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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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What Zola did on Wednesday – Melina Marchetta
Penguin Australia September 2020 ISBN: 9781760895174 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $12.99 I don’t know about you but I am getting incredibly fond of Zola and her neighbourhood. This little series is just truly delightful and I know that little readers must love being able to make connections with their own family, friends, schools and communities. Boomerang St has been…
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Small Town – Phillip Gwynne and Tony Flowers
Penguin AustraliaAugust 2020 ISBN: 9781760893484 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $24.99 This is just a delightful and heart-warming picture book which is based on the true story of how small rural towns with dwindling populations have opened their community and hearts to welcome refugees and re-invigorate their townships. The narrator is Milly who loves her town and her netball team…
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Ellie’s Dragon – Bob Graham
Walker Books July 2020 ISBN: 9781406387629Imprint: WalkerAustralian RRP: $27.99 Bob Graham, one of our best-loved Australian book characters, once again brings his own brand of magic to this bittersweet story of childhoodand imaginary friends and the inevitable growing-up, or out of, both. Ellie finds the sweetest little dragon in a box of eggs from the supermarket and immediately…
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Gold! – Jackie Kerin & Annie White
Ford St Publishing September 2020 ISBN10 1925804534 ISBN13 9781925804539 RRP: $24.99 What a brilliant combination! A lively rhythmic text, absolutely stunning illustrations paired with historical information about the Victorian gold-rush all of which will stimulate readers’ interest and imagination. For those with the ubiquitous Gold in Australia unit of work this is a magnificent springboard into your…
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More Puffin Littles!
Penguin Australia These new Puffin collections for the younger readers in your mob are just terrific! Not so long ago I reviewed Puffin Little Cook: Snacks which took its place with our cookbooks to aid The Kid in her learning to be self-sufficient. These would be just as useful in her home school program as…
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Full Speed: Kensy and Max #6 – Jacqueline Harvey
Penguin Australia September 2020 ISBN: 9781760890025 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $16.99 Is it any wonder that Jacqueline Harvey’s fans are legion? Her consummate skill in smashing out superlative stories for young ‘uns just continues to enthrall and capture their reading hearts. Now the sixth instalment in the hugely successful Kensy and Max series takes the thrills even further as…
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The World of Roald Dahl – with illustrations by Quentin Blake
Penguin Australia September 2020 Imprint: Puffin ISBN: 9780241447970 $19.99 Another stunning book from Puffin as the anniversary celebrations roll out and let’s face it, Roald Dahl is a gift that keeps on giving. I know I wouldn’t be the only one to need to keep replenishing RD books as they become increasingly battered due to much borrowing…
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