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My Australia – Julie Murphy/Garry Fleming
National Library of Australia April 2018 9780642279163 RRP $24.99 Those of us of a certain vintage will have vivid memories of learning off by heart Dorothea MacKellar’s famous poem My Country at school. For many I guess it may have been a trial but for me it was a joy, not least of all because…
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Barney and the Secret of the French Spies – Jackie French
Harper Collins Australia ISBN: 9781460751305 ISBN 10: 1460751302 On Sale: 22/01/2018 List Price: 14.99 AUD Another gripping episode in the story of Barney and Elsie, providing readers with more insight into the early days of the European colony in Sydney and NSW and I’m so excited that next term I’m using Birrung the Secret Friend with my Year 4s…
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Sweet Adversity – Sheryl Gwyther
TBC Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd ISBN: 9781460755105 ISBN-10: 1460755103 RRP : $17.99 In her new historical novel Sheryl Gwyther takes readers on a dramatic, sometimes tense and often poignant adventure to a grim time in Australia’s past – the Great Depression. While the Wall St collapse impacted all around the world, Australia suffered terribly…
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I am Sasha – Anita Selzer
Penguin Random House April 2018 9790143785743 RRP $17.99 Some triumphant recounts of survival against all odds have come out of the horror of the Holocaust. I am always humbled in admiration for those who endured such deprivation, suffering, cruelty and pain with courage and dignity and who rose from the basest of treatment to resume…
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Begone the Raggedy Witches (The Wild Magic Trilogy: Book 1) – Celine Kiernan
Walker Australia ISBN: 9781406366020 Imprint: Walker Release Date: April 1, 2018 Australian RRP: $16.99 New Zealand RRP: $18.99 Just wow!! If you have readers who love HP or other magical worlds they are going to love this new series. Set in Ireland with a close family of three generations but one that has secrets. Mup lives with her mum,…
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Shout Out to the Girls: A Celebration of Awesome Australian Women
Penguin Random House 9780143789420 February 26, 2018 Random House Australia Children’s RRP $29.99 What a fantastic book to add to your “Mighty Girl” collection! Covering a diverse selection of outstanding women from diverse fields of achievement and endeavor, this is a worthy addition to any primary or lower secondary collection. The layout is particularly…
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Marvellous Miss May: Queen of the Circus – Stephanie Owen Reeder
Publisher: National Library of Australia Edition: 1st Edition ISBN: 9780642279156 Publication Date: 01 February 2018 RRP $24.99 What is not to love about this wonderful Heritage Heroes series? Stephanie Owen Reeder introduces readers to a cast of significant Australians with whom many of us are unaware (myself included). This new volume continues the high standard…
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The Firefly Code – Megan Frazer Blakemore
Bloomsbury Australia Published: 01-12-2017 ISBN: 9781681195278 Imprint: Bloomsbury USA Childrens RRP: $11.99 Mori and her friends have grown up a tight-knit circle in their neighbourhood in Old Harmonie. They believe their life to be normal and regular although they know their city is ‘apart’ from others, except for similar communities around the world. Their…
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