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Early Childhood Books Picture Books Reviews Younger Readers

My Name is Jemima

August 1, 2025

Olivia Muscat (text) and Allison Colpoys (illustrator), My Name is Jemima: A tale of a Guide Dog Superstar, Scribble, June […]

blindness, dogs, early childhood book, guide dogs, lived experience, picture book, support dogs

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Older Readers Reviews

The First Thing About You

December 8, 2022

Chaz Hayden, The First Thing About You, Walker Books, September 2022, 368 pp., RRP $19.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781529510942 After moving

Belonging, Coming of age, Disability, Diversity, family, friendships, grief and loss, humour, Identity, lived experience, older readers, romance, young adult

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