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Where Are All the Christmas Beetles? Suzanne Houghton
CSIRO Publishing November 2023 ISBN: 9781486317905 RRP: $24.99 I think this is a question that many of us have asked in recent years. I particularly requested this book, as in our new little house we have been seemingly in the epicentre of beetle activity lately. They come zooming in through our French doors and racket…
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Big Magic – Sarah Armstrong
Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing May 2022 ISBN: 9781760508432 RRP: $19.99 It has certainly taken its time to come into my hands, but it was definitely worth the wait. I had heard so many good things about this book, not least of all via the chatter from The Uber Talented Critique Group (comprising some of my…
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How We Came to Be: Creatures of Camouflage and Mimicry – Sami Bayly
Hachette SEP 27, 2023 | 9780734421371 | RRP $19.99 Imprint: Lothian Children’s Books Sami Bayly‘s books are always something special and this new one will completely fascinate your young readers with another cavalcade of weird and wonderful creatures. In this new natural history excursion, kiddos will discover a range of cleverly evolved creatures who can camouflage themselves by various…
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Extreme Planet #: Deep Inside the Earth – Emily Bone. Illustrated by Rodrigo Cordeiro
Journey to the Earth’s Core, with flaps Harper Collins Australia September 2023 We are all familiar with the high quality of Usborne’s books, particularly the informational titles and this one will have enormous appeal to your Smalls who are budding geologists. It is a sturdy, large-sized board book so will withstand much handling, particularly as…
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Beginnings and Endings – Jedda Robaard
Harper Collins Australia August 2023 A couple of years ago, I had the great pleasure of being invited, in my role of teacher-librarian, to deliver a session for the SCBWI Bibliotherapy Symposium. Of course, providing books with specific purpose has been a natural part of my role for children, teachers and parents over the past…
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The Puppets of Spelhorst – Kate DiCamillo
Walker Books Australia October 2023 ISBN13:9781529512854 Australia RRP:$24.99 New Zealand RRP:$27.99 Kate DiCamillo never disappoints and this is no exception. I’d been keenly anticipating it since I first got wind of this new series a while back and so was thrilled to receive the ARC which, of course, I promptly devoured in one gulp. Kate…
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Do Penguins’ Feet Freeze? The Natural History Museum
CSIRO Publishing August 2023 ISBN: 9781486317820 RRP: $27.99 Ok, so technically, this is not about penguins per se, following up my last two posts, but given the title it was the obvious choice as next cab off the rank – or penguin off the floe, as the case may be. This is actually one of…
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The Littlest Penguin – Jedda Robaard. The Penguin Foundation
and the Phillip Island Penguin Parade Penguin Australia October 2023 Waddling along on a bit of a penguin theme, just look at this absolutely exquisite gem of a book! Follow Littlest Penguin as she is raised by her doting parents, leaves her burrow for the first time, makes friends, and embarks on her grown-up penguin…
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Plume-lollapalooza!!
The series teaching notes are now available!! Enjoy all things Plume and penguin with your Smalls.
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