Category: Fairytales

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The Puppets of Spelhorst: A Norendy Tale by Kate DiCamillo

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Title: The Puppets of Spelhorst: A Norendy Tale Author: Kate DiCamillo Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Walker Books Published: 18th October 2023 Format: Hardcover Pages: 160 Price: $24.99 Synopsis: From master storyteller Kate DiCamillo comes an original fairy tale, enchantingly illustrated, in which five puppets confront circumstances beyond their control with patience, cunning and high spirits.Once, there… Continue reading The Puppets of Spelhorst: A Norendy Tale by Kate DiCamillo

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Completed: Dymocks Reading Challenge 2023

Ashleigh

This year, I took on the Dymocks Reading Challenge again. This time, we got our prompts season by season, which made it more challenging to plan what to read, but in the end, I managed to do it. The prompts were fairly flexible as well – there were ones anything could fit into and ones… Continue reading Completed: Dymocks Reading Challenge 2023

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Dymocks Spring Reading Challenge

Ashleigh

The final set of prompts for this year’s Dymock’s Reading Challenge for Spring are completed now too – a couple of them took me a while but I got there. One of the things I have liked about this challenge is how open to interpretation some prompts were, because a prompt will always have a… Continue reading Dymocks Spring Reading Challenge

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Temora and the Dreamers by Kate Gordon

Ashleigh

Title: Temora and the Dreamers Author: Kate Gordon Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Wombat Rhiza Published: September 2023 Format: Paperback Pages: 280 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: Temora Tempest thought she was just a normal girl, but after making a wish on her twelfth birthday, she learned the truth: she’s a wordspinner, a magical storyteller from another world, learning… Continue reading Temora and the Dreamers by Kate Gordon

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September 2023 Round Up

Ashleigh

In September I read 20 books, mostly by Australian authors, and with several reviews to go live in the coming weeks. I have a lot of review books that will take me into November, and whilst this month I didn’t get as many read as possible, I am hoping to catch up during October and… Continue reading September 2023 Round Up

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Old Worlds, New Worlds, Other Worlds: Stories, Poetry, and Plays for Children by Various/CBCA NSW Eastern Beaches Sub-branch

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Title: Old Worlds, New Worlds, Other Worlds: Stories, Poetry, and Plays for Children Author: Various/CBCA NSW Eastern Beaches Sub-branch Genre: Anthology Publisher: CBCA NSW Eastern Beaches Published: 1st June 2021 Format: Paperback Pages: 192 Price: $25.00 Synopsis: Wonder at the universe. Swim through oceans. Encounter lions. Venture into space. Delve into fairytales. Travel back in… Continue reading Old Worlds, New Worlds, Other Worlds: Stories, Poetry, and Plays for Children by Various/CBCA NSW Eastern Beaches Sub-branch

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The Ultimate Collection of Brilliant Bedtime Stories with R.A. Spratt

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Title: The Ultimate Collection of Brilliant Bedtime Stories Author: R.A. Spratt Genre: Short Stories Publisher: Puffin Published: 29th August 2023 Format: Paperback Pages: 400 Price: $22.99 Synopsis: Bedtime has never been so bonkers! The ultimate collection of short stories from the irrepressibly funny author of Friday Barnes. From the bestselling author and host of the… Continue reading The Ultimate Collection of Brilliant Bedtime Stories with R.A. Spratt

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August 2023 Reading Round Up

Ashleigh

In August, I read twenty books, and wrote reviews for all of them, some to come later in September or later in the year. I had a big pile this month and only got through a fraction because some came after publication date, and some took a little longer than others to get through. I… Continue reading August 2023 Reading Round Up

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Blog Tour: The Lorekeepers Book One: Raine in the Underlands by E.M. Greville

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Title: The Lorekeepers Book One: Raine in the Underlands Author: E.M. Greville Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Shawline Publishing Group Published: 25th July 2023 Format: Paperback Pages: 202 Price: $19.95 Synopsis: FAMILIES CAN BE TRICKY... Especially when your dad is missing, your mum is hiding a BIG secret and a strangewoman – who looks oddly familiar –… Continue reading Blog Tour: The Lorekeepers Book One: Raine in the Underlands by E.M. Greville

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Dragon Games: The Thunder Egg by Maddy Mara

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Title: Dragon Games: The Thunder Egg Author: Maddy Mara Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Scholastic Published: 1st August 2023 Format: Paperback Pages: 144 Price: $14.99 Synopsis: One fateful afternoon, classmates Luca, Yazmine and Zane stumble upon a strange-looking rock called a geode in one of the rooms at school. To their surprise, a touch of this geode… Continue reading Dragon Games: The Thunder Egg by Maddy Mara