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Who Fed Zed? – Amelia McInerney. Illustrated by Adam Nickel
Allen & Unwin July 2021 ISBN: 9781760524432 Publisher: A&U Children’s Imprint: A & U Children RRP: $24.99 For my library event of last week, I was required, of course, to complete the paperwork to tick all the boxes and of the 50 children attending, ten had dietary requirements – with nine of those being medical…
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Bear in Space – Deborah Abela. Illustrated by Marjorie Crosby-Fairall
Walker Books Australia August 2020 ISBN: 9781760651510Imprint: Walker Books Australia Australian RRP: $25.99New Zealand RRP: $28.99 Encouraging our little readers to be not just accepting of differences but to embrace them is arguably one of the greatest gifts we can offer. And to be able to do this through the enjoyment of a wonderful and vibrant story is a…
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Nop – Caroline Magerl
Walker Books November 2019 ISBN: 9781760651251 Imprint: Walker Books Australia Australian RRP: $26.99 New Zealand RRP: $28.99 I’d like to introduce you to Tedward who has been my constant companion for 62 years and 2 months. He was given to me for my first Christmas when I was two months old. He no longer has much left of his…
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Empathy and Books for Children
At present our Junior School is focusing on developing empathy with our children and particularly the value of books/shared reading in this process (yay!) so it seems apt to collate some of my current review picture books that fit this agenda. The Day War Came – Nicola Davies/illustrated by Rebecca Cobb Walker Books Australia…
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Can I Touch Your Hair? : Poems of Race, Mistakes and Friendship – Irene Latham & Charles Waters, Sean Qualls & Selina Alko
January 1st 2018 by Carolrhoda Book ISBN: 9781512404425 ISBN-10: 151240442X Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group RRP $29.99 I’ve been fortunate enough to have a few children’s poetry books come my way of late and this is certainly one of the most interesting. In a world where we are constantly reminded of the intolerance and bigotry of some…
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Owl Bat Bat Owl By Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick
Walker Books ISBN: 9781406364392 October 2016 Australian RRP: $24.99 New Zealand RRP: $27.99 This is another deceptively simple picture book but has a great message. With no words Fitzpatrick still clearly tells the story of what happens when two different families share the same living space. Mother Owl and her babies live on top of a branch…
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