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The Other Side – Phillip Bunting
Walker Books August 2026RRP: $26.99 ISBN 9781760659882 I couldn’t finish off my batch of Halloween titles with anything better than a Philip Bunting title and this one is a corker! At first glance, yep, having the Grim Reaper – or Grimster – as narrator might seem slightly macabre (well, come on it IS Philip Bunting!)…
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The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane: Deluxe Collector’s Edition – Kate diCamillo. Illustrator: Bagram Ibatoulline
Walker Books Australia Imprint: Candlewick October 2026 ISBN13:9781536253108 Australia RRP:$27.99 New Zealand RRP:$29.99 When I first read that this was on its way on Kate’s social media, I was thrilled. When I found out that a copy was coming my way, I was even more excited and when it arrived yesterday (28/9) I was absolutely…
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The Thing About Giants – Christopher Galvin
Walker Books September 2026 ISBN13:9781529538472 Australia RRP:$17.99 New Zealand RRP:$19.99 It’s always wonderful when you get to read a debut novel, especially MG, that takes a trope (or two) in a completely different and refreshing direction. And this one is so spot on for matching with classroom discussions on big issues confronting the world at…
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You, Me, Community – Zanni Louise. Tony Flowers.
Walker Books Australia August 2026 ISBN13:9781760658076 Australia RRP:$25.99 New Zealand RRP:$27.99 Isn’t it a joy when you pick up a picture book in which the text and illustrations are exactly right? From the adorable endpapers and right throughout, this gentle and very pertinent rhyming text, both Smalls and Not-So-Smalls will love both the book and…
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The Goodbye Tree – Pip Harry. Illustrated by Christina Booth.
Walker Books Australia July 2026 ISBN13:9781760658168 Australia RRP:$25.99 New Zealand RRP:$27.99 Forty-six years ago today my beautiful brown-eyed girl arrived very much in a hurry and now it’s over 11 years since we lost her, so this moving and very personal new book from Pip Harry, is especially poignant for me – particularly at this…
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Our History: Hill End Gold – Sue Whiting
Walker Books Autralia June 2026 ISBN13:9781761601491 Australia RRP:$18.99 New Zealand RRP:$21.99 There’s absolutely no doubt that despite its long existence in the curriculum of every state [I mean to say, it was in the primary school syllabus when I went to school!] it is also always a popular topic with students. And one can never…
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The Dream Keeper – Anna Walker
Walker Books Australia May 2026 ISBN13:9781529520682 Australia RRP:$27.99 New Zealand RRP:$29.99 Anna’s books are always a symphony – the most recent I had seen was the beautiful Between last year – but a mere glimpse of the internals of this new one will re-affirm that notion. And this winsome, evocative and almost wordless new title…
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Piper at the Gates of Dusk – Patrick Ness
Walker Books Australia April 2026 ISBN13:9781529537581 Australia RRP:$29.99 New Zealand RRP:$32.99 I have never made any secret of the fact that Chaos Walking is my favourite dystopian of all time. And, in fact, Patrick Ness, is definitely in my Top 10 favourite authors as well. So not only was I panting with anticipation waiting on…
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One Day A True Story of Courage and Survival in the Holocaust – Michael Rosen
Walker Books February 2025 ISBN13:9781529515985 Australia RRP:$27.99 New Zealand RRP:$29.99 Michael Rosen has long been one of the UK’s most acclaimed authors of children’s books. His range of genres is astonishing from the comic to the serious. And his most serious are those books that pertain to the Holocaust, a subject with which Michael has…
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