Title: Plague Author: Jackie French, Bruce Whatley Genre: Fiction Publisher: Scholastic Australia Published: 1st March 2023 Format: Hardcover Pages: 32 Price: $26.99 Synopsis: From the award-winning creators of Flood, Fire, Cyclone, Drought, Pandemic and Earthquake ... Grass and wheat-lands spread to the horizon, and so did we, with too few ibis to control us. We… Continue reading Plague by Jackie French, Bruce Whatley
Category: Scholastic
Secret Agent Mole: Goldfishfinger by James Foley
Title: Secret Agent Mole: Goldfishfinger Author: James Foley Genre: Humour Publisher: Scholastic Australia Published: 1st March 2023 Format: Paperback Pages: 208 Price: $15.99 Synopsis: Max is a mole on a mission. With Helen Hippo and June Bug by his side, Max must stop the evil Goldfish-Finger from stealing a priceless, solid gold fish-finger. This dangerous,… Continue reading Secret Agent Mole: Goldfishfinger by James Foley
Disney 100: My First Treasury of Bedtime Stories
Title: Disney 100: My First Treasury of Bedtime Stories Author: Disney/Scholastic Genre: Fiction Publisher: Scholastic Published: 1st February 2023 Format: Hardcover Pages: 160 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: Disney is celebrating 100 years of wonder and you can too with this treasury of special stories. A marvellous introduction that will take you from under the sea with… Continue reading Disney 100: My First Treasury of Bedtime Stories
January 2023 Wrap Up Post
2023 got off to a good start – I found a few reading challenges that won’t be too stressful, and I am almost finished the Dymocks Summer Reading Challenge, and am half way through the Book Bestie’s Bingo. The QBD challenge will take a little longer – partially due to finding some books and partially… Continue reading January 2023 Wrap Up Post
Zoo Crew: Sickest Camp Ever by Guy Edmonds, Matt Zeremes and Peter William Popple (Illustrator)
Title: Zoo Crew: Sickest Camp Ever Author: Guy Edmonds, Matt Zeremes and Peter William Popple (Illustrator) Genre: Humour Publisher: Scholastic Australia Published: 1st February 2023 Format: Paperback Pages: 192 Price: $15.99 Synopsis: Eddie, Mabel and Princeton are seriously pumped for school camp. But evil Echo has the grossest, pus-filled plan ever to get camp cancelled!… Continue reading Zoo Crew: Sickest Camp Ever by Guy Edmonds, Matt Zeremes and Peter William Popple (Illustrator)
Bin Chicken’s Eggcellent Easter by Kate and Jol Temple
Title: Bin Chicken’s Eggcellent Easter Author: Kate and Jol Temple Genre: Easter Publisher: Scholastic Australia Published: 1st February 2023 Format: Hardcover Pages: 24 Price: $18.99 Synopsis: 'Following her beak, on long gangly legs, Ibis spies something shiny—glittering eggs! But there’s kids on a hunt! And a bunny on the loose! ‘Shoo, Bin Chicken! Scram, Garbage… Continue reading Bin Chicken’s Eggcellent Easter by Kate and Jol Temple
Women Author’s 2022 Wrap Up
In 2022, I read 229 books by women authors, with 172 by Australian women. I read as diversely as I could, with the majority of my books being ones I was sent to review or chose to read. I usually stick to authors, series, or genres I know, with a focus on children’s authors to… Continue reading Women Author’s 2022 Wrap Up
Non-Australian Authors Read
In 2022, I read 77 books by authors from overseas across a variety of genres. A lot of these were review books sent to me by publishers, and many were kid’s books, which is an area I tend to focus on, as it seems many publications focus on adult books, which is fair enough. But… Continue reading Non-Australian Authors Read
Blueback by Tim Winton
Title: Blueback Author: Tim Winton Genre: Fiction Publisher: Penguin Published: First published 1997, republished several times Format: Paperback Pages: 160 Price: $22.99 Synopsis: Blueback is an achingly beautiful story about family, belonging, and living a life in tune with the environment, from Tim Winton, one of Australia's best-loved authors. Abel Jackson's boyhood belongs to a vanishing… Continue reading Blueback by Tim Winton
Emu Australian Author Wrap Up 2022
Emu Australian Author Wrap Up 2022 For this challenge, I started out at Kangaroo, but by February, had to increase it to Emu, and I have gone beyond that. In read a total of 206 books for this challenge, and the majority of them – 172 were by women, with 34 by men, and the… Continue reading Emu Australian Author Wrap Up 2022
The Book Muse 