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Thunderhead – Sophie Beer
Allen & Unwin October 20249781761180958 RRP: $19.99 I do know I’m repeating myself but truly, 2024 has been a bumper year for Australian MG novels – they just keep on coming. This is another one that I ate up in two swift sessions. Thunderhead is not your usual protagonist. They are definitely in the unusual…
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November is Picture Book Month!
November is Picture Book Month, a tribute to the enduring importance of the picture book form. Dianne de Las Casas (author & storyteller) and her team co-founded the month-long celebration to champion the power and beauty of picture books. There are many people trying to keep the event active, following the loss of its founder. Certainly, I will continue…
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The Tea Ladies of St Jude’s Hospital – Joanna Nell
Hachette September 2021 ISBN: 9780733642906 RRP: $32.99 Hilary, Joy and Chloe could not, on first impressions, be any more different to each other and yet, as their friendship develops, they discover that each is trying desperately to hide a secret from the wider world. Hilary has been the manager of St Jude’s cafeteria for years.…
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How to Train Your Dragon #12: How to Fight a Dragon’s Fury – Cressida Cowell
Hachette Australia Imprint: Hodder Children’s Books ISBN: 9781444916584 Publication date: Sep 2015 RRP: $19.95 Without doubt the How to Train Your Dragon series has been a runaway success with avid readers from all over the world eagerly anticipating each subsequent instalment. The Dreamworks franchise which produced the movies has only built on the huge popularity…
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The Vanilla Slice Kid – Adam Wallace & Jack Wodhams. Illustrated by Tom Gittus
Ford St Publishing ISBN: 978-1-925272-02-4 Publication date: 1 October 2015 Extent: 144 pages Price: AUD$14.95 Well it’s clear we have our own contender to usurp Roald Dahl in the list of favourites for readers who love wacky and fantastical stories! When Archie Cunningham is born, it is apparent to his parents – a disgustingly greedy…
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Display Time
This year, rather than Halloween, I wanted to create a Day of the Dead feature. Of course,traditionally one would have photos of loved ones on the ofrenda but instead we have characters who have died in books. I found a fun free program which created ‘photo frames’ around each picture. They were laminated and a folded…
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The Singing Bones – Shaun Tan
Allen & Unwin Imprint; Allen & Unwin Children October 2015 ISBN 9781760111038 RRP $35.00 Along with many others a new work from Shaun Tan sends a frisson of expectation and the promise of delighted awe through me and The Singing Bones is no disappointment. From the first ‘picking up’, feeling the sleekness of the stylish…
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