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The House at the End of the Sea

November 30, 2024

Victoria M. Adams, The House at the End of the Sea, Andersen Press, May 2024, 246 pp., RRP $17.99 (pbk), ISBN […]

adventure, faeries, family, Family secrets, friendship, generational pact, grief and loss, truth and lies, twisty

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Early Childhood Books Picture Books Reviews Younger Readers

Dragon Folding

October 21, 2024

Christopher Cheng, (text) and Lucia Masciullo, (illustrator), Dragon Folding, Puffin, September 2024, 32 pp., RRP $24.99 (hbk), ISBN 9781761340949 This is

building empathy, Community, connection, Diversity, early childhood book, grief and loss, intergenerational friendships, origami, picture book, Wellbeing, Younger Readers

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ANZAC Books Intermediate Readers Reviews

Soldier Boy: The Play

October 13, 2024

Anthony Hill, Soldier Boy: the Play, Passwords, August 2024, 105 pp., RRP $24.99 (pbk), ISBN 9780992327750 What a tragic story

adaptation, ANZAC, based on a true story, bravery, family, Gallipoli, grief and loss, Historical, play script, World War I

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Intermediate Readers Reviews Younger Readers

Time Travelling with a Tortoise

September 17, 2024

Ross Welford, Time Travelling with a Tortoise, HarperCollins Publishers, March 2024, 272 pp., RRP $16.99 (pbk), ISBN 9780008544775 Time travelling

acceptance, Action, Dinosaurs, family, grief and loss, hamsters, humour, multiverse, Suspense, time travel, Tortoise

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Reviews Younger Readers

Puppet

September 15, 2024

David Almond (text) and Lizzy Stewart (illustrator), Puppet, August 2024, 240 pp., RRP $24.99 (hbk), ISBN 9781406391619 This is a

companionship, grief and loss, illustrated chapter books, imagination, intergenerational friendships, Memories, puppet making

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Picture Books Reviews Younger Readers

A Leaf called Greaf

August 24, 2024

Kelly Canby, A Leaf Called Greaf, Fremantle Press, June 2024, 40 pages, RRP $24.99 (hbk), iSBN 9781760993894 A Leaf

family, grief and loss, Hope, Love, picture book, Seasons, Younger Readers

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Intermediate Readers Reviews

My Brother Finch

August 19, 2024

Kate Gordon, My Brother Finch, Riveted Press, July 2024, 187 pp., RRP $17.99 (pbk), ISBN 9780645869347 Kate Gordon has written

disappearance, family, friendships, grief and loss, Hope, intermediate readers, middle fiction, Psychological thriller, siblings

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Older Readers Reviews

Where Sleeping Girls Lie

August 17, 2024

Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Where Sleeping Girls Lie, HarperCollins Publishers, April 2024, 576 pp., RRP. $19.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781474967549 After her father