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I am NOT an OWL!

July 18, 2025

Rhonda Ooi (text) and Mel Corrigan (illustrator), I am NOT an OWL!, Woodslane Press, April 2025, 32 pp., RRP $24.99 […]

Australian animals, early childhood book, factual picture book, family, nocturnal animals, Owls, picture book

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Filling in the Map: Exploring Inland Australia

July 11, 2025

Carole Wilkinson, Filling in the Map: Exploring Inland Australia, Wild Dog, June 2025, 32 pp., RRP $24.99 (hbk), ISBN 9781742036557

Aboriginal history, colonial history, Exploration, exploring Australia, factual picture book, historical maps, information book, Maps

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Butterflies Up Close

July 9, 2025

Mark Russell, Butterflies Up Close, Wild Dog Books, June 2025, 32 pp., RRP $24.99 (hbk), ISBN 9781742037097 My observation is

butterflies, factual picture book, information book, life cycles, non fiction book, photographic images

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Tubowgule: A Sydney Opera House History

July 3, 2025

Melissa-Jane Fogarty (text) and Dylan Finney (illustrator), Tubowgule: a Sydney Opera House History, Lothian Children’s Books, March 2025, 32 pp.,

Aboriginal history, Australian history, colonial history, factual picture book, History, narrative non-fiction, Sydney Opera House

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50 Ways to Die in Space

June 17, 2025

Eileen O’Hely (text) and Nico O’Sullivan (illustrator), 50 Ways to Die in Space, Hawkeye Publishing, April 2025, 162 pp., RRP

graphic, humour, illustrated chapter books, Science, space exploration, Spaceships, Younger Readers

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

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