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Cozy Christmas – Coco Wyo
Penguin Australia If you’ve grabbed Warning! These Jokes Will Annoy Everyone You Know to keep a bigger one occupied, while everyone snoozes post Xmas-lunch Christmas, and you need something for a Small, this is really cute and would suit any age from around 3/4 upwards. Put some chunky crayons or some new pencils or –…
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The Completely Chaotic Christmas of Lottie Brooks – Katie Kirby
Penguin Books Australia Somehow or other, I have completely missed Lottie Brooks until now but I’m glad we have met. I found this quite hilarious and can easily see why this series has been so popular with tweens. It’s reminiscent of the likes of Wimpy Kid or Tom Weekly but more like an older Clarice…
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Emma Memma: Christmas Lights
Penguin Australia October 2024 Christmas is coming and the excitement and the sparkle is building! Emma Memma and Elvin Melvin are ready to show little readers all the beautiful twinkling lights around their town. Once the sun goes down it’s time to twirl and dance their way from one set of lights to another, right…
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Warning! These Jokes Will Annoy Everyone You Know at Christmas
Penguin Australia September 2024 You’ll definitely have at least one kiddo who will be delighted with this new fun-filled cracker. I know a boy who I’m pretty sure will relish it. Over the many years in libraries, the jokes and riddles section has always had the heaviest traffic in the non-fiction shelves. I’m pretty sure…
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Meerkat Mayhem – Mem Fox and Judy Horacek
Penguin Australia You will find numerous posts here referencing Mem Fox, going back almost the entire decade of the blog’s existence, including an insightful Q&A posted back in 2019. My joy in Mem’s work and her presence goes back many years. Possum Magic was a book I bought to share with The Kid’s mum as…
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Picture Book Month extra!!! Taronga Big Book of Animals – Taronga Conservation Society Australia
Penguin Australia October 2024 Meet the Four Artists Behind Taronga Zoo’s Big Book of Animals In case you missed my recent reviews of Kristin Darrell’s new junior fiction series featuring all the excitement of Taronga Zoo, you should really pick them up now and pair them with this extraordinarily beautiful encyclopedia of animal facts, showcasing…
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What I Ate in One Year (and related thoughts) – Stanley Tucci
Penguin Australia October 2024 I have loved Stanley in every role in which I’ve seen him from Caesar/Lucky Flickerman (Hunger Games/Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes) to Muertes (Undercover Blues), from Nigel (The Devil Wears Prada) to Mr Stringer (The Witches – and everything inbetween. I think the only film I’ve eschewed was The Lovely Bones…
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Are We There Yet? 20th Anniversary edition – Alison Lester
Penguin Australia October 2024 Hands up if you’ve also forgotten how many times in the past 20 years you’ve shared this one? I know it was a focal point of my literature-based unit with Year 3s often and on many occasions, aside from all the times I’ve just read it to Smalls. And it never…
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