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Dear Beach – Jacinta Boyd
Publisher:Boolarong Press ISBN:9781923321250 September 7, 2026 Imprint:Boolarong Press RRP: $29.99 Yes, it has taken a while to get to this one but what better book to kick off this year’s Picture Book month than one that is a message of love to the beach – given we live a 3-minute walk from ours and the…
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Howl-O-Ween-Emma Bowd. Lara Porter.
Penguin Australia August 2026 ISBN: 9781761359248 Imprint: Penguin RRP: $17.99 We do love Halloween in our family but sadly, we are living in a neighbourhood with very few kids or even teens having fun. That doesn’t stop me decorating and being prepared – just in case. But in some places we’ve lived we see not…
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Monsters – Jackie Hosking. Katrin Dreiling
Walker Books Australia September 2026 ISBN13:9781760657918 Australia RRP:$24.99 New Zealand RRP:$26.99 There’ll be a lot of fun to be had from this one, particularly from Katrin Dreiling’s terrific illustrations which will have kiddos in fits of laughter, I guarantee. The urge to start drawing their own monsters will soon follow any reading as well. It’s…
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Bert and Billy – Mark Carthew & Shane McG
Publisher: Leaping Lizards Press (November 10, 2026) ISBN13: 9781764597005 LIST PRICE: AU$ 24.99 / NZ$ 28.99 There’s still a while before this one’s official release but I want to share it now because I know that for many of you, budgets will soon be closed and you do NOT want to miss out on a…
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2026 Father’s Day Special: Every Day is Special with Dad – Sarah Ayoub & Kate Moon.
Harper Collins Australia June 2026 Imprint: HarperCollins AU ISBN: 9781460765654 RRP: $24.99 I know that not every child is as lucky as I was. I had two great fathers essentially. My Father Bear until my parents divorced when I was 14 but even apart, they were both loving parents and my dad never stopped being my biggest…
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2026 Father’s Day Special: My Dad Makes the World Go Around and Around – Maddy Mara. Illustrated by Andrew Joyner.
Harper Collins Australia June 2026 Imprint: HarperCollins AU ISBN: 9781460767146 RRP: $24.99 What a wonderfully exuberant rhyming romp this one is! Filled with Andrew Joyner’s unmistakable art with some whacky inventions and gadgets and just one of many fathers doing extraordinary yet ordinary stuff with their kiddos. This one just happens to be rather a Caractacus Potts…
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2026 Father’s Day Special: Some Dads: 15th Anniversary Edition – Nick Bland
Scholastic Australia July 2026 ISBN: 9781761723841 RRP: $19.99 First of all let me say, I love EVERY Nick Bland book without exception. They are both clever and always well-executed. And this long-time favourite must have been shared a gazillion times in libraries, classrooms and homes for the past 15 years. It is both fun and…
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Mrs Claus – Renee Price. Illustrated by Travis Price.
Simon & Schuster Publisher: Affirm Press August 2025 ISBN13: 9781922992994 AU$ 24.99 / NZ$ 29.99 This is another I’ve been sitting on since August but it’s worth the wait. I wish you could see how shiny the cover is because that’s just completely gorgeous. Aside from that the first thing that struck is me that…
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