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Inspiring Minds Magazine
It’s quite new and I predict it’s going to take off. Check it out if you haven’t yet seen it. It’s for kids and invites kids to submit content – so a really good authentic writing opportunity for your kiddos. All online and FREE – check it out. I’ll be doing a regular column and I…
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Because it’s Book Week…
There are not so many days I miss being full-time in my libraries but, yes, Book Week with the insane preparations and the fun of dressing up [at one of my schools a different costume every day of the week!] has been one in the last couple of years. But honestly, this year I’ve been…
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Britannica All New Children’s Encyclopedia
What We Know and What We Don’t Walker Books September 2025 Imprint: Britannica Books ISBN13: 9781804661499 Australia RRP: $64.99 New Zealand RRP: $67.99 Last year I reviewed another of Christopher Lloyd’s amazing fat-as-mud books of EVERYTHING and it was just great. This is an updated edition of the Children’s Brittanica which went totally gangbusters on…
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Lexie Moon & the Space Day Disaster – Melissa Garside and Lauren Mullinder
Riveted Press August 2025 Distributed by Simon & Schuster ISBN13: 9781764007115 RRP: AU$ 12.99 / NZ$ 14.99 I’m quite sure that your young readers, those who are just starting to gobble up chapter books, will have really enjoyed the first Lexie Moon adventure. This is a great series for those kiddos just hitting their straps…
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Hannah Backwards – Kim Rackham
Riveted Press August 2025) Distributed by Simon & Schuster ISBN13: 9781764007139 RRP: AU$ 14.99 / NZ$ 16.99 I think this is very possibly the first verse novel for younger readers I’ve come across to review, and I think it will be very popular with many of them. Much of the action in this narrative is…
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FYI – Teaching notes etc
Due to diminishing space on the blog and archiving older reviews onto Substack, I am now also moving many of the Freebies files such as teaching notes, programs etc. You can find them at Just So Stories Archive along with a growing number of reviews from years past. It is a work in progress!! One…
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It’s a Sean E. Avery Special
These two books have been languishing in the PBs’ tubs for way too long. But news of Sean’s recent visit to Canberra [so jelly of all my friends there who got to see him] has guilted me into attending to them pronto. And after all, Sean is a thoroughly nice guy it seems. When I…
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