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This is not a Sad Book (But it’s OK to Feel Sad)

October 27, 2024

Elizabeth Vercoe with Kerry Abromowski (text) and Grace Fraraccio (illustrator), This is Not a Sad Book (but it’s OK to […]

advice, grief, information book, mental health, non fiction book, teenage grief, tips for emotional wellbeing, updated edition

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My Dad’s Gone Away

October 17, 2024

Andrew Krakouer and Jacqueline Dinan (text) and Paul Seden (illustrator), My Dad’s Gone Away, Magabala Books, October 2024, 32 pp.,

absent fathers, big feelings, Community, confusion, Empathy, family, friendship, Hope, Incarceration, loss, Nature, resilience

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Fabulous Frogs

October 16, 2024

Katrina Germein (text) and Suzanne Houghton (illustrator), Fabulous Frogs, CSRIO Publishing, October 2024, 32 pp., RRP $24.99 (hbk), ISBN 9781486317873

Australian frogs, environmental protection, factual picture book, highly recommended, information book, life cycles, Nature, Younger Readers

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The Grown-Up’s Guide to Picture Books

October 9, 2024

Lara Cain Gray (text) and Timothy Ide & Lorena Carrington (illustrators), The Grown-Up’s Guide to Picture Books, MidnightSun Publishing, September

picture book

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Bullies Beware! and Mess Up! (Fluff #1 and #2)

October 3, 2024

Matt Stanton, Bullies Beware (Fluff #1), HarperCollins Publishers, November 2023, 201 pp., RRP $16.99 (pbk), ISBN 9780733342080 Matt Stanton, Mess

absent dad, book in a series, bullies, family, humour, illustrated chapter books, Imaginary Friends, imagination

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In the Secret Place

October 2, 2024

Gary Crew, In The Secret Place, Hawkeye Publishing, August 2023, 227 pp., RRP $24.95 (pbk), ISBN 9780645714937 It is a

Bullying, contemporary, Disability, family, loveozya, middle fiction, older readers, resilience

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Party Rhyme!

October 1, 2024

Antonia Pesenti, Party Rhyme! Scribble Publications, October 2024, 20 pp., RRP $19.99 (Board), ISBN 9781761381133 Antonia Pesenti creates beautiful picture

board book, early childhood book, great read alouds, Lift the flap books, Puns

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The Welcome Cookies

September 30, 2024

Kaye Baillie (text) and Kirrili Lonergan (illustrator), The Welcome Cookies, EK Books, September 2024, 32 pp., RRP $24.99 (hbk), ISBN

Anxiety, art, change, Community, early childhood boo, family, food, friendships, new beginnings, picture book, trying new things, Younger Readers

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Divine Rivals and Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment #1 & #2)

September 27, 2024

Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment #1), HarperCollins Publishers, September 2023, 368 pp., RRP $19.99 (pbk), ISBN 9780008600662 Rebecca