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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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A Small Collection of Happinesses: : A tale of loneliness, grumpiness and one extraordinary friendship – Zana Fraillon. Illustrated by Stephen Michael King.
Hachette Australia May 2024 Imprint: Lothian ISBN: 9780734422989 RRP: $14.99 Hettie is a smallish girl with a biggish imagination. She also has a biggish personality, that much is evident from the first pages of this new very different, somewhat off-beat new Zana Fraillon middle grade novel. She lives in a very unprepossessing block of flats,…
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ANZAC Day 2024
I thought I’d put together a few ANZAC resources purely focused on the service of our First Nations men and women. I feel confident that most people would already have plenty of other books, activities, resources but perhaps not so many that focus on Blak Diggers. If you know of any others, I’d love to…
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The Sea Captain’s Wife – Jackie French
Harper Collins Australia It really is a given, that a new Jackie French book means that all other books are put on hold (even if half-read!) until I have devoured the newest. And that’s exactly what has happened over the past few days. Just under 500 pages flew by over a couple of nights as…
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Information Overload!
Every now and then it happens. There’s been a gradual build-up on the review shelves, which I doggedly work through but then there’s a sudden rush of many parcels arriving (my postie and I are such good friends after him delivering to my last two houses!), and things go completely catawampus. So despite all my…
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Countdown to Yesterday – Shirley Marr
Penguin Australia January 2024 I love Shirley Marr’s description of herself ‘as having a Western Mind and an Eastern Heart‘, and the success of her books for middle grade readers that explore the experiences of children living in this mix of cultures is self-evident. Her narratives not only speak to the children of Asian heritage…
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Ivy Newt series
New South Books Ivy Newt and the Storm WitchDerek Keilty, illustrated by Magda Broll Apr 2023 | Scallywag Press | 9781915252180 | AUD$18.99, NZD$21.99 Ivy Newt and the Time ThiefDerek Keilty, illustrated by Magda Broll Sep 2023 | Scallywag Press | 9781915252333 | AUD$18.99, NZD$21.99 Yes, quite right – both of these were released last…
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