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Grace the Amazing – Aleesah Darlison
Wombat Books May 2024 ISBN: 9781761111174 RRP: $14.99 Eleven-year-old Grace is, in her imagination, Grace the Amazing – a skilled magican who dazzles with her wondrous feats of legerdemain. Certainly that’s how she visualises herself but in reality, it’s more like Grace the Impetuous… Grace the Truculent… Grace the No-Filter… Grace the Friendless. She is,…
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Super Sloth Episode #2: Revenge of the Chick-oats- Aleesah Darlison. Illustrated by Cheri Hughes.
Big Sky Publishing March 2024 ISBN: 9781923004948 RRP: $14.99 Romeo Fortez, aka the Super Sloth, continues his wacky and wild adventures in New York in this new offering from Aleesah Darlison. Newly independent readers, gaining confidence in their first exploration of easy chapter books, will once again enjoy this one. The machinations of Weird-Warp to gain…
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Super Sloth Episode #1 – The Shar-Wolf of New York City – Aleesah Darlison. Illustrated by Cheri Hughes.
Big Sky Publishing April 2023 ISBN: 9781922896537 RRP: $14.99 What’s that I hear you say? This book was published in April last year, and I’m only just reviewing it now? Riddikulus! But, in my defense, I would point out that I only received yesterday – it’s been somewhat of a mission one way or another. Also…
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Endangered Animal Tales 3: Rusty The Rainbow Bird – Aleesah Darlison/Mel Matthews
My review for Aleesah’s newest book in this fab series is now live on Kids Book Review – why not check it out!
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Poppy, the Punk Turtle [Endangered Animals #2]- Aleesah Darlison. Illustrated by Mel Matthews
Penguin Australia Published: 31 August 2021 ISBN: 9781760899233 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $19.99 The battle to save the Mary River has been building momentum for years now and the residents of the Mary Valley are resolute in their determination to save the river, the environment and the wildlife. Paramount in that wildlife is the incredible and utterly adorable Mary River…
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Endangered Animal Tales 1: Coco, the Fish with Hands – Aleesah Darlison. Illustrated by Mel Matthews.
Penguin Random House June 2021 Yesterday at the EdSummit conference Brisbane, I had the great joy of hearing the amazing Aleesah Darlison deliver a lively and engaging presentation called “Saving the Environment through Story”. Uber-talented Aleesah has long been a huge advocate for the environment and has repeatedly taken up the cause of various creatures…
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League of Llamas [#3 and #4] – Aleesah Darlison
Penguin Random House Australia July 2020 Aleesah Darlison continues her hilarious new series with these two new episodes in the adventures of Phillipe, Lloyd and Elloise, those daring LOL agents who are afraid of nothing – well almost nothing. Kids love the antics of rather hapless Philippe and Lloyd who are generally getting themselves into…
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League of Llamas – Aleesah Darlison
Visit Aleesah’s webpage here Penguin March 2020 RRP: $9.99 Well… Aleesah’s new series is bound to be a hit with junior/middle primary readers with galloping (I’m not sure llamas actually gallop but still…) plots, high octane humour and loads of adventure. I knew that James Bond is currently having a contemporised make over but…
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Running From the Tiger – Aleesah Darlison
Empowering Resources September 2016 ISBN 9780994501066 RRP $15.00 Empowering Resources is an independent publishing company dedicated to informing, discussing and enabling both children and adults to engage in ‘meaningful dialogue’ about important social issues. Aleesah Darlison is an award-winning author (and resident of the beautiful Sunshine Coast!) who is unafraid to tackle topics which will…
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