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Doom of the Darkwing: How to Train Your Dragon School #1- Cressida Cowell
Hachette Australia May, 2025 | 9781444981926 | RRP $16.99 Imprint: Hodder Children’s Books If you read my review of the 20th anniversary edition of How to Train Your Dragon you will know how this series holds a special place in my heart, and will forever. So it’s super exciting that we get to enjoy a new series featuring our…
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Sink or Swim: Frog Squad #3 – Kate and Jol Temple. Shiloh Gordon.
Harper Collins April 2025 ISBN: 9781460716427 ISBN 10: 1460716426 Imprint: HarperCollins RRP: $8.99 Everybody’s favourite famous frogs are back – leaping into action with all the finesse of the fit and feisty ‘phibians that they are. This small, but dedicated, army of frogs – drawn from all over the world [and by Shiloh Gordon] are hopping with excitement…
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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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My Mum is the Best – Nic McPickle. Tommy Doyle
Allen & Unwin Imprint: Albert St Books March 2025 ISBN:9781761181160 RRP: $19.99 This one is a truckload of fun for a Mother’s Day read (or gift!) with a lively text full of rhymes and humour. My mum is a Super Mum, the best I’ve ever known.She loves her trackies and her uggs, her coffee and…
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Neeka and the Missing Key: Wilder Zoo #1 – Tina Strachan
Harper Collins ISBN: 9781460716434 ISBN 10: 1460716434 Imprint: HarperCollins/Angus & Robertson RRP $12.99 Last night (13/03) I had another wonderful evening at Quick Brown Fox bookshop for a Reading Between the Wines event. Tina Strachan was one of the authors, and it was fortuitous that I had just read this first in her series. We all know that…
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Epically Good Greek Myths – R. A. Spratt
Penguin Australia March 2025 ISBN: 9781761349751 RRP: $16.99 Nerdy kid me has always been fascinated with the ancient civilisations: as a primary schooler requesting books on the big three of Egypt, Rome and Greece and acing my project on 6 chosen civilisations, to a highschooler crushing on my Ancient History teacher [not even young, almost as…
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The Bogan Book Club – John Larkin
Publisher: Larrikin House (December 4, 2024) ISBN13: 978192280489 RRP: $29.99 You know how sometimes you’ve waited patiently for something, and it turns out to be a massive disappointment… movie, a meal, a night out – whatever – and you’re left feeling completely ripped off? This is not one of those occasions. I had some slim…
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Boys Do Cry – Gus Worland. Illustrated by Heath McKenzie.
Penguin Australia February 2025 ISBN: 9781761346583 Imprint: Penguin Format: Hardback $19.99 To be fair, Gus Worland, former Triple M breakfast presenter, wouldn’t have initially appeared to be a prime candidate to pull together one of the most successful mental health initiatives in the country. I don’t mean that he wasn’t capable or that he was lacking in some…
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Lexie Moon & the Word Burgling Bungle – Melissa Garside and Lauren Mullinder
Riveted Press January 2025 ISBN 9781763526037RRP $12.99 This is not just a fun read, especially for readers growing in their confidence to tackle chapter books, but has so much to offer with regard to topics such as AI, robotics, STEM and Mighty Girls not to mention ethics and intellectual property. Lexie Moon is a dedicated…
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