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Surf Riders Club 2: Bronte’s Big Sister Problem – Mary Van Reyk
Hachette Australia FEB 27, 2018 | 9780734417923 | RRP $12.99 As I predicted the first in this series has been very popular in our library – after all we are in the beautiful Sunshine Coast and surfing is a prime pastime! So I have no doubt at all that this second in the series will be just as…
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Front Desk – Kelly Yang
Walker Books August 2018 ISBN: 9781760650469 Imprint: Walker Books Australia Australian RRP: $17.99 New Zealand RRP: $19.99 In a time when so many people are fighting so hard to achieve worldwide tolerance, empathy, inclusivity and acceptance seemingly against huge odds like powerful politicians, this book will bring to readers a real insight into the plight of immigrants. Based on…
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The Storm Keeper’s Island – Catherine Doyle
Bloomsbury Australia August 2018 ISBN: 9781408896884 Imprint: Bloomsbury Children’s Books RRP :$14.99 What a simply sparkling debut novel! It did take me two nights rather than my usual one (but I confess a little tiredness even after a week of holidays) but it was simply page-turning and thoroughly engrossing. Fionn Boyle and his older sister…
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Brontide – Sue McPherson
Magabala Books June 2018 ISBN:9781925360929 RRP: $14.99 I often think that if a book leaves you feeling slightly unsettled it must have achieved its goal. This was a quick read so it was done and dusted in one sitting but the reflection afterwards probably took equally as long as the actual reading. This is…
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Nganga: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Words and Phrases – Aunty Fay Muir & Sue Lawson
Walker Books ISBN: 9781921977015 Imprint: Black Dog Books Release Date: June 1, 2018 Australian RRP: $16.99 New Zealand RRP: $18.99 For many of us, especially those of us who have First Australian family connections, there are certain words and phrases with which we are already familiar: “Aunty, Uncle, sorry business, deadly, women’s business, marngrook, dreamtime, Elders, songlines. “ Also for many…
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Our Birds: Ŋilimurruŋgu Wäyin Malanynha – Siena Stubbs
Magabala Books Published:Apr 2018 ISBN:9781925360981 RRP: $17.99 Young Yolgnu woman Siena Stubbs was just twelve years old when her interest in photography began. At first taking pictures with her iPad she later began more serious photography after the gift of a camera. It wasn’t long at all before her beautiful work found…
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Benny Bungarra’s Big Bush Clean-up – Sally Morgan/Ambelin Kwaymullina
Magabala Books Author:Sally Morgan Illustrator:Ambelin Kwaymullina Published:Jun 2018 ISBN:9781925360882 RRP: $16.99 What a great way to kick off NAIDOC week! This is a terrific new book which mixes animals and vivid colours into a powerful message for little people about caring for our environment and our animals’ habitats. Benny Bungarra is very busy as one…
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Welcome to NAIDOC 2018
I wish to acknowledge the custodians of this land, the Gubbi Gubbi people of the Ningi Ningi nation and their Elders past and present. I acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of this city and this region. Aboriginal people began boycotting Australia Day before the 1920’s but…
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Other Worlds 1: Perfect World – George Ivanoff
Penguin Random House 9780143786191 February 26, 2018 Random House Australia Children’s RRP: $14.99 George Ivanoff has well established his cred for providing exciting adventurous narratives for the middle school crowd. In Other Worlds and this particular first instalment he’s also giving them what I would describe as a taste of dystopian for younger…
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