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On the Hunt for Santa – Lesley Gibbes and Stephen Michael King
Penguin Australia September 2024 Here’s a completely fun one to share with your Smalls, especially those who love Scary Night. Once upon a snowy day, three friends set out on a journey. Hare with a honey pot, Cat with a candy cane, Pig with a plum pudding. But where were they going that snowy day,…
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Emma Memma: Christmas Lights
Penguin Australia October 2024 Christmas is coming and the excitement and the sparkle is building! Emma Memma and Elvin Melvin are ready to show little readers all the beautiful twinkling lights around their town. Once the sun goes down it’s time to twirl and dance their way from one set of lights to another, right…
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Dear Santa: I Don’t Need Socks. Consuelo Fernandez Ortiz
Five Mile September 2024 9781922943477 RRP: $24.99 This is a very cute story of Christmas from two very different perspectives. One Koala lives in Mallacoota, along with his best friend Too (a cockatoo, of course). Their tree is their home, They have ocean views and it is a quiet place to live. Cousin Olavi lives…
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Warning! These Jokes Will Annoy Everyone You Know at Christmas
Penguin Australia September 2024 You’ll definitely have at least one kiddo who will be delighted with this new fun-filled cracker. I know a boy who I’m pretty sure will relish it. Over the many years in libraries, the jokes and riddles section has always had the heaviest traffic in the non-fiction shelves. I’m pretty sure…
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Baby’s First Christmas – Cheryl Orsini
Little Hare/Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing October 2024 ISBN 9781761213335 RRP: $19.99 It’s the perfect gift for any new Small human in your circle. And it’s certainly going to be perfect for Little Miss M Daisy, who gave me the sweetest smiles when I saw her last week – showing off her four tiny teeth ❤️.…
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Christmas at Hogwarts – J. K. Rowling. Illustrated by Ziyi Gao.
Bloomsbury Australia October 2024 ISBN 9781526677082 Imprint Bloomsbury Children’s Books RRP: $29.99 Christmas was coming. One morning in mid-December, Hogwarts woke to find itself covered in several feet of snow.’ Harry’s first Christmas at Hogwarts was always bound to be memorable, given his previous dismal experiences. But the sparkle and warmth and magic of a…
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From the Archives: Classic Australian Christmas fare with Michael Salmon
It has been my great privilege to be friends with Michael for almost a decade now. He is not only a man of immense talent, an illustrious creative career spanning decades across genres, but is an exceptionally warm and wonderful human. One of our fondest memories, since The Kid came to live with me is…
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The Box of Delights – John Masefield
Masefield was the Poet Laureate from 1930 to 1967 and his two children’s books, The Midnight Folk and The Box of Delights, were both great favourites of mine as a child. I was hugely excited when The Box of Delights was adapted by the BBC into an absolutely marvellous TV series and even moreso, when…
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From fellow blogger: Thoughts Become Words.
I do love me a good murder mystery, and wouldn’t mind the thought of some snow after this week of heat and humidity, so am going to look out for this one as a holiday read!! [Update: put it on reserve at the library, which was temporarily closed for renovations, and picking it up today!]
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