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The Counterfeit Bust: Riz Chester – R.A. Stephens. Illustrated by Em Hammond.
Rhiza Press/Wombat Books May 2023 SKU: 9781761111181 $12.99 Here’s a quick one to promote a series that only recently came my way. As always Wombat books have hit a nail squarely on the head with Riz Chester. She’s an ordinary kid, doesn’t do anything that’s remarkable, pretty average at school but she is observant. In…
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Doom of the Darkwing: How to Train Your Dragon School #1- Cressida Cowell
Hachette Australia May, 2025 | 9781444981926 | RRP $16.99 Imprint: Hodder Children’s Books If you read my review of the 20th anniversary edition of How to Train Your Dragon you will know how this series holds a special place in my heart, and will forever. So it’s super exciting that we get to enjoy a new series featuring our…
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Down the Plot Hole – Annaleise Byrd
Walker Books April 2025 ISBN13:9781760659059 Australia RRP:$16.99 New Zealand RRP:$18.99 Annaleise Byrd’s second fractured fairytale is as highly amusing as the first. Basil and Terry resume their reading schedule, continuing on with Grimms’ Fairytales, though Basil is very uncertain about the whole idea of going back into fairytale with all its uncertainties – and dangers!…
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The Marvellous Submarine -Zane Clayton Comber (The Marvellous Submarine, #1) Clayton Zane Comber. Connor McCammon
Harper Collins Australia April 2025 ISBN: 9781460766804 ISBN 10: 1460766806 Imprint: HarperCollins AU List Price: 17.99 AUD This hails the start of a new series, co-written and illustrated by this pair from Kiama [one of my favourite places in the country] which will completely hook your young readers, particularly those who have been languishing for more Treehouse-like books. It…
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The Night Librarian – Christopher Lincoln
Scholastic Australia Scholastic Australia January 2025 ISBN: 9781761643507 RRPP: $19.99 There was a lot to like about this one but as usual the graphic format, didn’t quite do it for me, which I freely admit is just a personal thing. There were definitely moments when I felt confused about sequences or even conversations but I…
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Sink or Swim: Frog Squad #3 – Kate and Jol Temple. Shiloh Gordon.
Harper Collins April 2025 ISBN: 9781460716427 ISBN 10: 1460716426 Imprint: HarperCollins RRP: $8.99 Everybody’s favourite famous frogs are back – leaping into action with all the finesse of the fit and feisty ‘phibians that they are. This small, but dedicated, army of frogs – drawn from all over the world [and by Shiloh Gordon] are hopping with excitement…
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Harry and Gran Bake a Cake – Fiona McIntosh. Sara Acton.
Penguin Australia March 2025 ISBN: 9781761346941 Imprint: Puffin $19.99 I have my own happy memories of cooking with not just my Mummy but also my Fairy Godmother, Aunty Shirl, and my own Gran. Then when my grandies came along, it was my turn to cook with them. My eldest grandson was mad keen on Gabriel Gate’s cooking…
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My Mum is the Best – Nic McPickle. Tommy Doyle
Allen & Unwin Imprint: Albert St Books March 2025 ISBN:9781761181160 RRP: $19.99 This one is a truckload of fun for a Mother’s Day read (or gift!) with a lively text full of rhymes and humour. My mum is a Super Mum, the best I’ve ever known.She loves her trackies and her uggs, her coffee and…
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