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Baby’s First Mother’s Day – Cheryl Orsini
Hardie Grant Australia February 2026 ISBN:9781761217869 Price:AU$19.99, NZ$22.99 Series:Baby’s First Imprint:Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing Starting off a flurry of Mother’s Day titles is one of Cheryl Orsini’s always beautiful books – this one a board book in the Baby’s First series that will delight any first time mums of your acquaintance. One of The Kid’s…
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Grandmas in Grand Cars – Mick Elliott
Walker Books Australia April 2025 ISBN13:9781760655068 Australia RRP:$24.99 New Zealand RRP:$27.99 This one is just pure good fun, as one always expects from Mick Elliott, and your Smallsl will love all the different cars these groovy grannies are driving. Happily, the very first one is a Beetle – and having owned four of these beauties…
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Harry and Gran Bake a Cake – Fiona McIntosh. Sara Acton.
Penguin Australia March 2025 ISBN: 9781761346941 Imprint: Puffin $19.99 I have my own happy memories of cooking with not just my Mummy but also my Fairy Godmother, Aunty Shirl, and my own Gran. Then when my grandies came along, it was my turn to cook with them. My eldest grandson was mad keen on Gabriel Gate’s cooking…
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I Love Grandma with the Very Hungry Caterpillar
Penguin Australia Mrach 2024 ISBN: 9780241649886 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $14.99 These little books all follow the pattern set by the VHC and its creator, the late Eric Carle, combining the simple text with selected illustrations from across the vast gallery of Carle’s work. One assumes that additional material created in the same style is also added. This…
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Bad Martha – Wendy Orr. With illustrations by Carol McLean-Carr
Angus & Robertson 1991 A chance remark from Wendy Orr prompted me to say, I’d never seen this one, and I said I would look out for it. Being an extremely generous and kind person, Wendy posted me one of the few remaining copies she has (signed and all!) and what an absolute little treasure…
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What’s in a Dumpling, Grandma: Linda Meeker. Illustrated by Sandra Eide.
Harper Collins Australia November 2023 ISBN: 9781400244225 ISBN 10: 1400244226 Imprint: Thomas Nelson US RRP: $24.99 Earlier this year, I spent a day learning to make Tibetan momos – dumplings. And not only was it fun, but it made me think about dumplings in general, and how many different cultures have these delicious little parcels of yumminess in…
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Not-So-Little Red Riding Hood – Michael Rosen. Illustrated by David Melling.
Harper Collins Australia October 2023 ISBN: 9780008509934 ISBN 10: 000850993X Imprint: HarperCollins GB RRP:$19.99 Honestly, when have you ever read anything less than wonderful by Michael Rosen? Exactly! This is a really fun update on the traditional fairy tale, that will sit beautifully with a unit of work on fractured fairytales or innovations on traditional stories, as well…
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