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The Lucky Shack – Apsara Baldovino/Jennifer Falkner
Harper Collins July 2023 This is essentially a simple story but there is a depth to it that many will find both heart-warming and thought-provoking. Written from the PoV of the shack (being a great introduction to the idea of personification), this humble little dwelling goes through changes wrought by time and circumstances, and through…
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Downtown Sewertown – Tull Suwannakit
Ford St Publishing March 2023 ISBN: 978192296250 RRP: $17.99 What to do when your home is destroyed? There is nothing, except to take what belongings you can,and try to find a new place to live. The woodland creatures are forced to flee when their homes and woods are flattened for new urban housing. They try…
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Amazing Animal Journeys- Jennifer Cossins
Hachette Australia October 2022 ISBN 9780734421432 RRP $26.99 Another glorious information book sneakily posing as a picture book *grin*, in the most excellent style for which Jennifer Cossins has become well known and loved. The book explores the incredible migratory habits of 25 different species, quite a few from Australia, and when I shared it…
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How We Came to Be: Surprising Sea Creatures – Sami Bayly
Hachette September 2022 Imprint: Lothian Children’s Books ISBN 9780734421364 RRP $19.99 A delightful 1/2 class, at a local school which has a special focus on all things ‘ocean’, as it is located right on the very seafront, and I thoroughly enjoyed exploring the depths of the brine with Sami. Dive on in and find out…
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Duck, Apple, Egg – Glenda Millard/Martina Heiduczek
Harper Collins Australia February 2020 ISBN: 9780733340185 ISBN 10: 0733340180 Imprint: ABC Books – AU List Price: 24.99 AUD Another perfect accompaniment to being at home and enjoying simpler pleasures, this is just delightful in its simplicity and charm as a little person plays in the garden. Duck on the green, sun in the sky, egg in the nest,…
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Scribbly Gum Secrets – Dannika Patterson and Megan Forward
Ford St Publishing April 2020 ISBN: 9781925804485 RRP: $16.99 Exactly a month ago today I had the great pleasure of meeting both Dannika and Megan at Booklinks’ Romancing the Stars event held at Iona College – the last gathering before our social lives were turned completely upside down – and the joy of them both telling…
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Grace’s Mystery Seed – Juliet M Sampson/Karen Erasmus
Ford St Publishing March 2019 $16.95 Have you ever had your children (or grandies) garden with you? I used to garden with my girls and now I have my beautiful granddaughter growing up here also loving planting and watching things grow. She especially loved planting radish seeds to spell her name and only having to…
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Animal Activity: Cut , fold and make your own wild things – Isabel Thomas
Bloomsbury May 2017 ISBN: 9781408870068 Imprint: Bloomsbury Activity Books RRP $14.99 Bloomsbury just has the BEST activity books for all ages! This is a super treat for lovers of science and nature. It’s described as a ‘self-destructing, action-packed activity book’ and it certainly is. So much to cut, fold, create, share, display and think about…
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The Anti-Boredom Book of Brilliant Outdoor Things to Do – Andy Seed
Bloomsbury Published: 01-07-2017 ISBN: 9781408870099 Imprint: Bloomsbury Childrens RRP RRP $14.99 Seeds’ ‘Anti-Boredom’ books have proven hugely popular with kids both in the UK and here in Oz. Certainly the Christmas volume was a big hit with Miss K’s BFF as part of her Xmas gift. I probably should have posted this review for these…
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