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Anti-Racism Kit: A Guide to High School Students

June 8, 2025

Jinyoung Kim & Sabina Patawaran (text) and Emma Iamawi (illustrator), Anti-Racism Kit: a guide for high school students, Hardie Grant […]

definitions, discrimination, illustrated chapter books, intergenerational trauma, middle years non fiction, non fiction book, older readers, Racism, unconscious bias

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Young Dark Emu: A Truer History

June 4, 2025

Bruce Pascoe, Young Dark Emu: A Truer History, Magabala Books, February 2025, 80 pp., RRP $29.99 (hbk), ISBN 9781922777508 This

Aboriginal customs, aboriginal food, Aboriginal history, factual picture book, land management, non fiction book, primary sources, updated edition

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Normal Women: Making History for 900 Years (Teen Edition)

May 22, 2025

Philippa Gregory, Normal Women: Making History for 900 Years, HarperCollins, March 2025, 288 pp., RRP $22.99 (pbk), ISBN 9780008725075 Historical

adapted for younger readers, Biographical, non fiction book, women in history

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Soaring with the Sugarbird Lady

May 21, 2025

Dianne Wolfer, Soaring with the Sugarbird Lady, Fremantle Press, March 2025, 160 pp., RRP $17.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781760995270 Dianne Wolfer

Aviation, Biography, family, Historical, middle non-fiction, Nurses, polio vaccines, set in the 1950s, set in Western Australia, Women pilots, Younger Readers

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Creature Corridors

May 19, 2025

Billie Rooney (text) and Anke Noack (illustrator) Creature Corridors, CSIRO Publishing, February 2025, 32 pp., RRP $26.99 (hbk), ISBN 9781486318100

adaptation, animal corridors, Australian animals, Environmental preservation, factual picture book, human and animals co-existing, information book, loss of habitats, picture book, Younger Readers

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Your Body is Amazing: Life Lessons for Little Ones

May 16, 2025

Jess Sanders (text) and Christine Cuddihy (illustrator), Your Body is Amazing, Affirm Kids, February 2025, 24 pp., RP $19.99 (hbk)

body positivity, celebrating bodies, change, Diversity, family, growing up, inclusivity, making friends, sense of self, socialising

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Hatch

May 13, 2025

Heidi Cooper Smith, Hatch, CSIRO Publishing, April 2025, 32 pp., RRP $26.99 (hbk), ISBN 9781486318278 Another wonderful information picture book

Australian animals, early childhood book, egg laying animals, factual picture book, information books, interactive texts, Nature

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Wombat Poos are Square

May 8, 2025

Sophie Gillies (text) and Karen Erasmus (illustrator), Wombat Poos are Square, CSIRO Publishing, April 2025, 32 pp., RRP $26.99 (hbk),

animal poo, animal scats, factual picture book, humour, information book, native wildlife, picture book, rhyming text, Younger Readers

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The Bee Squad: Boosting Biodiversity in your Neighbourhood

May 6, 2025

Judy Friedlander, The Bee Squad: Boosting biodiversity in your neighbourhood, NewSouth Publishing, February 2025, 208 pp., RRP $27.99 (pbk), ISBN

australian flora and fauna, biodiversity, citizen science, Community, Environmental preservation, native species, practical tips, project for scientists, sustainability

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The Wonderful World of Carnivorous Plants

May 1, 2025

Suzanne Houghton, The Wonderful World of Carnivorous Plants, CSIRO Publishing, April 2025, 32 pp., RRP $26.99 (hbk), ISBN 9781486319527 The

carnivorous plants, factual picture book, information book, Nature, rhyming text, Younger Readers

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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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It was a really good book I loved reading it