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Tardigrades: Nature’s Toughest Survivors – Anne Morgan/Jennifer Falkner
CSIRO Publishing October 2024 ISBN: 9781486316052 RRP: $24.99 In one of those weird moments of synchronicity I found out about this book just as I’d finished a MG novel in which the protagonist is doing her class project on tardigrades. They really are the strangest little beasties but how cool is this book that will…
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November is Picture Book Month!
November is Picture Book Month, a tribute to the enduring importance of the picture book form. Dianne de Las Casas (author & storyteller) and her team co-founded the month-long celebration to champion the power and beauty of picture books. There are many people trying to keep the event active, following the loss of its founder. Certainly, I will continue…
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For the Wild! More Taronga Presents… with Kristin Darell. Illustrations by Laura Wood.
Penguin Australia November 2024 Imprint: Penguin RRP: $14.99 Back in September I reviewed the first two books in this delighful new series Poo at the Zoo and Party Animals, and now it’s such a joy to present the next two. I’m absolutely loving this series for its cleverly disguised information, the very realistic look at…
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George the Wizard: Let Your Magic Shine! – Tony Armstrong. Illustrated by Emma Sjaan Beukers.
Hachette Australia Imprint: Lothian September 2024 | 9780734422163 | RRP $24.99 Tony Armstrong is arguably the hottest First Nations entertainer/actor/celebrity of recent times – he certainly dazzled at the 2024 Logies despite missing out on the Gold and has had a varied, but highly successful career, from football to breakfast TV to Extra-ordinary Things to a forthcoming new…
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My Dad Thinks He’s a Scream – Katrina Germein. Illustrated by Tom Jellett.
Walker Books Australia September 2024 ISBN13:9781760655075 Australia RRP:$24.99 New Zealand RRP:$27.99 While it may have taken it’s time to reach me, it’s here right in time to witch you all a spooktacular Halloween week! I love me a good pun – and a whole book of them? – I love that even more. This is…
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The Big Book of Rights – Dannika Patterson/Amanda Letcher
Children’s Week 2024 This week the Story Bridge and other significant structures of Brisbane, were lit up with dazzling turquoise, the colours of Children’s Rights Queensland, marking a week of events, activities and actions to celebrate Children’s Week 2024. Tomorrow, 27th October, as the week draws to a close, there will be a launch of…
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Father of the Lost Boys for Younger Readers: The Mecak Ajang Alaak Story – Yuot A. Alaak
Fremantle Press June 2024 ISBN: 9781760993900 RRP: $17.99 When I was commissioned to write the teaching notes for this, I confess I only knew a smidgin about the Sudanese ‘lost boys’, and, in fact, the whole Sudan situation – despite the fact that we have many Sudanese immigrants here in SE Qld. Their story was certainly…
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