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Little Rabbit and the Moon – Inda Ahmad Zahri. Claire Wee.
Simon & Schuster Little Book Press September 2025 ISBN: 978-1-923141-12-4 RRP: $24.99 I’m not sure if Inda created this based on the ‘rabbit in the moon’ idea. I know one of my girls always talked about the moon rabbit – that is she saw the crater shadows on the moon as a reclining rabbit. I also…
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The Midnight Chew -Sally Morgan. Karen Blair.
Fremantle Press October 2025 ISBN 9781760995096 RRP: AU $24.99/ NZ$30/ US $17.95 A happy-go-lucky sort of doggo book from Sally Morgan with definite echoes of Hairy Maclary and his gang, as Skippy Gillespie slips out of his yard in the dead of night to go rummage in the rubbish for his bone. Boofa Boy Jones…
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Sid and the Very Hard to Find Squid – James O’Hanlon
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing June 2025 | $ 26.99ISBN: 9781486319664 To finish off this deep dive into our oceans and marine life is another fabulous title from CSIRO for which all your critter lovers will go wild. Sid, like many kiddos, loves animals of all kinds and is always on the look-out for them. He thoroughly…
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Goodnight Glow Worms – Aura Parker
Penguin Australia May 2025 The adorable glow worms, such a huge hit on their first appearance (2020), are now in a sweet board book format for your Smallest bugs in rugs. Goodnight, Glow Worms shining bright,Time to dim your Glow Worm light.Glow Worms gleaming, beaming round,Can’t switch off and can’t wind down. The delightful rhyming…
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When Santa Got Stuck in a Gum Tree – Jackie Hosking. Nathaniel Eckstrom.
Walker Books Australia September 2024 ISBN13:9781760657406 Australia RRP:$24.99 New Zealand RRP:$27.99 What if? always such a good provocation for writing … Plenty of children have wondered what if Santa got stuck in a chimney, but what if he got stuck in a gum tree? Well, how could he be rescued? This could be the start…
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Dog Beach – Julie Murphy. Illustrated by Annie White
New South Books NLA Publishing November 2024 9781922507709/ AUD$24.99, NZD$29.99 What a happy and full-of-warmth book this is! We know to expect entertaining animal stories from Julie Murphy, and we also know we can count on some information as well. This one does not disappoint. With some lovely rhyming descriptors of the many and varied dogs…
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Too Scared to Sleep – Shaun Micallef. Illustrated by Jonathan Bentley.
Hardie Grant Australia September 2024 Imprint: Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing ISBN:9781761213090 Price: AU$24.99, NZ$27.99 And I’ve saved the best till last for this Halloween. Now, I’ll be truthful. Most times, when I see a ‘celebrity’ name on a new book cover, I inwardly cringe because frankly, there are some celebrities who should just stick to…
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Spooky Season from Five Mile
Five Mile October 2024 Tilly’s New Broom – Mary Anastasiou/Giorgia Clerico 9781923091542 RRP: $24.99 I think we’ve all been there. When you need a new ride but nothing seems to be right [thank goodness for my friend who was selling Black Betty just in time for me to hand-me-down Scarlett O’Cara to The Kid a…
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No. 5 Bubblegum Street – Mikolaj Pa. Illustrated by Gosia Herba.
New South Books Greystone Kids May 2024 ISBN: 9781778400629 RRP: AUD$29.99, NZD$34.99 This is a super addition to this week’s theme of ‘happy-ness’ with it’s quirky subject matter, lively text and vibrant, hand-drawn illos. I’m pretty sure I’ve not seen these creators’ work before, but it’s sensational, and I can guarantee you that your Smalls…
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An Amazing Camping Trip – Jackie Hosking/Lesley Vamos
Walker Books Australia ISBN13: 9781760654948 Australia RRP: $24.99 New Zealand RRP: $27.99 Jackie Hosking’s excellent rhyming is a byword in the kids lit community and this is another great example. While neither she, nor illustrator Lesley Vamos, are First Nations creators (in fact, Jackie is ‘Nigerian-born Cornish Australian’), I think this is a terrific book…
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