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How to Go to Big School – Sarah Ayoub. Mimi Purnell.
Harper Collins Australia November 2025 ISBN: 9781460767122 ISBN 10: 1460767128 Imprint: HarperCollins AU List Price: 24.99 AUD I’m not familiar with the stats of other states but in Queensland there are now almost 12, 000 students being home-schooled. Between 2020 and 2024 there was almost a 164% increase in registrations. I knew the stats were escalating a few years…
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Picture Book Month Bonus: Frances Bloom – Katrina Nannestad. Illustrated by Marina Zlatanova.
Harper Collins October 2025 ISBN: 9781460718605 ISBN 10: 1460718607 Imprint: ABC Books RRP: $15.99 Earlier this year I was not only excited to find out that Katrina had a new series on the way but was invited to write notes to support this first Frances Bloom and what fun it was! Anyone, young or old, who has loved…
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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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The Drought Kangaroo – Jackie French
Harper Collins Australia October 2025 ISBN: 9781460765197 ISBN 10: 1460765192 Imprint: HarperCollins AU List Price: 24.99 AUD A new Jackie French is always a moment for celebration. When I’m invited to write supporting notes for one, I’m even more excited. This new one follows on from The Fire Wombat and The Turtle and the Flood in the sense that…
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The Cave Downwind of the Café – Mikey Please
Harper Collins Australia October 2025 ISBN: 9780008639051 ISBN 10: 0008639051 Imprint: HarperCollins GB RRP: $24.99 I didn’t see the previous book, The Café at the Edge of the Woods, but as it won Waterstones’ Picture Book of the Year it would be obvious that it was a great success. Certainly, this quirky sequel confirms that. Actually, this is…
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Spud and Snowball and the Fancy Fish – Judith Rossell
Harper Collins Australia September 2025 ISBN: 9780733343865 ISBN 10: 0733343864 Imprint: ABC Books AU RRP: $15.99 Continuing the impromptu ‘cat’ theme is this deliciously funny new title from Judith Rossell, which will be perfect for your newly independent readers. These are two cats that are the very epitome of their species. They are self-indulgent, wilful, cheeky, devious, greedy…
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Krstel Kicks to Win: Kimberley Kickers #2 – Carl Merrison & Hakea Hustler. Illustrated by Samantha Campbell
Harper Collins Australia July 2025 ISBN: 9781460765081 ISBN 10: 1460765087 Imprint: HarperCollins AU RRP: $15.99 Last year I had the pleasure of not just reviewing the first in this series – Jy Goes for Gold – but also writing teaching notes for it. Back then I predicted that this would prove a real winner with the kiddos and…
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Mega Rich Guinea Pigs – Kate and Jol Temple
Harper Collins Australia August 2025 ISBN : 9781460767207 RRP: $16.99 Why yes, when it comes to The Kid and I, of course our fondness for rodentia extends to guinea pigs . Although, we only had the one, and that one only for a short time. Only The Kid, then at the height of her home zoo phase,…
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