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The Astronaut’s Cat – Tohby Riddle
Allen & Unwin March 2020 ISBN 9781760524944 RRP: $24.99 Tohby Riddle comments that he could not have predicted just how apt his new book would be given our current circumstances but it really is going to be a perfect story to share and discuss with your readers. Given how many cats have come and gone…
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To the Bridge – Corinne Fenton. Illustrated by Andrew McLean
Walker Books Australia April 2020 ISBN: 9781925126822 Imprint: Walker Books Australia Australian RRP: $26.99 New Zealand RRP: $29.99 If ever there was a story to inspire kids to follow their dreams this surely has to be one that is right up there with the best. In our modern world it seems completely unbelievable that a nine-year-old boy and his…
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I Need a Parrot – Chris McKimmie
Ford St Publishing September 2019 9781925804287 RRP: $24.95 Another one that got missed on my review shelves which of course is completely remiss of me as it is both a Notable and a Short List title in the 2020 CBCA Awards list. I think we’ve all been there. When the kid repeatedly asks for a…
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Roly Poly – Mem Fox/Jane Dyer
Penguin Random House November 2019 ISBN: 9781760896348 Imprint: Puffin Format: Hardback RRP: $19.99 This is just adorable! Of course Mem’s story about the arrival of a little usurper in the family is just delightful and will resonate with so many small children but aside from that. those glorious illustrations! They remind me so much of Jeannie Baker’s Polar…
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Taking the Lead – David Hill. Illustrated by Phoebe Morris.
Penguin Australia Published: 3 March 2020 ISBN: 9780143774518 Imprint: Picture Puffin RRP: $19.99 It’s no secret that so many of us have the utmost admiration for the remarkable Jacinda Ardern – and no doubt that we not-so-secretly wish we had a leader of her calibre ourselves. This is a ‘Mighty Girl’ book that is so timely as the New…
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Why I Love the Earth – Daniel Howarth
Harper Collins Australia February 2020 ISBN: 9780008389109 ISBN 10: 0008389101 Imprint: HarperCollins – GB RRP: $17.99 This is another one to add to your collection for a unit of work on the environment although I also think this would work perfectly for little ones’ Christian Studies if yours is a church school as mine is. It’s not just…
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Searching for Cicadas – Lesley Gibbes and Judy Watson
Walker Books Australia August 2019 ISBN: 9781922244420 Imprint: Walker Books Australia Australian RRP: $26.99 New Zealand RRP: $28.99 This one had slipped through the cracks and I’m terribly sorry about that because it really should have had its promotion during the summer months. That being said with so many families taking advantage of the ‘stay at home’…
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Azaria: a true history – Maree Coote
Walker Books Australia March 2020 ISBN: 9780648568407 Imprint: Melbournestyle Books Australian RRP: $29.99 New Zealand RRP: $32.99 I’ll be frank. When I first received this book I thought initially that it was odd subject matter for a picture book – in spite of my immense admiration for the fortitude and forgiving nature of Lindy Chamberlain (and if you missed…
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Trouble in the Surf – Stephanie Owen Reeder and Briony Stewart
National Library of Australia October 2019 Publisher: National Library of Australia Edition: 1st Edition ISBN: 9780642279460 RRP: $24.99 Stephanie Owen Reeder always excels at creating engaging narratives that are underwritten with historical facts and this picture book is no exception. To all intents and purposes it is merely the story of two cousins who go…
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The Lost Tide Warriors – Catherine Doyle
Bloomsbury September 2019 ISBN: 9781408896907 Imprint: Bloomsbury Children’s Books Series: The Storm Keeper Trilogy The first in this trilogy The Storm Keeper’s Island was a fantastic read and this sequel equally stacks up in the page-turning excitement department. Fionn Boyle is now six months into his acknowledged role as the new Storm Keeper of…
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