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Hitler’s Daughter 25th Anniversary – Jackie French
Harper Collins Australia July 2024 ISBN: 9781460764008 ISBN 10: 1460764005 Imprint: HarperCollins AU RRP: $17.99 When I took this out of the parcel I was aghast – at the fact of it being 25 years since I first read this, one of Jackie’s most loved MG books. I sent her a message saying so and she replied that…
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Ming & Ada Spark the Digital Age – Jackie French
Harper Collins Australia June 2024 ISBN: 9781460764879 ISBN 10: 1460764870 Imprint: HarperCollins AU RRP: $16.99 What a pleasure it was to read the fourth in this wonderful series early this year, and to, once again, be privileged to create the teaching notes to support Jackie’s work. With her customary diligence, she has dug deep into research to deliver…
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Tornado – Jackie French/Bruce Whatley
Scholastic Australia April 2024 ISBN: 9781760264895 ISBN-10: 176026489X RRP: $26.99 This series collaboration between these two gifted creators has undoubtedly been one of the most successful (and extensively used in classrooms around the country), over recent years. I’m pretty sure a lot of us have been there for the ubiquitous ‘natural disasters’ unit of inquiry. Thank goodness,…
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The Sea Captain’s Wife – Jackie French
Harper Collins Australia ISBN: 9781867243489 ISBN 10: 1867243482 Imprint: HQ Fiction AU $32.99 It really is a given, that a new Jackie French book means that all other books are put on hold (even if half-read!) until I have devoured the newest. And that’s exactly what has happened over the past few days. Just under 500 pages flew…
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Picture Book Month Bonus #5: Secret Sparrow – Jackie French
November 2023 ISBN: 9781460760468 ISBN 10: 1460760468 Imprint: HarperCollins AU RRP: $17.99 Yet again, Jackie brings her extraordinary talent for both unearthing hidden history, and weaving it into gripping narrative to readers. It seems that shedding light on the long-lost life stories of women in action of all kinds, is a particular passion. I have been waiting for…
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The Turtle and the Flood – Jackie French/Danny Snell
Harper Collins Australia ISBN: 9781460762974 ISBN 10: 1460762975 Imprint: HarperCollins AU RRP: $24.99 I could be mistaken, but I do think many of us would be familiar with these little darlings, at least by sight, even if not from personal experience. I think that kiddos would also know these guys from pictures and/or real life. There would be…
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Becoming Mrs Mulberry – Jackie French
Harper Collins Australia ISBN: 9781867243502 ISBN 10: 1867243504 Imprint: HQ Fiction AU List Price: 32.99 AUD When this arrived, I was, as you would expect, tremendously excited – given my love of Jackie’s books, both for kids and adults. I had great plans to relish reading it over the Easter break but then the whole pesky moving house thing…
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Diary of a Rescued Wombat – Jackie French/Bruce Whatley
Harper Collins November 2022 ISBN: 9781460761823 ISBN 10: 1460761820 Imprint: HarperCollins AU List Price: 24.99 AUD Twenty years ago Jackie French and Bruce Whatley collaborated on what was to be the first of ‘the Wombat’ books, and you might say, the rest is history! To celebrate this milestone, this is an absolutely not-to-be-missed prequel to the entire series with…
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