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Ellie’s Dragon – Bob Graham
Walker Books July 2020 ISBN: 9781406387629Imprint: WalkerAustralian RRP: $27.99 Bob Graham, one of our best-loved Australian book characters, once again brings his own brand of magic to this bittersweet story of childhoodand imaginary friends and the inevitable growing-up, or out of, both. Ellie finds the sweetest little dragon in a box of eggs from the supermarket and immediately…
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Here in the Real World – Sara Pennypacker
Harper Collins Australia February 2020 ISBN: 9780008371692 ISBN 10: 0008371695 Imprint: HarperCollins – GB List Price: 14.99 AUD At present we (as a collective global community) are having a great deal of reflection and discussion of what it means to be a hero and for many young readers their perception and definition of this might be relatively narrow. This…
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The Night of the Hiding Moon – Emma Allen & Sher Rill Ng
National Library of Australia March 2020 ISBN: 9780642279583 RRP: $24.99 ‘Late one night, Felix heard a thousand giants march across the sky and the round, silver moon went into hiding.’ Many children are fearful of storms – especially when they are ferocious. The Kid was one of these and would quite literally turn white and…
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The Astronaut’s Cat – Tohby Riddle
Allen & Unwin March 2020 ISBN 9781760524944 RRP: $24.99 Tohby Riddle comments that he could not have predicted just how apt his new book would be given our current circumstances but it really is going to be a perfect story to share and discuss with your readers. Given how many cats have come and gone…
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The Whispers – Greg Howard
Penguin 9780241367087 January 22, 2019 Puffin $14.99 Riley has not been coping so well since his mother disappeared. Neither his father nor his brother seems as concerned as he is. Even his much loved grandparents appear to be disengaged from his urgency to solve the mystery. His seemingly never-ending meetings with the police…
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Collecting Sunshine – Rachel Flynn & Tamsin Ainslie
Penguin Random House 9780143785187 September 3, 2018 Imprint: Viking RRP: $22.99 Like all small children Mabel and Robert love to collect things on their walks (ahh yes, the days when I had to take snap lock bags with me for Small’s treasures) and they pick up all kinds of marvellous finds: beautiful stones, interesting…
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Pages & Co : Tilly and the Bookwanderers –Anna James
Harper Collins ISBN: 9780008229887 ISBN 10: 0008229880 Imprint: HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks On Sale: 18/09/2018 List Price: 9.99 AUD Ever since Tilly’s mum disappeared when she was tiny, her home has been with her Grandma and Grandpa in their house/bookshop Pages & Co. Inevitably, given that circumstance, Tilly is the ultimate bookworm and constantly loses herself deep in a book, particularly her…
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