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Meet Mim – Sandra Severgnini
Exisle Publishing August 2023 ISBN: 9781922539557 Imprint: EK Books RRP: $24.99 After a slow delivery to get this one, what an absolute joy it is to finally see it. As you might imagine with us living by the ocean, and with The Kid spending many weekends in the surf, we are pretty keenly interested in marine…
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Friendship Survival Guide[Book #0 Usborne Life Skills] – Caroline Young
Harper Collins Australia August 2023 It is absolutely true that all kids, younger or older, will have some friendship issue/s at some point. And certainly we try to help them navigate this as best we can in our respective educational or other settings. Which makes books such as this tremendously important to have at hand.…
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A Friend for George – Gabriel Evans
Penguin Australia May 2023 Anyone who has taught or worked with children will probably agree that we can never have enough books about friendship, and in particular, how to be a good friend. Once I probably would have said this is most true of the younger grades but realistically, more and more, I see kids…
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Hope is the Thing – Johanna Bell & Erica Wagner
Allen & Unwin January 2023 ISBN:9781761180026 Publisher:A&U Children’s Imprint:A & U Children RRP: $24.99 This is another visually stunning picture book which has a deeply meaningful text but also truly superb artwork, which would be so perfect to utilise as inspiration in a learning environment. Taking its cue from one of Emily Dickinson’s most well-known…
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The Midnight Panther – Poonam Mistry
Allen & Unwin January 2023 ISBN:9781787418929 Publisher:Bonnier Imprint:Templar RRP: $24.99 I think this is the most visually stunning book I’ve seen in a long time. In fact, it is breathtakingly beautiful, and demands close scrutiny of the intricate and rich illustrations. A beautiful fable of identity and self-belief, the little panther is insecure in a…
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A Joyful Life – Rosemary Karinki, with Summer Land
Hardie Grant March 2023 ISBN:9781741177886 Publisher:Hardie Grant Explore RRP: $34.99 I’ve been reading a lot of kids’ books the past few weeks so to have a couple of bios/memoirs has been good. I’ve had this one sitting to one side (i.e. moving box!) for a few months, it was wonderful to finally get to it…
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Book Week’s a’coming
It will soon be my 2nd Book Week not in a library, whether primary, secondary or public, and as I don’t have to be turning myself inside out, thought I might share a few thoughts/reflections as some parents go into a tailspin, some kids go into meltdown or hyper-excitement, many t-l’s are 50/50 on whether…
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Alex: Through My Eyes – Australian Disaster Zones – Rosanne Hawke, edited by Lynn White
Allen & Unwin August 2023 ISBN:9781760877002 Publisher:A&U Children’s Imprint:A & U Children RRP: $18.99 While we all have the readers who relish the humour, the fantasy and the historical fiction, we equally have those kiddos who want the contemporary realistic fiction which demands thoughtful reflection, inspires resilience and develops a sense of empathy. All of…
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