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Miss Understood- Kathryn Apel & Beau Wylie
Scholastic Australia May 2025 Yes, it has taken far too long to get to this one but it’s worth it – and if you haven’t grabbed it, you should! It’s been way too long since I had a fractured fairytale to share and it’s also been way too long between really excellent, perfectly on point…
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One Keen Koala ABC – Margaret Wild. Bruce Whatley.
Scholastic Australia December 2025 Any book with this pairing of creators is so unlikely to need my recommendation because, let’s face it their names alone will guarantee it flying off shelves across the country. But, regardless, let me go on with this feeble attempt to do it some kind of justice. We love ABC books…
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Koala Fairies – Anna Pignataro
Scholastic Australia September 2025 ISBN:9781761123849 RRP: $19.99 It really could be set right here at the end of our street – where bush meets the sea and there are native animals sheltering in quiet spots. Cute little friends, Cookie and Clover, are a pair of helpful koalas who do their best to care for their…
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Aussie Native Plants A-Z – Joey Farrell. Jocelyn Gibson
This gorgeous book was sent to me kindly from Boolarong Press some time ago – though not as long ago as its publishing date! It has been waiting patiently for Picture Book Month though and it’s timely to sit with some of these others on our rich nature in Australia. I love that this is…
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When the Mountain Wakes – Matt Shanks
Affirm Press Simon & Schuster August 2025 Somewhere, towards the beginning of time, a mountain rose from the ocean and came to rest above the clouds.Life sang a lullaby, and the mountain slept for many millions of years.Until one day, when the world became too silent for sleep If you have a Sophisticated Picture Books…
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Where the River Runs Free – Vikki Conley. Jedda Robaard.
Windy Hollow Books July 2025 ISBN: 9781922998217 AUD$29.95, NZD$34.99 This spring weather is just glorious and a perfect time for a family walk out in the beauty and calm of nature. Why not follow the example of this family as they take an adventurous walk along the local river. What might they see? A frog?…
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Just So Stories’ Picture Book Month 2025
Picture Book Month has long been celebrated in November, and though in many locations it is now marked in other months, here at Just So Stories I still dedicate this month to the joy and wonder of picture books – if it’s good enough for the Carnegie Library, it’s good enough for me, thank you…
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