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Aussie Kids series # 7 & # 8
Penguin Australia Continuing today’s theme of virtual travel around Australia, here are the next two instalments in one of my favourite series of the past year. These delightful little books have been a huge hit with our newly independent readers who not only enjoy the adventures of the featured kids but are able to learn…
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Peppa Loves the Great Barrier Reef
Penguin Australia September 2020 ISBN: 9780241457542 Imprint: Ladybird RRP: $14.99 Planning on taking your little ones on a virtual trip around Australia? Then what better way than with one of their favourite characters! Peppa and her family are visiting Kylie Kangaroo and when Mrs Kangaroo offers to take them along to her work they are in for a…
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Dry to Dry – Pamela Freeman/Liz Anelli
Walker Books Australia August 2020 ISBN: 9781760650285Imprint: Walker Books Australia Australian RRP: $26.99New Zealand RRP: $28.99 Whether you are looking to provide your readers with more cross-cultural perspectives or simply looking at weather or really if you just revel in beautiful picture books, this is a winner. And frankly, if it’s not an actual winner in upcoming book awards…
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Moonflower Murders – Anthony Horowitz
Penguin Australia August 2020 ISBN: 9781529124354 Imprint: Century RRP: $32.99 The Master triumphs again! Mind-bendingly clever and tricky, Horowitz has once again presented his readers with two devilishly complicated mysteries – once again a book within a book! I can only imagine how difficult it is to construct one complex murder mystery let alone two at the same…
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Hollowpox: The Trials of Morrigan Crow. Nevermoor #3 – Jessica Townsend
Hachette SEP 29, 2020 | 9780734418241 | RRP $17.99 Huzzah! It has finally arrived! We’ve all been waiting with great impatience but at last the next instalment is here. And what a corker it is! Not only is it gripping and full of new revelations but has most uncanny parallels to our current parlous circumstances. Morrigan is looking forward…
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In the Key of Code – Aimee Lucido
Walker Books Australia ISBN: 9781406389333Imprint: WalkerAustralian RRP: $16.99New Zealand RRP: $18.99 It speaks volumes that this was read in just one night in the past week and that I was immediately talking it up the next day to my ChocLit group. A verse novel that combines music and coding is not something I’d ever encountered before but this is…
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The Wolves of Greycoat Hall – Lucinda Gifford
Walker Books ISBN: 9781760651596Imprint: Walker Books AustraliaAustralian RRP: $19.99New Zealand RRP: $22.99 Despite it being the last week of term, this was another fun read this week and one that I enjoyed immensely with so much to commend it, particularly to your middle primary kiddos. The Greycoat family – Randall, Leonora and their only cub, Boris – live in…
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Hooray for Puffin’s 80th Anniversary!
Yes yes! the celebrations are well and truly underway – as you will have detected with some recent posts 🙂 but it’s not just about the always-fantastic titles, both classic and new. It’s time for excitement and give-aways too! Did you know that if you buy two Puffin books from participating bookstores you too can…
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