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Lily Takes A Walk

April 21, 2022

Satoshi Kitamura, Lily Takes A Walk, Scallywag Press, September 2021, 28 pp., RRP $22.99 (hbk), ISBN 9781912650682 This picture book […]

dogs, Fears, Monsters, reprint

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Unleash Your Creative Monster

February 10, 2022

Andy Jones (text) and Olaf Falafel (illustrator), Unleash Your Creative Monster: A Children’s Guide to Writing, Walker Books, September 2021,

Australian author, creative writing, creativity, imagination, information book, Monsters

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Picture Books Reviews

Mary Had A Mostersaur

January 17, 2022

Mike Dumbleton (text) and Peter Bath (illustrator), Mary Had a Monstersaur, Larrikin House, August 2021, 32 pp., RRP $24.99 (hbk),

Australian author, Dinosaurs, friendship, Monsters, resilience, Teacher Notes

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Intermediate Readers Reviews Younger Readers

The School between Winter and Fairyland

December 19, 2021

Heather Fawcett, The School Between Winter and Fairyland, Allen & Unwin, September 2021, 352 pp., RRP $16.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781760526542

adventure, Coming of age, family, fantasy, friendship, magic, Monsters

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Early Childhood Books Great Read Alouds Picture Books Reviews

Ten Delicious Teachers

November 30, 2021

Ross Montgomery (text) and Sarah Warburton (illustrator), Ten Delicious Teachers, Walker Books, August 2021, 32 pp., RRP $28.95 (hbk), ISBN 9781406389821

counting books, humour, Monsters, read aloud, rhyme, teachers

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Reviews Younger Readers

Flummox

August 4, 2021

Lili Wilkinson (text) and Dustin Spence (illustrator), Flummox (How to Make a Pet Monster, #2), Allen & Unwin, June 2021,

adventure, Australian author, Australian illustrator, book in series, fantasy, humour, Monsters, relationships

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Younger Readers

Greta Zargo and the Amoeba Monsters from the Middle of the Earth (Greta Zargo #2)

October 14, 2018

A F Harold (text), Joe Todd-Stanton (Illustrator), Greta Zargo and the Amoeba Monsters from the Middle of the Earth, Bloomsbury

Aliens, female protagonist, inventors, Journalists, Missing Persons, Monsters, Mystery, Mythical creatures, Sci-Fi

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Intermediate Readers Younger Readers

The Ice Maze (Kingdom of the Lost #3)

September 4, 2017

Isobelle Carmody, The Ice Maze (Kingdom of the Lost #3), Viking/Penguin Random House Australia, 3 July 2017, 352pp., $19.99 (hbk),

creatures, fantasy, Monsters, series of books, siblings, survival

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Intermediate Readers Reviews

Darkmouth (Darkmouth #1); Worlds Explode (Darkmouth #2)

April 13, 2017

Shane Hegarty, Darkmouth (Darkmouth #1), HarperCollins Australia, 1 Feb 2017, 416pp., $14.99 (pbk), ISBN: 9780007545612 Shane Hegarty, Worlds Explode (Darkmouth #2), HarperCollins