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The Lost Loot of Lima

June 30, 2025

Melissa Wray (text) and Sandy Flett (illustrator), The Lost Loot of Lima, Wombat Books, June 2025, 128 pp., RRP $14.99 […]

adventure, family, family holidays, great read alouds, grief and loss, illustrated chapter books, pirates, treasure hunt, Younger Readers

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Party Rhyme!

October 1, 2024

Antonia Pesenti, Party Rhyme! Scribble Publications, October 2024, 20 pp., RRP $19.99 (Board), ISBN 9781761381133 Antonia Pesenti creates beautiful picture

board book, early childhood book, great read alouds, Lift the flap books, Puns

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I am Tree Rex!

September 25, 2024

Mo Davey, I Am Tree Rex! Berbay Publishing, July 2024, 40 pp., RRP $26.99 (hbk), ISBN 9781922610669 Tree Rex lives

Activism, anthropomorphic animals, conservation, early childhood book, Environmental preservation, great read alouds, nesting animals, picture book, Trees

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

This book is one of the best books I've ever read. Scarlett's story is heartbreaking yet heartwarming all at the…

I really like this book

i am reading this book for home work and it is so intriguing and i want to be like scoop…

It was a really good book I loved reading it