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What Will YOU Make Today?

June 28, 2023

Maura Pierlot (text) and Triandhika Anjani (illustrator), What will YOU make today? Storytorch, June 2023, 32 pp., RRP $27.99 (hbk), […]

camping, Collaboration, friendship, Making, picture book, Questions, Younger Readers

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Early Childhood Books Highly Recommended Picture Books Reviews Younger Readers

Mama’s Chickens

June 22, 2023

Michelle Worthington (text) and Nicky Johnston (illustrator), Mama’s Chickens, EK Books, 2023, $24.99 (hbk), ISBN 9781922539458 In the beginning Mama

acceptance, chickens, Metaphor, mother child bond, mother's love, Mothers

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Nothing Special

June 20, 2023

Nicole Flattery, Nothing Special, Bloomsbury Publishing, April 2023, 230 pp., RRP $29.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781526612106 Nicole Flattery’s Nothing Special is

art, connection, contemporary, feminist, friendship, highly recommended, Identity

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The School for Thieves (Crookhaven #1)

May 8, 2023

J.J. Arcanjo, The School for Thieves (Crookhaven #1), Hachette, February 2023, 240 pp., RRP $16.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781444965735 Gabriel, a

adventure, friendships, schools, thieves, twists and turns

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What Do YOU Think? How to Agree to Disagree and still be Friends

May 3, 2023

Matthew Syed, What Do you Think? How to Agree to Disagree and Still Be Friends, Wren & Rook, November 2022,

critical thinking, debates, disagreements, discourse, information book, opinions, points of view

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The Sideways Orbit of Evie Hart

April 30, 2023

Samera Kamaleddine, The Sideways Orbit of Evie Hart, HarperCollins Publishers, May 2023, 288 pp., RRP $17.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781460762653 The

family, friendships, growing up, Identity, middle fiction, school, Space, Younger Readers

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Early Childhood Books Great Read Alouds Highly Recommended Picture Books Reviews Younger Readers

Grandma’s Guide to Happiness

April 30, 2023

Andrew Daddo (text) and Stephen Michael King (illustrator), Grandma’s Guide to Happiness, HarperCollins Publishers, March 2023, 24 pp., RRP $24.99

family, grandmas, happiness, intergenerations, picture book

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The Ripper of Whitechapel (The Ghost Hunter Chronicles #2)

April 29, 2023

Yvette Fielding, The Ripper of Whitechapel (The Ghost Hunter Chronicles #2), Andersen Press, November 2022, 256 pp., RRP $18.99 (pbk), ISBN

family, friendships, Ghosts, Horror, middle fiction, Mystery, Paranormal, Suspense

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Uncle XBox

April 15, 2023

Jared Thomas, Uncle Xbox, Magabala Books, March 2023, 86 pp., RRP $17.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781922613363 This thoroughly delightful novel comes

Diversity, family, Gaming, Indigenous author, Indigenous Culture, surfing, walking on country

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The Glow

April 9, 2023

Sofie Launa and Mark McBride, The Glow, Allen & Unwin, March 2023, 192 pp., RRP $16.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781761066825 The Glow

bravery, creativity, friendship, Horror, Monsters, Mystery, Speculative fiction, survival, Suspense

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Hello my name is Ruby Philpott, my mother is Cath Pownall, Eve Pownall is my great grandmother. Thank you for…

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