 RRP: $26.99 Anthology contributors include (in alphabetical order): Michèle Dodd . Hannah Friend . Daniela Glyntzos . Jade Goodwin . Carla Hoffenberg . Jennifer Horn . Lellie Lopter . Lorraine & Jessica Miller . Mietta Postlethwaite . Rachael Robertson . Romi Sharp . Nandina Vines. Congratulations to all of our contributors and all of the entrants who submitted their remarkable illustration and text pieces to Picture It! 2024! About Just Write For Kids Australia Read more

  • Koala Koala – John Williamson. Illustrated by Jonathan Bentley.

    Penguin Australia April 2025 Koala, Koala – we love youSo soft in the fork of your tree . . .Koala, Koala – where will you goIf we take your gum trees away? I’ve mentioned my association with John along with koalas previously on this blog. While my fond memory is about Goodbye Blinky Bill, Koala Read more

  • World Bee Day – bee-yootiful bonus!

    Did you know that this Tuesday, May 20th is World Bee Day?  What is World Bee Day?With more than 20,000 identified bee species in the world, and the importance of bees to the world’s environment – not least to the production of both food and oxygen, World Bee Day  was initiated on May 20th, 2017 by the Read more

  • The Gift of a Good Death Our palliative dementia story – Lisa Twigg

    November 2024 I had great pleasure in reviewing Lisa’s first book 80 Years Without Dementia last year, not only because she is one of our friends from Redcliffe SLS but also because her story touches so many lives. This is particularly so for those of us who are older and have had the heartache of Read more

  • Apples not Orples – R. A. Stephens. Illustrated by Carmen Dougherty.

    Wombat Books/Rhiza Press October 2024 SKU: 9781761111693 RRP: $24.99 Without a doubt, having books that illustrate mathematical concepts are a commodity that are always welcome for classroom teachers. I used plenty in the few years of Year 1 classroom before I went to the library, and was always on the lookout for more afterwards, as Read more

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