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Maggie the Dragon : Chase your Dreams! – Tony Armstrong. Illustrated by Emma Sjaan Beukers.
Hachette Australia May 2025 ISBN: 9780734422187 | RRP $24.99 Of course, this one is included in this week’s Reconciliation Week titles because, let’s face it, Tony Armstrong has become one of the most recognisable First Nations faces in the country over the past few years. George the Wizard, Tony’s first picture book was pretty commercial but I…
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Far North Queensland Clontarf Employment Forum
May 20, 2025 Surf Life Saving Queensland (SLSQ) was proud to be part of the 2025 FNQ Clontarf Employment Forum in Cairns — an event that brought together over 100 senior Clontarf students from across eight academies, including Bentley Park College, Cairns SHS, Gordonvale SHS, Trinity Bay SHS, Western Cape College, Woree College and Yarrabah…
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2025 Reconciliation Week
National Reconciliation Week (NRW) is a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia. Over 3,000 organisations have formalised their commitment to reconciliation through a Reconciliation Action Plan. What shape is yours in? Many thanks to…
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Spectacular Snakes – Emma Flannery and Professor Tim Flannery. Illustrated by Katie Melrose.
Hardie Grant Australia December 2024 ISBN:9781761211737 Price:AU$26.99, NZ$29.99 Imprint:Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing This is big, bold and beautiful ,and younger K would have adored this book as she has been an ophiophilist from the time she was toddling after our garden skinks and geckos. Your readers from Smalls to Not-so-smalls will love it too. Katie…
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Wombat Dreaming- Caz Goodwin. Illustrations by Zoë Bennett.
Affirm Press May 2025 Dist: Simon & Schuster Imprint: Affirm Kids ISBN13: 9781923046603 As it happens just yesterday, [as I write this 24/05] at my twice-weekly Senior Sisters exercise class we finished off our hour with 15 minutes of yoga. I hasten to point that it was only standing yoga, as we all have made…
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Creature Corridors – Billie Rooney and Anke Noack
CSIRO Publishing February 2025 | $ 26.99ISBN: 9781486318100 For kiddos who love learning about nature and our wildlife (which is most of them really), this will be not only a fun read but informative as well. Quite a few will be able to make connections to their own neighbourhoods and environs, as even in more…
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Alexander’s Outing – Pamela Allen
Penguin Australia Who hasn’t shared the love with Alexander at some point, (or many even!) over the past 30 – THIRTY!! – years? And for those of us who are Sydney girls, it has always had a special place in our reading canon. My last outing with Alexander was about a year ago with a…
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Lucky – Amelia Tonta & Peter Baldwin
For those of us who have been in library mode as long as I have, this will bring back happy memories of hilarious sessions reading A Nice Walk in the Jungle but in this new Amelia Tonta [the artist formerly known as Amelia McInerney] book, the python in question is a pet of no scruples…
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