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Jonty Gentoo: The Adventures of a Penguin- Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
Scholastic Australia September 2024 Pesto is the biggest penguin the Melbourne aquarium has ever had — and he’s just a chick As the news about Pesto, the ‘chunky monkey’ penguin chick hits our news reports [first shared with me by The Kid] it’s perfect timing to write up my review for this new collaboration between…
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Wombat Stew 40th Anniversary Edition – Marcia K. Vaughan/Pamela Lofts
Scholastic Australia August 2024 It’s not that I’m not happy to see yet another old favourite with a new anniversary dress but 40 years!! EEEEK! It’s kind of hard to believe and yet, obviously it is not because apart from anything else, I bought this one for The Kid’s mum when she was a Small…
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L.O.L. Goat Laughs Out Loud: G.O.A.T. #2- Kate & Jol Temple. Illustrated by Rebel Challenger.
Scholastic Australia May 2024 ISBN: 9781760261153 RRP: $18.99 Hooray for nonsense I say!! I know there’s a place for books with messages and deep themes but sometimes we all just need – as I used to tell the kiddos – a ‘lolly’ book. A book that is fun. A book that is light. A book…
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Happy Book Week 2024!
Yesterday kids lit creators and purveyors around the country were either attending celebratory events, presenting at schools or waiting for the newsflash. At the time I was enjoying a massage after treating myself to a leisurely brunch. Am I missing the Book Week buzz? A little, but to be honest, I’m still so deeply entrenched…
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Walking Together – Coral Vass/Dub Leffler
Scholastic Australia July 2024 ISBN: 9781761126260 ISBN-10: 1761126261 RRP: $26.99 There would be few of us who don’t know the power of the collaboration between Coral Vass and Dub Leffler – who hasn’t used Sorry Day in their cultural awareness units? And here we are, with our Reconciliation Week theme of Now More Than Ever, and our…
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Tornado – Jackie French/Bruce Whatley
Scholastic Australia April 2024 ISBN: 9781760264895 ISBN-10: 176026489X RRP: $26.99 This series collaboration between these two gifted creators has undoubtedly been one of the most successful (and extensively used in classrooms around the country), over recent years. I’m pretty sure a lot of us have been there for the ubiquitous ‘natural disasters’ unit of inquiry. Thank goodness,…
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Pearl and Friends #3: The Flower Fairy – Sally Odgers. Adele K. Thomas
Scholastic Australia March 2024 ISBN 9781761203046 RRP: $9.99 There is absolutely no sign of the Smalls’ fascination with unicorns, magic, and fairies abating – thank goodness!! We have enough trouble in the world without our Littles losing their love of all things sparkly. Sally Odgers has long proven her skill in writing highly engaging and…
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The Other Shadow – Tania Ingram
Scholastic Australia July 2024 Imprint: Omnibus Books ISBN: 9781761203251 ISBN-10: 1761203258 RRP: $15.99 Well, we all know that Tania Ingram is a gifted writer, particularly of humorous fiction – just witness the runaway success of Aggie Flea [why, oh why are we not getting more Aggie, I ask?]. With this new MG novel, Tania proves her versatility…
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Easter Bunny’s Secret Diary – Adam Wallace/Shane McG
Scholastic Australia February 2024 ISBN: 9781760266363 Rather like the contretemps that happen during EB’s lead-up to Easter, as read in this secret diary, I was unable to get a review copy of this newbie from Adam Wallace because there were NONE left at the warehouse. But this bunny is made of sterner stuff and managed to…
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