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Runt

August 10, 2023

Craig Silvey (text) and Sara Acton (illustrator), Runt, Allen & Unwin, October 2022, 352 pp., RRP $22.99 (hbk), ISBN 9781761067846 […]

Australian farm life, dogs, drought, family, humour, resilience, Younger Readers

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Dogs and Dads

August 1, 2023

Mick Elliott, Dads and Dogs, Walker Books Australia, July 2023, 32 pp., RRP $24.99 (hbk), ISBN 9781760655044 Look at all the dads

bonding, Dads, Diversity, dogs, family, Fathers, humour, picture books

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Cub and Brown

August 1, 2023

Edwina Wyatt (text) and Evie Barrow (illustrator), Cub and Brown, Walker Books Australia, August 2023, 156 pp., RRP $19.99 (hbk)

Bears, Collaboration, communication, cub scouts, friendship, Nature, outdoors, Problem solving, Respect, Teamwork, Wildlife, working together

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Snap!

July 30, 2023

Anna Walker, Snap!, Scribe Publications, November 2022, 32 pp., RRP $24.99 (hbk), ISBN 9781922585387 I love this book! From the

animal sounds, animals, Early Childhood books, Frogs, humour, Nature, picture book, poetic, predictive text, shortlisted book, sounds

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When Dad’s Hair Took Off

July 23, 2023

Jörg Mühle & Melody Shaw (translation), When Dad’s Hair Took Off, Gecko Press, June 2023, 70 pp., RRP $17.99 (pbk),

book in translation, early childhood book, humour, picture book, Travel, Younger Readers

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Mother Earth

July 17, 2023

Libby Hathorn (text), Christina Booth (illustrator), Mother Earth, Lothian, June 2023, 32 pp., RRP $24.99 (hbk), ISBN 9780734421555 Mother Earth is an ode

bedtime story, early childhood book, lyrical, Mother Earth, Nature, picture book, poems, Poetry

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Satin

May 30, 2023

Sophie Masson (author) and Lorena Carrington (illustrator) Satin, MidnightSun Publishing, March 2023, 32 pp., RRP $29.99 (hbk), ISBN 9781922858016 Satin

Australian birds, birds, bowerbirds, lyrical, mixed media, Mystery, picture book

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Grannysaurus

May 24, 2023

David Walliams (text) and Adam Stower (illustrator), Grannysaurus, HarperCollins Publishers, February 2023, 32 pp., RRP $24.99 (hbk), ISBN 9780008305765 Spike

Bedtime, dancing, Dinosaurs, early childhood book, great read alouds, humour, picture book

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