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Footprints on the Moon

April 4, 2021

Lorraine Marwood, Footprints on the Moon, University of Queensland Press, February 2021, 256 pp., RRP $16.99 (pbk), ISBN 9780702262838 1969. […]

Australian author, Belonging, Bullying, change, courage, friendship, loss, patriotism, relationships, school transitions, social unrest, space exploration, War

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Early Childhood Books Highly Recommended Picture Books Reviews

Searching for Seashells

November 19, 2020

Kerry Rosser (text) and Nicky Johnston (illustrator), Searching for Seashells, Empowering Resources, September 2020, 32 pp., RRP $17.00 (pbk), ISBN 9781925592276 Told in the first

family, grief, loss, siblings

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CBCA Short Listed Highly Recommended LGBTQIA+ Older Readers Reviews

How it Feels to Float

August 13, 2020

Helena Fox, How it Feels to Float, PanMacmillan Australia, April 2019, 384 pp., RRP $17.99 (pbk) ISBN 9781760783303 You’ll learn not to float completely away…you’ll be able to bring yourself back

family, Father, friendship, grief, LGBTQIA+, loss, mental health, Suicide, Trauma

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Older Readers Reviews

Butterfly Yellow

May 1, 2020

Thanhha Lai, Butterfly Yellow, University of Queensland Press, March 2020, 304 pp., RRP $19.99 (pbk), ISBN 9780702262890 It is not common to find a novel set in the past

asylum seeker, family, grief, loss, Refugees, resilience, siblings, war torn

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Reviews Younger Readers

H is for Happiness

February 26, 2020

Barry Jonsberg, H is for Happiness, Allen & Unwin, January 2020, 256 pp., RRP $16.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781760527402 H is for Happiness is a film tie-in edition

book to movie, Bullying, courage, Depression, family, friendship, grief, loss, Love, only child, resilience, self-confidence, siblings

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Older Readers Reviews

Emergency Rescue Angel

February 11, 2020

Cate Whittle, Emergency Rescue Angel, Scholastic Australia, February 2020, 256 pp., RRP $16.99, ISBN 9781760669263 This interesting blend of genres usually involve older female protagonists,

Angels, family, friendship, grief, loss, relationships, resilience

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A New Kind of Everything

February 5, 2020

Richard Yaxley, A New Kind of Everything, Scholastic Australia, February 2020, 272 pp., RRP $18.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781743834077 When Dinny Gallagher’s father Barney dies, his family is shattered. He is

abuse, Death, domestic abuse, Drugs, family, grief, loss, masculinity, Racism, resilience, Suicide, Trauma

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Picture Books Reviews

Tree: A Gentle Story of Love and Loss

January 23, 2020

Lynn Jenkins (text), and Kirrili Lonergan (illustrator), Tree: A Gentle Story of Love and Loss, EK Books, January 2020, 32 pp., RRP $19.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781925820126 Tree is the fifth book in the

Anxiety, emotional development, emotions, grief, loss, mental health, resilience, series of books, stress

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