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The Unexpected Mess of it All- Gabrielle Tozer
Harper Collins Australia May 2024 Oh yes, a rom-com that will have your young readers absolutely in paroxyms of delight! This was just so engaging from the very first page, and I loved every word, character and certainly, the outcome. Jamila Dakhoul feels her life is in a complete mess. Since her family home (and…
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The Garden of Broken Things – Freya Blackwood
Harper Collins May 2024 We always know, when we hear there is a new Freya Blackwood on the horizon that it will be both beautiful and insightful. Freya’s incalculable talent for creating atmospheric narratives and illustrations has become a standard of excellence. Her numerous awards, including the coveted Kate Greenaway Medal in 2010 (for Harry…
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National Reconciliation Week 2024 & Sorry Day
My beautiful friend, Kirsty, asked me if I had some suggested titles/resources for Reconciliation Week and that was a prompt for me to create another post focused on First Nations titles and resources. I did also post one in 2023. Of course, there are [now] many books and resources to encourage cross-cultural embedding in your…
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Grace the Amazing – Aleesah Darlison
Wombat Books May 2024 ISBN: 9781761111174 RRP: $14.99 Eleven-year-old Grace is, in her imagination, Grace the Amazing – a skilled magican who dazzles with her wondrous feats of legerdemain. Certainly that’s how she visualises herself but in reality, it’s more like Grace the Impetuous… Grace the Truculent… Grace the No-Filter… Grace the Friendless. She is,…
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Begin Again: The Story of How We Got Here and Where We Might Go – Our Human Story. So Far. – Oliver Jeffers
Harper Collins Australia November 2023 Oh yes, I know it’s taken me some time to get to this one, but it was quite deliberate. I’d heard a lot about it – though I haven’t read any actual reviews. I knew it was going to be profound and powerful, and I wanted to not just read…
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Leo and Ralph – Peter Carnavas
UQ Press February 2024 ISBN: 9780702266218 RRP: $16.99 I did have to wait a while to get my hands on this one, but thank you UQP for allowing me to do so at last 🙏. Not only because Peter is a ‘local’, and I’ve had the good fortune to meet with him, but because his…
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The Daredevil Princess and the Fire Dragon: #3 – Belinda Murrell. Illustrated by Rebecca Crane.
Penguin Australia Princess Tillie and Honeyblossom are back in another exciting mystery/adventure, this time with a very large, very pink and very grumpy dragon with which to deal. Yet again, there is trouble in the Queendom when suddenly all the water begins to dry up – wells, fountains, animal troughs, the castle moat, all have…
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Spot Bakes a Cake – Eric Hill
Penguin Australia June 2024 Spot Bakes a Cake was first published in 2008 and has been both a paperback and a board book. Now this new edition of the board book will continue to bring joy to Smalls. It’s Dad’s birthday, so Mum and Spot make a delicious cake for him. First they shop, then…
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Thank You: how to turn a grey day into a Yay day – Josh Langley
Big Sky Publishing May 2024 LIST PRICE: AU$ 14.99 / NZ$ 17.99 I am grateful for the beach. I am grateful for The Kid. I am grateful for mangoes. I am grateful for our cat, even if she’s snarky. I am grateful for books. I am especially grateful for Josh Langley’s books… and this new…
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