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Princess Cora and the Crocodile – Laura Amy Schlitz & Brian Floca
ISBN: 9780763648220 Imprint: Candlewick Distributor: Walker Australia-HEDS April 1, 2017 Australian RRP: $19.99 New Zealand RRP: $22.99 Newbery medallist Laura Amy Schlitz and Caldecott Medalist Brian Floca have teamed up to produce this absolutely delightful easy chapter book about a sweet little princess and a rather roguish crocodile. Most little girls would love to be a princess but they would…
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Crazy Characters & Daft Deeds
I’ve chosen to review these two books on the same post as to me they are similar in many ways all of which will appeal to their audience. Both Colin Thompson and A.F. Harrold have a singular and individualised way of providing satirical humour for a pint-sized readership. They also both employ that every…
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A Hungry Lion or a Dwindling Assortment of Animals – Lucy Ruth Cummins
Simon & Schuster Atheneum Books for Young Readers | 40 pages | ISBN 9781471147074 May 2016 There once was a hungry lion, a penguin (Well he was just here…), a little calico kitten (I could have sworn I just saw him…), a brown mouse (Now wait a second…), a bunny with floppy ears and…
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My Life & Other Exploding Chickens – Tristan Bancks. Illustrations by Gus Gordon.
ISBN: 9780857985316 Published: 01/03/2016 Imprint: Random House Australia Children’s RRP $15.99 Ok so Tristan’s My Life.. books should come with a warning about snorting aloud. Tom Weeks is back with his brand of bizarre daily life to make readers laugh out loud. Tom’s invitation to go to the circus with the love of his life Sasha is exhilarating…
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Goblin Mafia Wars [City of Monsters #2] – DC Green
Ford St Publishing April 2016 ISBN 9781925272208 RRP $18.95 You would think that as a royal hume dude your life would be one of complete luxury not to mention stressfree. Think again! PT (Prince Thomas of Monstro City) and his Dead Gang friends are embroiled even deeper in nasty situations and deadly – or is…
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Pugly Bakes a Cake – Pamela Butchart, illustrated by Gemma Correll
ISBN: 9780857635990 Publisher: Nosy Crow Imprint: Nosy Crow Pub Date: March 2016 I guess we all know that pugs are pretty cute (and pretty fashionable) right now. If I hadn’t got a toy poodle myself I probably would have got a pug – although my eccentric teaching colleague who had a wardrobe…
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Anyone But Ivy Pocket – Caleb Krisp
t Allen & Unwin Australia Category:Children’s fiction ISBN:9781408858646 Publisher:Bloomsbury Imprint:Bloomsbury Child Pub Date:February 2016 RRP $12.99 Caleb Krisp’s author bio from the publisher’s website should give you a pretty clear indication of the type of story to expect in this new series: Caleb Krisp was raised by militant librarians who fed him…
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