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Over or Under – Pip Harry & Hilary Jean Tapper
Hachette Australia Oct 30, 2024 | 9780734421807 | RRP $24.99 Imprint: Lothian Books I’m jumping waves at the beach with Dad.If they’re small I can leap over their frothy peaks.Easy!But further out, when they’re big, you have to duck dive under. We are always looking for ways in which to encourage our Smalls to be brave and take risks…
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The Boab Tree – Helen Milroy
Fremantle Press October 2024 ISBN: 9781760994631 RRP: $24.99 Once again Helen Milroy brings together many threads into a modern fable that echoes traditional Dreaming stories. When it is time for baby Boab to drop down to earth and begin his own life and family, his plummet is interrupted by a passing eagle, who swoops by directly…
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Extinctopedia – Serenella Quarello. Illustrated by Alessio Alcini. Translated by Margaret Greenan.
NMA March 2024ISBN: 9781636550725Publisher: Red Comet PressRRP: $40.00 I’ve seen some amazingly wonderful animal books this year, and this is another one. Admittedly, it has been waiting its turn in the PB tub for quite some time but it really is a stunning work of art. It’s one of those big books that kids will…
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Like a Gannet – Kirsten Ealand. Illustrated by Deb Hudson.
Windy Hollow Books 9781922081094 / October 2024 /AUD$29.95, NZD$34.99 Are you looking for a cute-as-pie book that will also help you encourage your Smalls – or singular Small – to overcome their fear so that they can try something new and achieve a goal they hold dear. Just like Francie who can swim like a little fish. In…
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The Bug Book – Tania Ingram. Illustrated by Lucinda Gifford.
Affirm Press Imprint: Little Book Press October 2024 ISBN 9781923141155 RRP: $24.99 If this isn’t the cutest introduction to the world of mini-beasts!!! When Tania had talked about this one during its inception, I knew it was going to be fun but I had no clue that it was going to be as adorable as…
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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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My Dad’s Gone Away – Andrew Krakouer & Jacqueline Dinan. Illustrated by Paul Seden.
Magabala Books October 2024 9781922777249 AUD$27.99, NZD$32.99 It’s not just the fact that over 30 years of teaching I’ve encountered and taught many children who had a parent incarcerated, or that The Kid had a best friend who also lived with her grandmother, because Mum was dead and Dad was in jail. But I can…
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Nobody Likes Monday – Kelly Lee & Amy Calautti
EK Books August 2024 9781922539847 $24.99 So I’ll admit there are not many truly positive songs about Mondays: Imagine Dragons‘ offering [such a great band!] has terrific upbeat lyrics but the whole premise of their video clip is a tad unsettling, The Mamas and the Papas had a very dreary break-up song, then there’s Manic…
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