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Magic Awry [Big Magic #2] – Sarah Armstrong
Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing August 2023 ISBN: 9781760508449 Series: Big Magic RRP: $19.99 You know how sometimes, you’ve read an absolutely stonkingly good first book in a series, and when the sequel arrives you feel somewhat let down? Well, trust me, in this case, it is the very opposite. Big Magic was SO good, I…
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The Harry Potter Wizarding Almanac
Bloomsbury ISBN 9781526646712 Imprint Bloomsbury Children’s Books RRP: $55.00 This year Harry Potter Book Day was on my birthday – which I personally found very pleasing. I wasn’t in a library to celebrate as I have done previously, but regardless it was a very satisfying thought and I downloaded and saved activities to use with…
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Big Magic – Sarah Armstrong
Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing May 2022 ISBN: 9781760508432 RRP: $19.99 It has certainly taken its time to come into my hands, but it was definitely worth the wait. I had heard so many good things about this book, not least of all via the chatter from The Uber Talented Critique Group (comprising some of my…
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The Puppets of Spelhorst – Kate DiCamillo
Walker Books Australia October 2023 ISBN13:9781529512854 Australia RRP:$24.99 New Zealand RRP:$27.99 Kate DiCamillo never disappoints and this is no exception. I’d been keenly anticipating it since I first got wind of this new series a while back and so was thrilled to receive the ARC which, of course, I promptly devoured in one gulp. Kate…
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Which Way Round the Galaxy – Cressida Cowell
Hachette Australia SEP 26, 2023 | 9781444973501 | RRP $22.99 IMPRINT: Hodder Children’s Books I’ve absolutely adored Cressida Cowell’s previous series – along with millions of others – but this newest one is just so crackerjack that I really think it is my favourite so far. This is the second instalment in this firecracker fantasy/adventure which centres on the…
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Plume: Christmas Elf – Tania McCartney
Hardie Grant Australia October 2023 ISBN: 9781741177923 RRP: $24.99 You would be hard-pressed to find a more sparkling author/illustrator than the ever-elegant, super-stylish, tremendously-talented Tania McCartney, and, therefore, how utterly appropriate that this beautiful new Plume story is just as sparkly as its creator. I have been in love with Plume since first meeting, having…
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The Magician’s Nephew – C. S. Lewis
Harper Collins Australia September 2023 ISBN: 9780007323135 RRP: $17.99 I was 11 years old when I read my first Narnia book, and it was this one, which had been a Sunday School prize (still have it!). Needless to say, I was, like so many other children over the past 70 years, absolutely entranced by the…
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The Perilous Promotion of Trilby Moffat: Book 2 – Kate Temple
Hachette July 2023 9780734420923 | RRP $16.99 | Imprint: Lothian Books I was getting a little worried I wasn’t going to get this one to review, and I have been waiting patiently for it since the day I finished the first one, but yayyyyyyy!! – thank you Hachette – for getting it to me (on Friday and…
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Spellhound: a Dragons of Hallow #1 – Lian Tanner
Allen & Unwin April 2023 ISBN:9781761180057 Publisher:A&U Children’s Imprint:A & U Children RRP: $17.99 I’m so remorseful that I didn’t get to this one sooner (one of the books that was shunted into a box during the great house move) because it is just wonderful! I love this intro from the publisher…A fascinating tale filled…
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