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The Bother with the Bonkillyknock Beast: Miss Mary-Kate Martin’s Guide to Monsters #3 – Karen Foxlee. Illustrated by Freda Chiu.
Allen & Unwin January 2024 ISBN:9781761470226 RRP: $15.99 Imprint:A & U Children Awards: Longlisted, Best Designed Children’s Series, Australian Book Design Awards, 2023, AU For one reason or another, I had not yet been introduced to Mary-Kate but that really didn’t preclude any enjoyment of this fun adventure. She comes from a long line of…
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The Peak: Spy Academy #1 – Jack Heath
Scholastic Australia February 2024 ISBN: 9781761290473 ISBN-10: 1761290479 Series: Spy Academy RRP: $17.99 Way back in 2005, I went to the ASLA Conference in Canberra. What a fun three days that was: made new friends, fancy-pants dinner at Parliament House, late-night escapade to the casino, my first visit to Jackie French, and listening to the hottest new author…
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Juniper’s Christmas – Eoin Colfer.
Harper Collins Australia November 2023 ISBN: 9780008475543 ISBN 10: 0008475547 Imprint: HarperCollins GB RRP: $19.99 It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Eoin (well, me at least) but this one was definitely worth a wait. I absolutely think it’s one of the most original Christmas MG novels I’ve ever read, and I loved every word of it.…
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Picture Book Month Bonus #8: Courageous Kids and their Amazing Adventures – Stephanie Owen Reeder. Illustrations by Liz Duthie.
NLA Publishing November 2023 ISBN: 9781922507624 RRP: $19.99 Contents: • Brave Bee and the Castaway Kids• Will the Wonderkid and the Elusive Treasure• Amazing Grace and the Sinking Ship• Lennie the Legend and the Remarkable Ride• Marvellous Miss May and the Wondrous Circus• Clever Quong Tart and the New Gold Mountain• Valiant Jane and the…
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Madame Badobedah and the Old Bones – Sophie Dahl. Illustrated by Lauren O’Hara.
Walker Books Australia October 2023 Imprint: Walker Books Madame Badobedah Series ISBN13:9781406384420 Australia RRP:$27.99 New Zealand RRP:$29.99 In case you haven’t yet met Madame Badobedah and Mabel who live at the Mermaid Hotel, you are in for a fine treat. And, in case you didn’t know, author Sophie Dahl has quite the pedigree. She is the…
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Which Way Round the Galaxy – Cressida Cowell
Hachette Australia SEP 26, 2023 | 9781444973501 | RRP $22.99 IMPRINT: Hodder Children’s Books I’ve absolutely adored Cressida Cowell’s previous series – along with millions of others – but this newest one is just so crackerjack that I really think it is my favourite so far. This is the second instalment in this firecracker fantasy/adventure which centres on the…
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Plume: Christmas Elf – Tania McCartney
Hardie Grant Australia October 2023 ISBN: 9781741177923 RRP: $24.99 You would be hard-pressed to find a more sparkling author/illustrator than the ever-elegant, super-stylish, tremendously-talented Tania McCartney, and, therefore, how utterly appropriate that this beautiful new Plume story is just as sparkly as its creator. I have been in love with Plume since first meeting, having…
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The Perilous Promotion of Trilby Moffat: Book 2 – Kate Temple
Hachette July 2023 9780734420923 | RRP $16.99 | Imprint: Lothian Books I was getting a little worried I wasn’t going to get this one to review, and I have been waiting patiently for it since the day I finished the first one, but yayyyyyyy!! – thank you Hachette – for getting it to me (on Friday and…
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