Hardie Grant Australia June 2020 ISBN: 9781741177176 Imprint: Hardie Grant Explore RRP: $26.99 Four years after its release, and as I’ve just created a presentation for YABBA’s virtual …

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 …

Harper Collins Australia March 2024 ISBN: 9780008560898 ISBN 10: 0008560897 Imprint: HarperCollins GB RRP: $24.99 The crayons are funny and make an impact on kiddos every time they pop up in a new …

Harper Collins Australia July 2024 ISBN: 9781460766415 ISBN 10: 1460766415 Imprint: HarperCollins AU $17.99 Forty years ago, Emily Rodda’s first book was published by Allen & Unwin, and s…

Allen & Unwin April 2024 ISBN: 9781761180361 Publisher: A&U Children’s Imprint: A & U Children RRP: $24.99 It’s always a pleasure to review a book from one of our talented l…

Bloomsbury Australia June 2024 ISBN9781526655103ImprintBloomsbury Children’s BooksRRP: $16.99 I fell in love with Catherine Doyle’s writing with The Stormkeeper trilogy and when the ARC…

Pamela Allen on Mr McGee and turning 90: ‘I’ve always known what I’m doing is good’ Penguin Australia ISBN: 9781761345050 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $24.99 In just the last week I was remembering the fur…

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 succes…

Walker Books Australia July 2024 ISBN13:9781760655525 Australia RRP:$25.99 New Zealand RRP:$27.99 Well if this isn’t just too cute for words, I don’t know what is! It is both charming a…

Soaring Kite Books Books on Tour PR & Marketing: Book Tour March 2024 ISBN: 9781958372319 RRP: $30.00 Self-regulation, and the development of it, are big in the schools I go to. I have no doubt…

Harper Collins Australia March 2024 ISBN: 9780008410896 ISBN 10: 0008410895 Imprint: HarperCollins GB RRP: $19.99 Synchronicity has been a theme in my life the last few weeks and rea…

Walkers Books Australia July 2024 Imprint: Andersen Press ISBN13:9781839134234 Australia RRP:$17.99 New Zealand RRP:$19.99 Isn’t it exciting when you read an author’s debut novel and are just blown…

Walker Books Australia April 2024 ISBN13:9781760659240 Australia RRP:$19.99 New Zealand RRP:$24.99 I got the ARC of this a week or so ago (27/2 today) and, of course, binged it in one night because…

Harper Collins AustraliaNovember 2023 ISBN: 9780063051546 ISBN 10: 0063051540 Imprint: HarperCollins US RRP: $16.99 This author is completely new to me, but by all accounts very well…

Hachette Imprint: Lothian Children’s Books MAR 27, 2024 | 9780734421982 | RRP $19.99 I read this charming little book quite a few weeks ago but wanted to save it for this …

Books on Tour PR & Marketing: Blog Tour KLJ Books June 2024 ISBN: 9760645535181 RRP: $24.95 There are two things I want to say straight up. I love the stories that are set in outback or r…

New South Books Ivy Newt and the Storm WitchDerek Keilty, illustrated by Magda Broll Apr 2023 | Scallywag Press | 9781915252180 | AUD$18.99, NZD$21.99 Ivy Newt and the Time ThiefDerek Keilty, illus…

Harper Collins Australia June 2024 ISBN: 9781460764879 ISBN 10: 1460764870 Imprint: HarperCollins AU RRP: $16.99 What a pleasure it was to read the fourth in this wonderful series early this year, …

Harper Collins Australia March 2024 ISBN: 9780733343117 ISBN 10: 0733343112 Imprint: ABC Books AU RRP: $16.99 To be honest, Katrina’s books sell themselves, they really donR…

Harper Collins Australia April 2024 ISBN: 9780008496067 ISBN 10: 0008496064 Imprint: HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks RRP: $16.99 I had read about the Frost Fairs in London some time ago…

EK Books January 2024 ISBN: 9781922539656 RRP: $26.99 How utterly adorable is that cover? and how could I possibly resist this one? After all – rabbits!! It is essentially a very simple narra…

Bloomsbury May 2023 ISBN9781526653925ImprintBloomsbury Children’s BooksRRP: $16.99 I had missed release info on this one, but as soon as I found out about it, I especially requested it (thank…

Penguin Australia July 2024 ISBN: 9781761340475 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $14.99 There’s absolutely no doubt about it – Belinda Murrell has certainly hit the sweet spot s with this new serie…

New Frontier June 2024 ISBN: 9781922326966 RRP: AU $26.99/ NZD$32.99 New South Books Imagine a time when all the world stops, when all of the clocks no longer tick-tock. and all of the maps ar…

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…

Harper Collins Australia April 2024 ISBN: 9780008623098 ISBN 10: 0008623090 Imprint: HarperCollins GB RRP: $17.99 Yesterday was a very grumpy day. Although there was lots of good stu…

Walker Books Australia May 2024 ISBN13:9781529509588 Australia RRP:$27.99 New Zealand RRP:$29.99 It is no secret that I absolutely adore Anthony Browne’s work – always have, always will…

Walker Books Australia July 2024 ISBN13:9781760657345 Australia RRP:$16.99 New Zealand RRP:$18.99 Yes, I said not so long ago that I’m not a huge fan of verse novels, and there are only a few…

UQ Press February 2024 ISBN: 9780702266218 RRP: $16.99 I did have to wait a while to get my hands on this one, but thank you UQP for allowing me to do so at last 🙏. Not only because Peter is a R…

Allen & Unwin April 2024 ISBN:9781761067365 Publisher:A&U Children’s Imprint:A & U Children RRP: $17.99 I absolutely fell in love with all things Hallow when I read Spellhound las…

Hachette JUN 26, 2024 | 9780734423023 | RRP $24.99 Obviously having the care of a child with a disability for years has made me even more aware of promoting both knowledge and u…

EK Books March 2024 ISBN: 9781922539755 RRP: $29.99 Sometimes appearances are misleading, as adults we know that. So for some children who see a battered, raggedy and worn-out teddy bear with missi…

Allen & Unwin January 2024 ISBN: 9781761180156 Imprint: Allen & Unwin Children’s RRP: $24.99 It’s difficult (for me at least) to realise that it’s now seven years since Id…

Penguin Australia ISBN: 9781761340468 Imprint: Puffin RRP: $14.99 Princess Tillie and Honeyblossom are back in another exciting mystery/adventure, this time with a very large, very pink and very gr…