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The Perfect Book – Jacinta Froud. Gökçe Yavaş Önal
Art Director: Ozan TortopPublisher: Jacinta FroudBooksmith: Tadaa Book March 2023 ISBN: 9780646866604 RRP: $23.99 The Book Cow Read about this book’s genesis – it’s a story of determination and self-belief. This one is an older title that the lovely Jacinta Froud sent me in a package a while back and it’s a lot of fun…
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The 113th Assistant Librarian – Stuart Wilson
Penguin Australia When you get an ARC all wrapped up pretty just like a birthday present, you can be pretty sure it’s going to be an exciting surprise inside and so it was. I mean to say, how could they possibly go wrong sending me something called this with a stern warning about the magic…
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Happy Book Week 2024!
Yesterday kids lit creators and purveyors around the country were either attending celebratory events, presenting at schools or waiting for the newsflash. At the time I was enjoying a massage after treating myself to a leisurely brunch. Am I missing the Book Week buzz? A little, but to be honest, I’m still so deeply entrenched…
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This is My Book – Tim Harris & Heidi McKinnon
Penguin Australia May 2024 What a cracking combination of creators!! Tim has such a flair for comic writing and Heidi’s illustrations, while appearing relatively simple, are always so full of character and expression. The vibrant contrast of colours between pages is inspired! I just LOVE this book and your kiddos will gobble it up as…
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The Last Bookwanderer: Pages & Co #6 – Anna James. Illustrations by Marco Guadolupi.
Harper Collins Australia March 2024 Synchronicity has been a theme in my life the last few weeks and reading this was no exception. I started reading it two nights ago, the same day I started listening to David Mitchell’s Unruly on audio in the car. I’d enjoyed one of the early chapters in which DM,…
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Christmas in the Big Woods – Laura Ingalls Wilder. Illustrated by Renée Graef
One of my 21st birthday presents from my darling Mum, was the complete set of Little House books [illustrated by Garth Williams]. Though I had been a voracious reader since the age of 3, these books had never come my way, though clearly they are considered classic American children’s books. I think perhaps the TV…
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Wanderer – Victor Kelleher
Publisher: Eagle Books Imprint: Christmas Press August 2022 ISBN: 9780645378818 RRP: $19.99 If I were to use the vernacular, I’d say it’s been a long time between drinks Victor, but it was certainly worth it. Multi-award winner, Victor Kelleher, has crafted his first middle grade novel in fifteen years with this gripping and absorbing post-apocalyptic…
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The Book of Wondrous Possibilities – Deborah Abela
Penguin Australia 2 August 2022 ISBN: 9781761044021 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $16.99 From the opening paragraph this brilliant book simply sparkles with magic and adventure – unsurprisingly, for those of us who have followed Deborah Abela’s writing career for years! My first encounter with this joyful creator was when, as the organiser of an extravaganza showcase at Marrickville Library,…
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Pages & Co #3: Tilly and the Map of Stories – Anna James
Harper Collins Australia October 2020 ISBN: 9780008229948 ISBN 10: 0008229945 Imprint: HarperCollins – GB List Price: 19.99 AUD This series is so utterly charming and original that it has been such pleasure to read and review each of them. Tilly and Oskar continue their adventures with the ongoing quest to thwart the horrible Underwoods who have usurped the British…
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