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Shearer

September 21, 2023

Neridah McMullin (text), and Michael Tomkins (illustrator), Shearer, Walker Books Australia, September 2023, 32 pp., RRP $26.99 (hbk), ISBN 9781760653163 […]

Australian history, based on a true story, Historical, humour, picture book, shearing sheep

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When grandma burnt her bra

September 20, 2023

Samantha Tidy, (text) and Aska (illustrator), When grandma burnt her bra, EK Books, September 2023, 32 pp., RRP $24.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781922539465

Activism, Dinosaurs, feminism, humour, intergenerations, Metaphor, Women's Rights

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Picture Books Reviews Younger Readers

Mine! A story of not sharing

September 17, 2023

Klara Persson (text), Charlotte Ramel (illustrator) and Nichola Smalley (translation), Mine! A story of not sharing. Berbay, September 2023, 32

humour, playing games, sharing, silliness, translated book

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Intermediate Readers Reviews Younger Readers

Shrinkle (Game On #1)

September 3, 2023

Emily Snape, Shrinkle (Game On #1), Exisle Publishing, May 2023, 192 pp., RRP $16.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781922539397 A bad day

adventure, brothers, Cartooning, Computers, family, first book in a series, Gaming, humour, siblings

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Graphic Novels Reviews Younger Readers

S. M. Ellybutt Strikes Back (Pugnacious & Scuttlebutt #2)

September 1, 2023

Adam Wallace (text) and Wayne Bryant (illustrator), S. M. Ellybutt Strikes Back (Pugnacious & Scuttlebutt #2), Larrikin House, June 2023,

book in a series, dogs, friendship, Graphic Novels, humour, Puns

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Reviews Younger Readers

The Secret Science Society in Space (Secret Science Society #2)

August 25, 2023

Kathy Hoopman and Josie Montano (text) and Marie-Ann Finn (illustrator), The Secret Science Society in Space! (Secret Science Society #2),

book in a series, Diversity, humour, inclusion, Puns, Science

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Graphic Novels Reviews Younger Readers

The Power of Being Odd (The Odds #3)

August 22, 2023

Matt Stanton, The Power of Being Odd (The Odds #3), HarperCollins Publishers, June 2023, 192 pp., RRP $15.99 (pbk), ISBN

book in a series, Fears, Graphic Novels, grief, humour, overcoming fear, self-confidence, Younger Readers

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Early Childhood Books Great Read Alouds Picture Books

One Little Duck

August 21, 2023

Katrina Germein (text) and Danny Snell (illustrator), One Little Duck, HarperCollins Australia, July 2023, 32 pp., RRP $22.99 (hbk), ISBN 9781460761649

counting books, ducks, Farm animals, humour, nursery rhymes, rhyming text

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