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The Witches – Roald Dahl
Penguin Australia November 2020 ISBN: 9780241438817 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $14.99 Oh yes!! it’s arrived!! the scrumpdiddlyumptious new The Witches on the screen and in the book!!! Thank you so much to Penguin Australia for not only the opportunity to have the brand new edition of the original book with a whizzbanging new movie tie-in cover but the double…
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Mind Shift to a Better Place – Dr Larsen, Mindshift Foundation, Elizabeth Venzin
Harper Collins Australia February 2020 ISBN: 9780733340451 ISBN 10: 0733340458 Imprint: ABC Books – AU List Price: 32.99 AUD Thankfully mental health has become not only de-stigmatised but supported and managed in ways that previously we had never experienced. It’s fair to say that 2020 has taken almost all of us to emotional places we had never expected to…
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Health and Help for tweens & teens
There is certainly a boom in books targeting young people to empower them to be their best selves and take action for the greater good. As it happens I have quite a pile of them here so have decided to compile them into this one post. All are very worthy additions either to a personal…
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Bear in Space – Deborah Abela. Illustrated by Marjorie Crosby-Fairall
Walker Books Australia August 2020 ISBN: 9781760651510Imprint: Walker Books Australia Australian RRP: $25.99New Zealand RRP: $28.99 Encouraging our little readers to be not just accepting of differences but to embrace them is arguably one of the greatest gifts we can offer. And to be able to do this through the enjoyment of a wonderful and vibrant story is a…
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Funny Kid Peeking Duck [Funny Kid #7] – Matt Stanton
Harper Collins Australia April 2020 ISBN: 9780733340598 ISBN 10: 0733340598 Imprint: ABC Books – AU List Price: 14.99 AUD Matt Stanton’s Max has become one of the most popular characters in Australian kids’ lit in recent years – with the first debuting at #1 Australian kids’ book in 2017. The Funny Kid continues to garner enthusiastic fans not only…
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You are Positively Awesome – Stacie Swift
Harper Collins Australia May 2020 ISBN: 9781911641995 ISBN 10: 1911641999 Imprint: Pavilion – GB List Price: 24.99 AUD This is most definitely a very timely and en pointe book for those who have been finding themselves anxious, lonely and unsure in these troubled times. Gloriously colourful and eminently practical filled with reminders, advice, affirmations and enjoyable exercises in positive…
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What Stars Are Made Of – Sarah Allen
Penguin Random House April 2020 ISBN: 9780241427965 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $14.99 This is just a wonderful heart-warming book on many levels and has introduced me to not only a new author but new information. Libby Malone is 12 years old and passionate about science so much so that she wants to be a scientist when she grows up.…
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Plenty of Peppa!
Penguin Random House Australia More for the Peppa Pig fans coming your way! The Pig family and their happy adventures are the stuff little people’s dreams are made of really so it’s just as well the books just keep on coming to complement the television show. George and the Dinosaur January 2020 ISBN: 9780241392478 Imprint: Ladybird…
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Nop – Caroline Magerl
Walker Books November 2019 ISBN: 9781760651251 Imprint: Walker Books Australia Australian RRP: $26.99 New Zealand RRP: $28.99 I’d like to introduce you to Tedward who has been my constant companion for 62 years and 2 months. He was given to me for my first Christmas when I was two months old. He no longer has much left of his…
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