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Lots of B books today beginning with B for Birthday: I’m Very Busy: a (nearly forgotten) birthday book – Oliver Jeffers
Harper Collins Australia October 2025 ISBN: 9780008771911 ISBN 10: 000877191X Imprint: HarperCollins GB RRP: $24.99 Who doesn’t love Oliver Jeffers’ books? They are always amusing but also have real depth to them, and it’s those layers that make them all the more special. It’s Bridget’s birthday and she wants to spend it with friends because that’s always more…
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No One is Home – Mikolaj Pa. Illustrated by Gosia Herbs.
translated by Scotia Gilroy New South Books Publisher: Greystone Kids September 2025 9781778402180 AUD$29.99, NZD$34.99 Last year I reviewed No 5. Bubblegum St from this same pair of creators in a week of ‘happy-ness’ reviews. This one seemed a perfect fit for today’s slightly bonkers books, and I love it just as much as I…
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Mooshy Crackerjack’s Big Day – Suzanne Patterson. Maia Batumashvill
New South Books Publisher: Starfish Bay Children’s Books September 2025 9781760362690 AUD$26.99 This is a load of fun that kids will thoroughly enjoy and cackle over, as they recognise what it’s like to be super-excited about their birthday but not quite sure everyone else is! Mooshy bounces up on the morning of his birthday just…
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Another Year Around the Sun – Katrina Germein. Alice Lindstrom
Affirm Kids (September 30, 2025) Simon & Schuster Australia Length: 24 pages ISBN13: 9781923022911 RRP: AU$ 22.99 / NZ$ 27.99 Meeting Katrina in person on our trip to Adelaide was such a delight for me, especially as I had reviewed some of her books, known more and written resources for One Little Duck. Now it’s…
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Happy Millionth Birthday – R. W. R. McDonald – Alexandra Colombo
Larrikin House July 2024 Distributed by Simon & Schuster ISBN13: 9781922804631 RRP: AU$ 24.99 / NZ$ 27.99 There probably isn’t a child alive who hasn’t enjoyed their birthday celebrations so much, that they have wished it could be their birthday every day. But what if….? And that’s exactly what happens in this humorous look at…
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A Very Dinosaur Birthday – Adam Wallace. Illustrated by Christopher Nielsen.
Harper Collins Australia July 2023 ISBN: 9781400242054ISBN 10: 1400242053 Imprint: Thomas Nelson US RRP: $24.99 We know most kids are wild about dinosaurs. Certainly The Kid, and her mother before her were besotted with them as littles, but right up to loving every gritty, Velociraptor moment of the Jurassic Park franchise. And who wouldn’t want to have a…
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Willa and Woof #2: Birthday Business – Jacqueline Harvey
Penguin Australia October 2022 ISBN: 9781761043321 Imprint: Puffin Willa happens to find out that it’s almost Frank’s birthday and it’s a super special significant one. She feels pretty sad when she knows that Frank’s family, son and his wife plus children, who live in England are unable to even be in touch on this special day so,…
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