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Soaring with the Sugarbird Lady

May 21, 2025

Dianne Wolfer, Soaring with the Sugarbird Lady, Fremantle Press, March 2025, 160 pp., RRP $17.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781760995270 Dianne Wolfer […]

Aviation, Biography, family, Historical, middle non-fiction, Nurses, polio vaccines, set in the 1950s, set in Western Australia, Women pilots, Younger Readers

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A Language of Dragons

April 6, 2025

S. F. Williamson, A Language of Dragons, HarperCollins Publishers, January 2025, 480 pp., RRP $19.99 (pbk), ISBN 9780008652296 S. F.

academia, Action, adventure, alternate history, dragons, family, first book in a series, highly recommended, Historical, Justice, languages, older readers, peace treaty, political tension, redemption, romance, young adult

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Intermediate Readers Reviews Younger Readers

The Story of a Strange Missing Thing (Tumblagooda #2)

April 1, 2025

Suzanne Ingelbrecht (text), and Michael Inouye (illustrator), The Story of a Strange Missing Thing (Tumblagooda #2), Dragonfly Publishing, August 2024,

adventure, bonds, book in a series, family, friendship, Historical, Honesty, Mystery, Western Australia

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Intermediate Readers Reviews

Westfallen

March 31, 2025

Ann Brashares & Ben Brashares, Westfallen, Bloomsbury Publishing, September 2024, 384 pp., RRP $16.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781526686916 Ann and Ben

Action, adventure, alternate time lines, big consequences, family, first in a series, friendships, Historical, Quests, time slip, World War II

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awards CBCA Short Listed Early Childhood Books Highly Recommended Information Books Picture Books Younger Readers

How to Move a Zoo

March 30, 2025

Kate Simpson (text) and Owen Swan (illustrator), How to Move a Zoo, A & U Children’s, June 2024, 32 pp.,

2025 BOTY, 2025 notable book, 2025 Short Lists, animals, early childhood book, factual picture book, Historical, picture book, zoo

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Reviews Younger Readers

Cobweb

January 22, 2025

Michael Morpurgo (text) and Michael Foreman (illustrator), Cobweb, HarperCollins Publishers, October 2024, 240 pp., RRP $19.99 (pbk), ISBN 9780008352141 Morpurgo’s

absence, animals, animals in war, Battle of Waterloo, Belonging, dogs, Historical, illustrated chapter books, Loyalty, set in the 1800s, Travel, Trust

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All the Beautiful Things

January 14, 2025

Nannestad, Katrina, All the Beautiful Things, HarperCollins Publishers, October 2024, 352 pp., RRP $22.99 (pbk), ISBN 9780733343148 We first meet Anna and