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Juniper’s Christmas

December 18, 2023

Eoin Colfer (text) and Chaaya Prabhat (illustrator), Juniper’s Christmas, HarperCollins Publishers, November 2023, 350 pp., RRP $19.99 (pbk), ISBN 9780008475543 […]

adventure, Christmas, family, magic, middle fiction, missing parents, social issues, twisty

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Great Read Alouds Reviews Younger Readers

Pepper Masalah and the giant bird (Pepper Masalah #3)

December 3, 2023

Rosanne Hawke (text) and Jasmine Berry (illustrator), Pepper Masalah and the giant bird (Pepper Masalah #3), Wombat Books, November 2023, 64

adventure, book in a series, cats, friendship, magic, magic carpets, Mythical creatures, myths, Persian myth, Urdu language

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Reviews Younger Readers

The Christmas Wish (The Wish Sisters #5)

November 30, 2023

Allison Rushby (text) and Karen Blair (illustrator), The Christmas wish (The Wish Sisters #5), University of Queensland Press, October 2023,

book in a series, Christmas, family, humour, independent readers, magic, Sisters, wishes, Younger Readers

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Picture Books Reviews Younger Readers

We know a place

November 19, 2023

Maxine Beneba Clarke, We know a place, Lothian Children’s Books, August 2023, 32 pp., RRP $24.95 (hbk), ISBN 9780734421579 The

adventure, books, bookshops, family, magic, playfulness, Wonder

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Intermediate Readers Reviews Younger Readers

The bookshop at the back of beyond (The house at the edge of magic #3)

November 18, 2023

Amy Sparkes, The bookshop at the back of beyond (The House at the edge of magic #3), Walker Books Australia,

adventure, book in a series, family, fantasy, friendships, magic, Mystery, Rescues, Secrets

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Reviews Uncategorized Younger Readers

The pet wish (The wish sisters #3), and The running wish (The wish sisters #4)

November 6, 2023

Allison Rushby (text) and Karen Blair (illustrator), The pet wish (The wish sisters #3), University of Queensland Press, July 2023,

books in a series, dogs, family, humour, independent readers, magic, mischief, Pets, siblings, Sisters, sports, Younger Readers

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LGBTQIA+ Older Readers Reviews

The third daughter

October 15, 2023

Adrienne Tooley, The third daughter, Hodder & Stoughton, July 2023, 320 pp., RRP $24.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781399713948 In the Kingdom

fantasy, friendship, LGBTQIA+, magic, poisons, Quest, romance, Secrets, slow burn

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Reviews Younger Readers

Ruby and the pen

October 13, 2023

David Lawrence (text) and Cherie Dignam (illustrator), Ruby and the pen, EK Books, July 2023, 280 pp., RRP $16.99 (pbk),

Boarding school, Bullying, courage, family, friendship, magic

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Intermediate Readers Reviews

Impossible creatures

October 11, 2023

Katherine Rundell, Impossible creatures, Bloomsbury, London, September 2023, 368 pp, RRP $18.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781408897409 Katherine Rundell is a phenomenon.