Title: Josie Mack and the Mega Division Author: Bethany Loveridge, illustrated by Jade Goodwin Genre: Contemporary Publisher: Wombat Books Published: 3rd June 2026 Format: Paperback Pages: 106 Price: $14.99 Synopsis: One night, a wombat knocks at Josie's window. She thinks her lifelong wish for a pet has come true! But Ursula the wombat is on… Continue reading Josie Mack and the Mega Division by Bethany Loveridge, illustrated by Jade Goodwin
Category: humour
Talent Show (Amira Swift #1) by Sarah Ayoub, illustrated by Niña Nill
Title: Talent Show (Amira Swift #1) Author: Sarah Ayoub, illustrated by Niña Nill Genre: Contemporary Publisher: HarperCollins Australia Published: 28th July 2026 Format: Paperback Pages: 128 Price: $15.99 Synopsis: Amira Swift is a chatty, energetic 7-year-old who loves to dance. A series celebrating friendship, family and Lebanese-Australian culture with highly appealing stories for all to… Continue reading Talent Show (Amira Swift #1) by Sarah Ayoub, illustrated by Niña Nill
Myths Meet Mayhem (Ludicrous Legends #2) by Jol Temple, illustrated by David Conley
Title: Myths Meet Mayhem (Ludicrous Legends #2) Author: Jol Temple, illustrated by David Conley Genre: Fantasy Publisher: HarperCollins Australia Published: 28th July 2026 Format: Paperback Pages: 112 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: Ludicrous Legends is a hilarious junior-fiction series that reimagines myths in a fun way for early readers, 7 to 10 years old. When his three-headed… Continue reading Myths Meet Mayhem (Ludicrous Legends #2) by Jol Temple, illustrated by David Conley
Eighty-Nine Questions for After by Ashleigh Barton
Title: Eighty-Nine Questions for After Author: Ashleigh Barton Genre: Contemporary Publisher: Hachette Australia Published: 28th July 2026 Format: Paperback Pages: 304 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: A wise and beautifully written middle-grade novel about finding answers to the big questions in life from popular children's author Ashleigh Barton. Ester Star is a germophobe and hypochondriac and she's… Continue reading Eighty-Nine Questions for After by Ashleigh Barton
June 2026 Reading Round Up
In June, I read 21 books, and reviewed most of them. All but one were by Australian authors, and one or two were re-reads. I also finished reading the Alice-Miranda books that I hadn’t read yet, and have been staying on top of my review books. It’s meant I have been able to squeeze some… Continue reading June 2026 Reading Round Up
Witless Protection (Mega Rich Guinea Pigs #2) by Kate Temple and Jol Temple
Title: Witless Protection (Mega Rich Guinea Pigs #2) Author: Kate Temple and Jol Temple Genre: Humour Publisher: HarperCollins Australia Published: 30th June 2026 Format: Paperback Pages: 256 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: A new wacky adventure delivers laugh-out-loud fun as this gaggle of cashed-up guinea pigs (and one silly capybara) become involved in a new ridiculous crime caper. The… Continue reading Witless Protection (Mega Rich Guinea Pigs #2) by Kate Temple and Jol Temple
School of Oz (Emerald Academy #1) by Laura Sieveking
Title: School of Oz (Emerald Academy #1) Author: Laura Sieveking Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Scholastic Australia Published: 1st July 2026 Format: Paperback Pages: 288 Price: $17.99 Synopsis: Welcome to Emerald Academy: School of Oz. Emily Gale, the daughter of Dorothy, is beyond excited to begin at Emerald Academy-the school for the future leaders of Oz. She… Continue reading School of Oz (Emerald Academy #1) by Laura Sieveking
Alice-Miranda Reading Round Up
A few years ago, I embarked on reading Jacqueline Harvey’s Alice-Miranda series. I read books one, nineteen, twenty and twenty-one, the last three when they came out. Since then, I have gone back to read books two to eighteen in order. I have enjoyed going back and reading the ones I hadn’t read before, because… Continue reading Alice-Miranda Reading Round Up
Alice-Miranda Keeps the Beat by Jacqueline Harvey
Title: Alice-Miranda Keeps the Beat Author: Jacqueline Harvey Genre: Fiction/Mystery Publisher: Puffin Published: 4th June 2019 Format: Paperback Pages: 384 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: And a one, two, three, hit it! After a disastrous fire in the village leaves a family without a home, Alice-Miranda and her friends pitch in to help. They decide to hold… Continue reading Alice-Miranda Keeps the Beat by Jacqueline Harvey
Lexie Moon and the Remote-Control Catastrophe by Melissa Garside, illustrated by Lauren Mullinder
Title: Lexie Moon and the Remote-Control Catastrophe Author: Melissa Garside, illustrated by Lauren Mullinder Genre: Contemporary, Mystery Publisher: Riveted Press Published: 16th June 2026 Format: Paperback Pages: 106 Price: $12.99 Synopsis: Kid inventor Lexie Moon has built a scrap-box remote-control car she hopes will win second prize in the local competition—a Mega-Boost signal amplifier she… Continue reading Lexie Moon and the Remote-Control Catastrophe by Melissa Garside, illustrated by Lauren Mullinder
