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Bowerbird Blues – Aura Parker
Publisher:SCHOLASTIC AUSTRALIA PTY LTD December 2023 ISBN : 9781760269609RRP: $19.99 Oh, how I love the sky….And moving throughThe marvellous BLUE What a sensational choice this is for this year’s NSS title! Aura has created a book that is a magnificent combination of her talents as writer, illustrator and designer, and one which speaks volumes on…
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A Twisted Tale Anthology: : Edited by Elizabeth Lim. Written by Elizabeth Lim, Liz Braswell, Jen Calonita, M.K. England, Livia Blackburne, Micol Ostow, Kristina Perez, Farrah Rochon
Scholastic Australia November 2023 ISBN: 9781760269098 RRP: $29.99 The Twisted Tales were first recommended to me by one of my ChocLit (book club) readers a couple of years ago. She suggested we get them for the library, and that was an exceptional success. They were very literally never on the shelves and in high demand…
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G.O.A.T – Kate & Jol Temple. Illustrated by Rebel Challenger.
Scholastic Australia Novembeer 2023 ISBN: 9781761292989ISBN-10: 1761292986 RRP: $18.99 You already know if it has the Temple names on it, it’s going to be a fab and funny book that your kiddos will love. And I love their books as well, for off-the-wall absurdist humour and no need to go digging deep (though I’m sure some will…
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All We Need is Love and a Really Soft Pillow – Peter Reynolds and his son Henry Rocket Reynolds
Scholastic Australia October 2023 ISBN: 9781338572339 RRP: $39.75 Imprint: ORCHARD BOOKS We’ve had so much joy from Peter Reynolds over the years, and I think I can say, unequivocably that sharing The Dot and celebrating Dot Day has been one of the greatest joys in my teacher-librarian career. We especially loved the year we could do…
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Nothing Ever Happens – Heidi McKinnon
Scholastic November 2023 ISBN: 9781761298561 RRP: $19.99 Be careful what you wish for is almost always good advice. In this instance, it most definitely is. The text is simplicity itself, but the illustrations are what tell this most hilarious story. ‘Nothing ever happens!’ ‘Every day is always the same.’ ‘Same old rock. Same old shell.’…
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Aggie Flea is NOT a Liar- Tania Ingram
Scholastic Australia September 2023 ISBN: 9781760972547 RRP: $16.99 Move over, Barbie – there’s a new girl rocking the pink all over town, and hers is fluoro! Meet Aggie Flea, whom you will immediately fall for, because she’s inquisitive, imaginative and completely inept in most situations. Really, she’s a bit like Anne of Green Gables in…
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The First Summer of Callie McGee – A. L. Tait
Scholastic August 2023 ISBN: 9781760260163ISBN-10: 1760260169 A L Tait makes an impressive departure from her usual historical/fantasywriting, with this thoroughly engaging contemporary middle-grade novel. Calliope-Jean Maree McGee is about to start high school. It’s not the selective high school that her mother wanted her to attend, and that’s just fine by this tween who is keen to…
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Rodney Forgets It – Michael Gerard Bauer
Scholastic Australia July 2022 ISBN : 9781761121388 RRP: $19.99 In 2018 my kiddos, in our usual countdown to Book Week reading all the short-listed PBs, voted Rodney Loses It our winner – oddly enough, the judges agreed with us (rarely happens, in my experience!). Now Rodney is back in another hilarious but heart-warming tail –…
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