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Pollinators Week 2024
Just in time for Pollinators Week, I have two smashing picture books about the critters who, realistically, feed us. If it wasn’t for their pollination what would grow? Why not see how you can help out our hard workers by visiting the Australian Pollinators Week website? You’ll find heaps of events along with resources like…
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Christie Williams’ Search and Find: G’Day Australia & Australian Birds
Five Mile G’day Australia: Search and Find April 2024 9781923091368 RRP: $19.99 Australian Birds: Search and Find 9781923286238 RRP: $24.99 These are some of the prettiest books I’ve seen this year and kids who love some interactivity with their reading will thoroughly enjoy them. Primarily exactly what they say they are – search and find…
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Into the Ice: Reflections on Antarctica – Alison Lester & Coral Tulloch.
Allen & Unwin October 2024 ISBN:9781760526061 Publisher:A&U Children’s Imprint:A & U Children RRP: $35.00 Honestly, it is a little hard for me to define this sumptuous book, but I am putting in here as a picture book – although, it is patently so much more than that. Really, it is an illustrated journal with these…
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A Flock of Beautiful Bird Books
Woodslane Publishing So this parcel of absolutely stunning bird books arrived just as I’d finished this years Bird Count, but that certainly doesn’t mean that they are any less appreciated. These are all not only sensationally and vibrantly beautiful but packed with pithy facts and information about our most iconic birds. Your kiddos who are…
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Picture Book Month extra!!! Taronga Big Book of Animals – Taronga Conservation Society Australia
Penguin Australia October 2024 Meet the Four Artists Behind Taronga Zoo’s Big Book of Animals In case you missed my recent reviews of Kristin Darrell’s new junior fiction series featuring all the excitement of Taronga Zoo, you should really pick them up now and pair them with this extraordinarily beautiful encyclopedia of animal facts, showcasing…
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Are You Big? – Mo Willems
Walker Books Australia September 2024 ISBN13:9781760659905 Australia RRP:$24.99 New Zealand RRP:$27.99 To paraphrase Roy & HG, too much Mo is never enough!! Here’s another one of Mo Willems’ deceptively simple, but loaded with learning books. You can see by the spreads above just how understated it is but conversely, also the immensity of it all.…
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The Garden at the End of the World – Cassy Polimeni & Briony Stewart
UQP April 2024 ISBN: 9780702265693 RRP: $24.99 In one of those weird kind of quirks, I actually got Cassy’s second book before I got the copy of this, her debut title. When I finally got my hands on it, I decided I would save it to showcase during Picture Book Month because it is such…
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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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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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