Z for Zanto
Jayne Lyons, Z for Zanto, Vivid Publishing, February 2020, 258 pp., RRP $17.95 (pbk), ISBN 9781925952315 Zanto is a twelve-year-old boy who lives in the shambles with his role […]
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Together Things
Michelle Vasiliu (text) and Gwynneth Jones (illustrator), Together Things, EK Books, February 2020, 32 pp., RRP $24.99 (hbk), ISBN 9781925820294 The experience of mental health issues such as depression
The Dingle Dangle Jungle
Mark Carthew (text), and Dave Atze (illustrator), The Dingle Dangle Jungle, Ford Street Publishing, February 2020, 32 pp., RRP $16.95 (pbk), ISBN 9781925804416 Would you like to explore the Amazon jungle and
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The Year of the Rat
Charles Hope (text) and Jess Racklyeft (illustrator), The Year of the Rat, Wild Dog Books, February 2020, 32pp., RRP $24.99 (hbk), ISBN 9781742035789 2020
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A New Kind of Everything
Richard Yaxley, A New Kind of Everything, Scholastic Australia, February 2020, 272 pp., RRP $18.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781743834077 When Dinny Gallagher’s father Barney dies, his family is shattered. He is
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The Colossal Book of Colours
Lorna Hendry, The Colossal Book of Colour, Wild Dog Books, February 2020, 64 pp., RRP $27.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781742035727 The author has already appeared on CBCA Award lists, and
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Morphing Murphy
Robert Favretto (text), and Tull Suwannakit (illustration), Morphing Murphy, Ford Street, February 2020, 32pp., RRP $16.95 (pbk), ISBN 9781925804324 This well-written story tells how Murphy the tadpole undergoes metamorphosis to become
Whose Nose Do You Suppose?
Richard Turner (text) and Margaret Tolland (illustration), Whose Nose Do You Suppose? Starfish Bay Publishing, September 2019, 36pp., RRP $24.99 (hbk), ISBN 9781760360627 Whose Nose Do You Suppose? combines a
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The Salmon of Knowledge
Celina Buckley, The Salmon of Knowledge, Starfish Bay Children’s Books, April 2019, 36pp., RRP $24.99 (hbk), ISBN 9781760360702 This book by Celina Buckley is just gorgeous, as she
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Wrecking Ball (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #14)
Jeff Kinney, Wrecking Ball (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #14), Penguin Random House, November 2019, 224 pp., RRP $14.99 (pbk), ISBN 9780143796053 Greg Heffley is a middle school
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