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Walking the Rock Country in Kakadu – Karrire kundenge karribolknan kunwarddehwardde – Diane Lucas and Ben Tyler, illustrated by Emma Long
Allen & Unwin June 2024 ISBN:9781761067860 Publisher:A&U Children’s Imprint:A & U Children RRP: $29.99 Many will already know the magnificent book Walking in Gagudju Country: Exploring the Monsoon Forest, and now there is an equally stunning companion book, coming from the same multiple award-nominated creative team. Look into these lush green bushes.We might find something…
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Magic Counting – Nabeel Khan. Illustrated by Tete Garcia
Scribble Kids Books June 2024ISBN: 9781922585400 RRP: $24.99 I am no big fan of maths but there are some aspects that I just love, and one of those is connections, just like the ones made in this book, between numbers, shapes and geometry. Although the suggested age group is 3-7, astute educators will recognise the…
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Thank You: how to turn a grey day into a Yay day – Josh Langley
Big Sky Publishing May 2024 LIST PRICE: AU$ 14.99 / NZ$ 17.99 I am grateful for the beach. I am grateful for The Kid. I am grateful for mangoes. I am grateful for our cat, even if she’s snarky. I am grateful for books. I am especially grateful for Josh Langley’s books… and this new…
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Information Overload!
Every now and then it happens. There’s been a gradual build-up on the review shelves, which I doggedly work through but then there’s a sudden rush of many parcels arriving (my postie and I are such good friends after him delivering to my last two houses!), and things go completely catawampus. So despite all my…
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Sensational Australian Animals – Stephanie Owen Reeder. Illustrated by Cher Hart.
CSIRO Publishing February 2024 | $ 29.99ISBN: 9781486316892 This new book from Stephanie Owen Reeder is every bit as sensational as the titular creatures! She has taken a very original approach to this factoid smorgasbord, by categorising animals aligned with each of the five (basic) senses. Check out the list of contents below to see…
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Salt Water Therapy
Here are four picture books all of which centre on the ocean but with very different purpose, style and execution, each of them truly lovely. Beach Song – Ros Moriarty. Illustrated by Samantha Campbell Allen & Unwin January 2024 ISBN:9781761180248 Publisher:A&U Children’s Imprint:A & U Children RRP: $24.99 Ros Moriarty comments ‘my emotional wellbeing…
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Wear a Purple Poppy: remembering animals in war – Fiona White. Illustrated by Kathleen O’Hagan
Hachette Australia JAN 31, 2024 | 9780734421630 | RRP $24.99 I feel certain that there are many who will remember clearly the AWM publication M is for Mate, which was produced to coincide with the A is for Animals exhibition at the AWM, was short-listed for the 2010 CBCA Eve Pownall Award and distributed to schools. It was a…
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