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Neeka and the Great Search: #3 Wilder Zoo – Tina Strachan. Illustrated by Max Hamilton.
Harper Collins Australia Imprint: Angus & Robertson ISBN: 9781460764572 ISBN 10: 1460764579 RRP: $16.99 I would be seriously surprised if anyone had missed the charming trilogy now at its conclusion. What a credit it is to this debut author, Tina Strachan, to start off with such a crackerjack set of books! For me, there’s the added bonus…
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The Tinysaurs – Sally Odgers. Adele K. Thomas
Scholastic Australia February 2026 9781761528576 RRP: $16.99 Cute poster for your library or just for fun All your Smalls who have adored Pearl and friends, are going to lap this up like a cat with a saucer of cream. It’s cute and it’s colourful and it’s really cleverly engaging with a twist on many ideas.…
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Holiday Helper – Kristin Haynes. Art by Anna Thompson
Published by Kristin Haynes December 2025 It’s never any fun feeling left out and just as kiddos very often want to be part of the action and ‘help’, so does Hendrix want to be involved in the family Xmas preparations. But, nobody seems to want or need him. Mum is busy with lists and lights,…
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Bluey Christmas Little Library
Penguin Australia September 2025 ISBN: 9781761620164 Imprint: Puffin Format: Board Book RRP: $12.99 Christmas Eve. Christmas Day. Christmas Food. Hooray Presents!! I do love these little libraries because I think for little hands which love to hold and turn the pages these are perfect. They are all really super cute! I love the idea of Verandah Santa and it’s…
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Just a Dog (new edition): Michael Gerard Bauer
Scholastic Australia November 2025 9781761127816 $15.99 Xmas gift for middle grade kiddos It’s been a while – 2011, we first met Mister Mosely and since then his award-winning fame has travelled the world, and it was a joy to re-visit his gentle nature, his quirky adventures, and his family. We know how much the kiddos…
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Bluey: Big Pop-up Book
Penguin Australia October 2025 ISBN: 9781761353352 Imprint: Puffin Format: Board Book RRP: $34.99 This one is another big and bold and very simple one. There are five pop-ups each telling its own little story. From fairies in the garden to playtime at the creek. Each pop-up scene is a double spread, as you can see with a couple of…
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Bluey: Bartlebee’s First Christmas
Penguin Australia 4October 2025 ISBN: 9781761353376 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $19.99 So in the tiny board book Hooray Presents! we saw Bluey get a mini Heeler toy. Meet Bartlebee! Bluey is enchanted with this new friend and hurls him straight into all the family Christmas shenanigans including Classic Catches in the pool and being licked ‘hello’ by Socks. Bartlebee…
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A Barney Gumnut Christmas (Barney Gumnut #2)- Tamsin Ainslie
Harper Collins Australia August 2025 ISBN: 9781460759721 ISBN 10: 1460759729 Imprint: HarperCollins Australia RRP: $24.99 Hmm, I don’t know why but I never saw the #1 Barney Gumnut [gives the HC crew the side-eye] which was surely some kind of oversight? Regardless, this is my first meeting with Barney and his friends and, honestly, I’m in love with…
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