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Wonders Under the Moon – Tai Snaith
A Collection of Night-time Creatures Thames & Hudson February 2025 ISBN: 9781760764166 RRP: $26.99 It would be fair to say I see a lot of animal books, and really they’re all lovely and the kiddos think they’re marvellous too. But sometimes there those that really stand out. This is one of them. I haven’t seen its Read more
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Little Bones – Sandy Bigna
UQP March 2025 9780702268878 RRPP: $16.99 I know I’m repeating myself, but I preface this again with the fact that I’ve never been a huge fan of verse novels. But I can tell you, we have some amazing creators who are changing my mind about that. This debut title from Sandy Bigna is hands-down one Read more
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Meet Ariana Treasure – Jacqueline de Rose-Ahern. Illustrated by Karen Erasmus.
Wombat Books March 2025 Introducing a really sweet new reader series for your Smalls who are graduating to early chapter books. This is Ariana Treasure, her family, their thrift shop, their friends and their neighbourhood. Ariana Treasure: The Missing Book 9781761111808 In the first book we are introduced to Ariana and her mum, and the Read more
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Ten years on…
Jennifer Louise Usher 22/7/1980 – 11/3/2015 A decade. It’s almost unbelievable. Ten years ago we lost Jennifer. The Kid has now lived with me for half her life – as she will be 20 in two weeks. There are still days when the grief is unbearable – and more often the dark hours of a Read more
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Bold Ben Hall – Sophie Masson
Walker Books March 2025 ISBN13:9781760658403 Australia RRP:$17.99 New Zealand RRP:$19.99 From the time I was a kid, I was fascinated with many of the stories of our bushrangers – lots of them recounted to me by my Father Bear. I think from memory it was in my tweens or maybe very early teens, when he Read more
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