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Little Rabbit and the Moon – Inda Ahmad Zahri. Claire Wee.
Simon & Schuster Little Book Press September 2025 ISBN: 978-1-923141-12-4 RRP: $24.99 I’m not sure if Inda created this based on the ‘rabbit in the moon’ idea. I know one of my girls always talked about the moon rabbit – that is she saw the crater shadows on the moon as a reclining rabbit. I also…
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B is for Bedtime: Before You Close Your Eyes – Scott Stuart. Jess Racklyeft.
Hardie Grant Australia ISBN:9781761212161 Price:AU$24.99, NZ$27.99 Publisher:Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing Charming and sweet, lovely and soothing, meaningful and like a talisman for a sleep free from worries and frets. This is just a delight from start to finish and will easily become a favourite for any family’s regular bedtime. There’s a gentle rhythm to the…
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Your … – Jon Klassen
Walker Books Australia April 2025 Your Farm ISBN13:9781529526868 Australia RRP:$16.99 New Zealand RRP:$18.99 This is your sun.It is coming up for you. This is your tree.It can go under the sun. Your Forest ISBN13:9781529526844 Australia RRP:$16.99 New Zealand RRP:$18.99 This is your sun.It is coming up for you. These are your trees.They can go over…
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Goodnight Glow Worms – Aura Parker
Penguin Australia May 2025 The adorable glow worms, such a huge hit on their first appearance (2020), are now in a sweet board book format for your Smallest bugs in rugs. Goodnight, Glow Worms shining bright,Time to dim your Glow Worm light.Glow Worms gleaming, beaming round,Can’t switch off and can’t wind down. The delightful rhyming…
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Goodnight, Joeys- Renée Treml
Penguin Australia December 2024 All infant marsupials are called joeys and this sweet little board book takes your own little joey on a soothing bedtime visit to a whole range of different little Aussie bubs. From koalas to numbats, and from tree kangaroos to wombats – each little group has its own double spread, with…
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Too Scared to Sleep – Shaun Micallef. Illustrated by Jonathan Bentley.
Hardie Grant Australia September 2024 Imprint: Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing ISBN:9781761213090 Price: AU$24.99, NZ$27.99 And I’ve saved the best till last for this Halloween. Now, I’ll be truthful. Most times, when I see a ‘celebrity’ name on a new book cover, I inwardly cringe because frankly, there are some celebrities who should just stick to…
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Night Watch – Jodi Toering/Tannya Harricks
Walker Books February 2024 ISBN13:9781760655310 Australia RRP:$26.99 New Zealand RRP:$28.99 With a task to completeand a journey ahead, Tawny Frogmouth calls a drumming call. Moon answers, rising gently over the stubble to meet her and light the way. What a beautiful lullaby of a book this is! as the reader glides across the night sky…
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For the Tiny Humans
Find Spot: an Australian Adventure Penguin Australia July 2023 Your littlest people will love this colourful new board book with a fresh Spot adventure, especially as it’s set in Australia. Mum, Dad and Spot are camping and as they explore billabong and surrounds, they encounter some lovely Australian wildlife like an echidna, thorny devil, bats…
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My Little Barlaagany (Sunshine) – Melissa Greenwood
Harper Collins Australia May 2023 Gumbaynggirr artist Melissa Greenwood has created another beautiful and stylish picture book to add to your collection of First Nations titles. This is a dreamy and gentle bedtime love story between mother and child, country and culture. With a text that is interspersed with words from her own traditional language,…
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KBR: Moonlight Mums – Laura Stitzel
Read my review of this beautiful new picture book on Kids Book Review now 🙂
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