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One Wrong Turn

July 20, 2023

Chenée Marrapodi, One Wrong Turn, Freemantle Press, July 2023, 288 pp., RRP $16.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781760992439 Fourteen-year-old, Amelia’s whole world […]

Anxiety, Ballet, contemporary, Dance, expectations, family, friendships, immigrants, privilege

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Early Childhood Books Picture Books Reviews

Hello Emma Memma

May 23, 2023

Emma Watkins and Oliver Brian (text) and Kerrie Hess (illustrator), Hello, Emma Memma, Penguin Books Australia, February 2023, 32 pp.,

Auslan, book in a series, Celebrity, Dance, music, picture books, sign language, singing

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Early Childhood Books Highly Recommended Picture Books Reviews

Cato’s Can Can

March 14, 2022

Juliet Sampson (text) and Katrina Fisher (illustrator), Cato’s Can Can, Ford Street Publishing, August 2021, 32 pp., RRP $16.95 (pbk),

Australian author, Australian illustrator, Cockatoos, Dance

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Picture Books Reviews

Luna Loves Dance

December 30, 2021

Joesph Coelho (text) and Fiona Lumbers (illustrator), Luna Loves Dance, Walker Books Australia, September 2021, 30 pp., RRP $29.99 (hbk),

book in series, Dance, joy, multicultural, Perseverance, Self esteem

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Picture Books

Grasshoppers Dance

May 27, 2015

Juliette MacIver (text), Nina Rycroft (illus.). Grasshoppers Dance Scholastic (NZ), 1 June 2015, $AU15.99/$NZ19.00 (pbk), 32pp., ISBN 978-1-77543-224-1 A wonderful

Dance, Movement, music, read aloud, Seasons

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