Title: Look Me in the Eye Author: Jane Godwin Genre: Young Adult Publisher: Lothian/Hachette Published: 28th February 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 245 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: Once trust is gone, what is there to hold onto? From award-winning author Jane Godwin, a thought-provoking novel about young teens navigating friendship and trust in a post-pandemic world of… Continue reading Look Me in the Eye by Jane Godwin
Category: Children’s Literature
Bin Chicken Feeding Time at the Zoo by Kate and Jol Temple, illustrated by Ronojoy Ghosh
Title: Bin Chicken Feeding Time at the Zoo Author: Kate and Jol Temple, illustrated by Ronojoy Ghosh Genre: Humour Publisher: Scholastic Australia Published: 1st March 2024 Format: Hardcover Pages: 24 Price: $18.99 Synopsis: Wading through bin juice, sticky with grime, Ibis’s tummy is rumbling ... it’s nearly lunchtime! ‘Buzz off! Scram! Shoo! We don’t feed… Continue reading Bin Chicken Feeding Time at the Zoo by Kate and Jol Temple, illustrated by Ronojoy Ghosh
2024 Dymocks Reading Challenge Entrée Update
My first eight prompts in the Dymocks Reading Challenge Tasting Menu are complete. I read Australian books for these prompts in line with my own reading goals, and they were all review books that I was sent. Most books were for kids and all of the books were written by women who are part of… Continue reading 2024 Dymocks Reading Challenge Entrée Update
11 Ruby Road 1900 by Charlotte Barkla
Title: 11 Ruby Road 1900 Author: Charlotte Barkla Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Walker Books Published: 6th March 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 192 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: Dorothy and her family have moved to the city, and life is very different to the rural one she has known. Ruby Road is bustling – full of families and… Continue reading 11 Ruby Road 1900 by Charlotte Barkla
Mim and the Vicious Vendetta (The Travelling Bookshop #5) by Katrina Nannestad
Title: Mim and the Vicious Vendetta (The Travelling Bookshop #5) Author: Katrina Nannestad Genre: Fantasy Publisher: HarperCollins Australia Published: 6th March 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 240 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: The right book might just change your life ... Mim Cohen roams the world in a travelling bookshop, with her dad and brother and a horse… Continue reading Mim and the Vicious Vendetta (The Travelling Bookshop #5) by Katrina Nannestad
Losing the Plot by Annaleise Byrd
Title: Losing the Plot Author: Annaleise Byrd Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Walker Books Australia Published: 6th March 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 144 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: A tremendous whooshing noise started up. It sounded like a million pages being riffled at once. I caught a strong whiff of gingerbread. Then The Complete Fairytales of the Brothers Grimm flew open and a… Continue reading Losing the Plot by Annaleise Byrd
Pearly and Pig and the Island of Secrets by Sue Whiting
Title: Pearly and Pig and the Island of Secrets Author: Sue Whiting Genre: Adventure Publisher: Walker Books Published: 6th March 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 208 Price: $15.99 Synopsis: Third instalment of the fast-paced middle-grade adventure series, following Adventurologist Pearly Woe!Pearly Woe is a worrier.On remote Mammút Island off the coast of Iceland, Pearly’s worrying is… Continue reading Pearly and Pig and the Island of Secrets by Sue Whiting
The Big Book of Australian Nursery Rhymes by Frané Lessac
Title: The Big Book of Australian Nursery Rhymes Author: Frané Lessac Genre: Nursery Rhymes Publisher: Walker Books Published: 6th March 2024 Format: Hardcover Pages: 96 Price: $26.99 Synopsis: Chant and clap, play and sing along to this fun-filled collection of nursery rhymes with an Australian twist by bestselling author and illustrator, Frané Lessac.Row, row, row,… Continue reading The Big Book of Australian Nursery Rhymes by Frané Lessac
Bluey: Trains
Title: Bluey: Trains Author: Penguin Random House Genre: Junior Fiction Publisher: Penguin Random House Published: 5th March 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 80 Price: $14.99 Synopsis: Based on the hit ABC KIDS TV show! Join Bluey on an adventure in her first fiction novel! As the Heelers play a game of Trains, what could possibly go… Continue reading Bluey: Trains
Square Me, Round World: Stories of Growing Up in a World not Built for You by Chelsea Luker
Title: Square Me, Round World: Stories of Growing Up in a World not Built for You Author: Chelsea Luker, illustrated by Eliza Fricker. Genre: Short Stories Publisher: Connect Us Psychology Published: 1st March 2024 Format: Hardcover Pages: 100 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: ‘Square Me, Round World’ is a 100+ page hardcover book containing seven beautifully illustrated… Continue reading Square Me, Round World: Stories of Growing Up in a World not Built for You by Chelsea Luker
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