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Thank you again Quick Brown Fox Bookshop!
Last Reading Between the Wines for this year and they have all been wonderful. Last evening’s was no exception with Jess Galatola, Bethany Loveridge, Andy Geppert and Katrina Nannestad. I was so happy to meet Jess at last in real life!, and to meet Andy properly (last time was a mere blip) and Bethany. Of…
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Pterosaurs of the Desert Ocean – Andrew Plant
CSIRO Publishing 9781486320257/June 2026/AUD$32.99, NZD$37.99 I always expect excellence from Andrew Plant and he has not disappointed me with this one. It is the pick of this crop from CSIRO Publishing. We all know how the Smalls and not-so-Smalls go for dinosaurs and when it’s our very own dinosaurs, it’s even more thrilling. For us…
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I’m Not Afraid of Spiders – Caitlin Henderson. Annie Henderson
CSIRO Publishing New South Books 9781486318551/June 2026/Hardback/AUD$26.99, NZD$32.99 We don’t mind spiders in this house which is probably just as well because we always have a few in residence, as well as the giants down the backyard. But even when she was Small, The Kid was just as intrigued and interested in arachnids as she…
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This Drop of Water – Stef Gemmill. Illustrated by Mel Armstrong.
CSIRO Publishing New South Books 9781486319916/ November 2026/Hardback/GEN/AUD$26.99, NZD$32.99 Here’s another great one to add to your teaching tool kit. Those inevitable water cycle units can always use a burst of freshness can’t they? And Stef Gemmil’s narrative of a single drop’s journey around the cycle makes the learning a bit of fun as well…
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Racing Puffing Billy- Corinne Fenton/Mark Wilson
Windy Hollow Books Walker Books August 2026 ISBN13:9781922998279 Australia RRP:$29.99 New Zealand RRP:$34.99 I love trains. It’s been some time since I’ve been on a properly exciting train journey but I do love them. As I write this review, I’m also watching a documentary on the 100th anniversary of the Flying Scotsman, as it happens.…
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Picture Book Bonus: Gallipoli – Dawn of the ANZAC Spirit: Australia Remembers #7 – Tom Lewis
Little Big Sky May 2026 ISBN13: 9781923514324 LIST PRICE: AU$ 24.99 / NZ$ 28.99 While this one was sent to me in late April, it arrived too late for ANZAC Day [and didn’t make it to my Blak ANZACs post with titles also from Big Sky], so I decided it would be better kept for…
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The Everywhere Train- Deborah Frenkel. Danny Snell
Hardie Grant Publishing September 2026 9781761213953 $24.99 Unless you were under a rock or incapacitated in some way, you could not have missed the sensation that was The Truck Cat. What a hugely popular choice it was for NSS as well. Now from that same great pairing is this absolutely beautiful book that allows children…
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The Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body – Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen
Celebrating 40 years of The Magic School Bus Scholastic Australia ISBN: 9781761818592 ISBN-10: 1761818597 Series: Magic School Bus November 2026 RRP: $19.99 Kicking off today’s batch of PBs featuring ‘things that go’ it’s another anniversary edition to make us all go – oh wow! 40 years?! And has there ever been a more iconic, well-loved…
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