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Picture Book Month Extra! : Tigg and the Bandicoot Bushranger – Jackie French
Harper Collins Australia December 2024 Regular readers here know what a fan I am of Jackie’s work, particularly her historical fiction. She so deftly weaves fact and fiction creating a portal back in time for young readers to become bystanders and witnesses to some of the most significant events, especially in Australian history. And because…
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Into the Ice: Reflections on Antarctica – Alison Lester & Coral Tulloch.
Allen & Unwin October 2024 ISBN:9781760526061 Publisher:A&U Children’s Imprint:A & U Children RRP: $35.00 Honestly, it is a little hard for me to define this sumptuous book, but I am putting in here as a picture book – although, it is patently so much more than that. Really, it is an illustrated journal with these…
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The Golden Tower – Belinda Murrell
Penguin Australia March 2021 ISBN: 9781760897093 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $16.99 Belinda Murrell’s time-slip adventures have always been thrilling and captivating and this new one does not fail to do the same. Sophie is feeling a little down. Though she loves her English grandmother dearly, she’s a little bored with her extended stay while her mum and younger…
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The 1, 000-Year-Old Boy – Ross Welford
Harper Collins Australia January 2018 ISBN 10: 0008256942 Imprint: HarperCollins – GB ISBN: 9780008256944 Pages: 400 List Price: 14.99 AUD Alfie Monk is not your average eleven year old boy. He is ‘proficient in Old Norse, Old English, Middle English and Modern English, plus French, Latin and Greek (ancient and modern, though they are not so dissimilar), and [has]…
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The Secret Horses of Briar Hill – Megan Shepherd/Levi Penfold
By Megan Shepherd Illustrated by Levi Pinfold ISBN: 9781406367584 Imprint: Walker Distributor: Walker Australia-HEDS October 1, 2016 Australian RRP: $19.99 New Zealand RRP: $22.99 Just to continue on my ‘historical’ trail for the day, this is a simply beautiful novel which I read a few months ago and let slip down to the bottom of the pile (thank goodness for holiday…
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The Turnkey – Allison Rushby
ISBN: 9781925126921 Imprint: Walker Books Australia March 1, 2017 Australian RRP: $16.99 More mystery and history and another great read following my last post. Clearly a talent for beautiful writing and an interest in history runs in this family! In this gripping story the mystery and history are wrapped up in a spooky supernatural plot. Flossie Birdwhistle is…
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Rose Ravensthorpe Investigates: Black Cats and Butlers – Janine Beacham
Rose Ravensthorpe Investigates: Black Cats and Butlers – Janine Beacham MAR 28, 2017 | 9781510201286 | RRP $14.99 Hachette Au. Imprint: Little Brown Books for Children This has been one of my favourite reads of the past few weeks. Described as “The Clockwork Sparrow meets Downton Abbey” it is really energetic and engaging novel. Rose is meant to be a properly…
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Chronologica: the Incredible Years that Defined History – compiled by the Whitaker’s Almanack team
Allen & Unwin Australia Imprint; Bloomsbury ISBN 9781472932945 December 2016 RRP $ 34.99 This is exactly the kind of book I would have loved as a rather nerdy child. I had quite the obsession with books of ‘general knowledge’ and random facts and perused them for hours. Clearly, why I love trivia competitions so much…
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