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Bear in the Woods: Peski Kids #2 – R. A. Spratt
Penguin 9780143788836 January 8, 2019 Puffin $!6.99 R. A. Spratt has been entertaining readers hugely for some time now with Nanny Piggins and Friday Barnes and now with her new series The Peski Kids which is every bit as funny and quirky as her others. In this second instalment the Peskis are doing their…
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The Whispers – Greg Howard
Penguin 9780241367087 January 22, 2019 Puffin $14.99 Riley has not been coping so well since his mother disappeared. Neither his father nor his brother seems as concerned as he is. Even his much loved grandparents appear to be disengaged from his urgency to solve the mystery. His seemingly never-ending meetings with the police…
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Leaving the Lyrebird Forest – Gary Crew. Illustrated by Julian Laffan.
Hachette Imprint: Lothian Children’s Books September 2018 9780734418432 $16.99 Gary Crew has created a narrative which is not only redolent of the quintessential Australian bush life – which is now mostly disappeared from our landscape – but also encourages the reader to think about the future for both humans and wildlife. Are you lonely here?’…
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Happy New Year!
It’s been a much longer holiday break for me than usual. I admit it. I was deathly tired at the end of last year and spent a great deal of the holiday break pretty much idle – apart from reading lots and napping equally 🙂 . The good news is that I got through a…
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Ho! Ho! Ho! There’s a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating Christmas Cake – Hazel Edwards/Deborah Niland
Penguin Australia 9780143790679 October 1, 2018 Picture Puffin RRP $19.99 For almost forty years the Hippopotamus has entertained children with its antics and now there’s a super new Christmas book to kick off another generation of young fans. The family of the house in question are busy preparing for Christmas with many activities with…
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Harry Potter – Creatures: a paper scene book
Bloomsbury November 2018 ISBN: 9781526605849 Imprint: Bloomsbury Children’s Books RRP: $45.00 It is quite difficult to describe this book – except of course to say I’m in love with it and being the dedicated Potterhead that I am it’s NOT leaving my shelves! However I will attempt to convey the sheer delight of it by…
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Illustrated Ballet Stories: by Various, illustrated by Yvonne Gilbert Nanos
Harper Collins Australia November 2018 ISBN: 9781474922050 ISBN 10: 1474922058 Imprint: Usborne – GB RRP: $29.99 When I was pretty small – probably around my 6th birthday I was given the very beautiful The Splendour Book of Ballet and loved it. I was a little dancer but it was more than that. It was the beautiful narratives and…
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How to Raise Your Grown Ups (Hubert Horatio #1) – Lauren Child
Harper Collins October 2018 ISBN: 9780008264086 ISBN 10: 0008264082 Imprint: HarperCollins – GB RRP: $19.99 Sometimes I surprise myself. When I started reading this two nights ago I got halfway through and thought how enjoyable it is and that it reminds me so much of the marvellous Ronald Searle and his Nigel Molesworth books (albeit with far…
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Something Rotten: A Fresh Look at Roadkill – Heather L. Montgomery
Bloomsbury November 2018 ISBN 9781681199009 Imprint: Bloomsbury Children’s Books RRP: $22.99 Yep, you did read that title correctly! It’s not for the ‘squeamish or faint-hearted) but it is completely and utterly engrossing (haha grossing!) and often rather humorous. Wildlife researcher Montgomery passes a tyre-treaded rattlesnake as she is jogging one day and on the…
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Tuck Everlasting – Natalie Babbit
Bloomsbury December 2018 9781408897676 Imprint: Bloomsbury Children’s Books RRP: $16.99 In 1975 Tuck Everlasting was first published to great acclaim garnering accolades and awards. It has since been twice adapted to film and once to stage, and been voted repeatedly as being amongst the top 100 children’s books. Particularly, I would say from my…
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