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Countdown to Yesterday – Shirley Marr
Penguin Australia January 2024 I love Shirley Marr’s description of herself ‘as having a Western Mind and an Eastern Heart‘, and the success of her books for middle grade readers that explore the experiences of children living in this mix of cultures is self-evident. Her narratives not only speak to the children of Asian heritage…
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Chloe’s Lunar New Year – Lily LaMotte. Illustrated by Michelle Lee
Harper Collins Australia January 2024 While I’ve always celebrated Lunar New Year in my libraries, one in particular, where we had a significant Asian population, it was always a huge, colourful and exciting event. Having new books to share, as well as the older ones, is always welcome. This is the second new book on…
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Happy Father’s Day
I’ve been saving a few especially for today, so this is our nod to dads – those no longer with us, those who are great male models for our kiddos, and those who are doing double duty of both parents. What My Daddy Loves – Raissa Figueroa Harper Collins Australia August 2023 Dads, like everybody…
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The Silence that Binds Us – Joanna Ho
Harper Collins Australia October 2022 Many of us fell in love with Joanna Ho’s exquisite writing with Eyes That Kiss in the Corners and Eyes That Speak to the Stars. Now it becomes apparent that her talent is not confined to lyrical picture books. This, her first YA novel, is searingly beautiful, poignant and powerful.…
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Eyes that Speak to the Stars – Joanna Ho/Dung Ho
Harper Collins Australia March 2022 ISBN: 9780063057753 ISBN 10: 0063057751 Imprint: HarperCollins US List Price: 24.99 AUD Last year, in my old library, we fell in love with Eyes That Kiss in the Corners and so did our kiddos, many of whom could make connections with the cultural heritage of the characters. This beautiful companion book will be equally…
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Eyes that Kiss in the Corners – Joanna Ho. Illustrated by Dung Ho.
Harper Collins Australia May 2021 ISBN: 9780062915627 ISBN 10: 0062915622 Imprint: HarperCollins US RRP: $24.99 This stunningly beautiful and lyrical book has been one of the most talked about on children’s book lists around the world for the past few weeks, and once you see it and read it, you will quickly realise why it is so. I,…
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Tiger Daughter – Rebecca Lim
Allen & Unwin February 2021 ISBN: 9781760877644 Imprint: A & U Children Rebecca Lim has created a powerful and highly engaging #OwnVoices novel that captures the circumstances for some children, growing up Asian in Australia. Wen Zhou is the only child of Chinese immigrants who came to Australia for a better life, only to find…
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The Night of the Hiding Moon – Emma Allen & Sher Rill Ng
National Library of Australia March 2020 ISBN: 9780642279583 RRP: $24.99 ‘Late one night, Felix heard a thousand giants march across the sky and the round, silver moon went into hiding.’ Many children are fearful of storms – especially when they are ferocious. The Kid was one of these and would quite literally turn white and…
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