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Bronze Bird Tower: Dragonkeeper #6 – Carole Wilkinson
Walker Books ISBN: 9781925381412 Imprint: Black Dog Books March 2017 Australian RRP: $24.99 In 2002 Carole Wilkinson introduced us to a small downtrodden Chinese girl with no name and a marvellous world of beautiful, mysterious and terrible dragons. Set in ancient China where dragon hunters and warring feudal lords, oppression of the miserable poor and contemptuous dismissal of…
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Rock Pool Secrets – Narelle Oliver
Walker Books Australia April 1, 2017 ISBN: 9781922179357 RRP: $24.99 What a huge loss to our Australian children’s literature community Narelle Oliver is and how privileged am I to be able to review and promote her last book which, again, is a testament to her immeasurable talent. Rock Pool Secrets takes young readers into the nooks and…
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Ruby Red Shoes Goes to London – Kate Knapp
Harper-Collins Angus & Robertson November 2016 ISBN 9780732297626 RRP $19.99 Ruby Red Shoes is a great favourite with my junior girls so they are all going to mighty impressed when this goes onto our New Books stand. There is something completely charming about RRS, both the writing and the illustrations. These are just totally…
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Caleb’s Cab – Sally & Sylvain Chomet
Walker Books November 2016 ISBN: 9781406342277 RRP $24.99 I actually read in the Christmas holidays but really I just wasn’t sure what I thought about it. Having investigated a little, I see that the author/illustrator pair are well regarded and award-nominated creators of animated shorts. This would explain the (to me) highly unusual illustrative style. I…
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Smart about Sharks – Owen Davey
Walker Books October 2016 ISBN: 9781909263918 Imprint: NB – Flying Eye RRP $27.99 I’ve mentioned previously my childhood geeky obsession with factual books so when glorious new ones arrive in packages I’m always thrilled. This is the first of a few over which I shall rave. It’s unfortunate that the image doesn’t reveal the wonderful…
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The Godwits – Bruce Pickworth. Illustrations by Lorraine Robertson
The Godwits – Bruce Pickworth. Illustrations by Lorraine Robertson Bullawai Books, 2016. ISBN 9780994611802 It’s a long way from Shoalhaven NSW to the shores of the Yellow Sea but even longer to Alaska. For the godwits their annual migration is an amazing natural undertaking that of course is not without its perils. The godwits need…
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The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart: Stephanie Burgis. Illustrated by Freya Harris
Bloomsbury March 2017 ISBN 9781408880319 RRP $14.99 It’s often not easy being the youngest in the family particularly when your older siblings are considered by all to be brilliant and talented. Arguably it’s even harder to be the baby of a dragon family without the hardened scales or working wings that would allow you…
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Lift the flap fun from Bloomsbury
Lift-the-flap Friends Dinosaurs – Peter Allen Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781408864166 Publisher: Bloomsbury Imprint: Bloomsbury Child Lift-the-flap Friends Fairy – Peter Allen Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781408864159 Publisher: Bloomsbury Imprint: Bloomsbury Child Bloomsbury seem to have a special knack for interactive books and these two lift-the-flaps will be very well received by…
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