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The Witch Who Couldn’t Spell – Jess Galatola & Lu Baker
June 2026 ISBN : 9781923345256 Publisher : Larrikin House Imprint : Larrikin House $24.99 I can’t tell you how excited I am to finally see this book a finished product as I have been privileged to see Lu Baker‘s ideas for it unfold over time, watching with great interest and such admiration of her talent. And given my penchant for all…
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Rainbow Street- R. W. R. McDonald. Kelly Canby.
Larrikin House August 2025 9781923345171 RRP: $24.99 If you’re always looking for something to add to your diversity/inclusion resources this would be a good one. It’s a riot of colour as befits the title and the illustrations are lively and expressive. The premise of the narrative is that the whole street full of diverse families…
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Guess How I Was Born – Susanne Gervay. Illustrated by Carolyn Daly.
Larrikin House June 2025 978192334510 I’m far from being the only educator who has worked with children from diverse family circumstances. Going right back to my first year of teaching and to the present day: same sex parents, single parents of either gender, trans parents, trans kids, kiddos raised by grandparents [like The Kid], blended…
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The Bogan Book Club – John Larkin
Publisher: Larrikin House (December 4, 2024) ISBN13: 978192280489 RRP: $29.99 You know how sometimes you’ve waited patiently for something, and it turns out to be a massive disappointment… movie, a meal, a night out – whatever – and you’re left feeling completely ripped off? This is not one of those occasions. I had some slim…
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Jingle Belly – Jacinta Froud. Illustrated by Gabriella Petruso.
Distributed by Simon & Schuster Imprint: Larrikin House 2021 ISBN13: 9781922503503 LIST PRICE: AU$ 19.99 / NZ$ 22.99 I know it’s not ‘new’ but it’s new to me. I hadn’t seen it previously and, very kindly, author Jacinta Froud sent me this copy (as well as a couple of others which I’ll post after my…
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Happy Millionth Birthday – R. W. R. McDonald – Alexandra Colombo
Larrikin House July 2024 Distributed by Simon & Schuster ISBN13: 9781922804631 RRP: AU$ 24.99 / NZ$ 27.99 There probably isn’t a child alive who hasn’t enjoyed their birthday celebrations so much, that they have wished it could be their birthday every day. But what if….? And that’s exactly what happens in this humorous look at…
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Sarah Speedie – double the fun!
Boss Cat Harper Collins Australia June 2024 ISBN: 9781460764046 ISBN 10: 1460764048 Imprint: HarperCollins AU RRP: $24.99 With Sarah’s bouncy text and Tom Jellet’s always humorous and distinctive illustrations, this is just pure fun – how very refreshing!! All of our circle knows well enough that our last remaining animal of The Kid’s former zoo, is Whiskers –…
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Pugnacious & Scuttlebutt #2: S.M.Ellybutt Strikes Back – Adam Wallace/Wayne Bryant
Larrikin House May 2023 ISBN: 9781922804495 RRP: $14.99 This is definitely not your feel-good, cute and fluffy dog story, not that you would imagine it to be, knowing Adam’s rather – let’s say – quirky brand of creativity. Following on from the heroic pound rescue (#1 book), these two dysfunctional doggos are cruising the streets,…
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