Mythical creatures Archives

Creature Clinic

July 20, 2025

Gavin Aung Than, Creature Clinic, Figment Books, May 2025, 224 pp., RRP $19.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781761215599 Welcome to Creature Clinic – a […]

fantasy, Graphic Novels, highly recommended, hospitals, humour, intermediate readers, middle fiction, Mythical creatures

Creature Clinic Read More »

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

Pepper Masalah and the giant bird (Pepper Masalah #3) Read More »

Information Books Picture Books Reviews Younger Readers

Medieval monsters and other creatures

November 15, 2023

Timothy Ide, Medieval monsters and other creatures, Midnight Sun, November 2023, 64 pp., RRP $34.99 (hbk), ISBN 9781922858177 Timothy Ide

beasts, creatures, dragons, encyclopaedia, medieval creatures, Monsters, Mythical creatures, picture book, Trolls, unicorns

Medieval monsters and other creatures Read More »

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.

adventure, fantasy, friendship, Identity, Loyalty, magic, Mythical creatures, personal growth, Quest, sacrifices, Secrets, Suspense

Impossible creatures Read More »

Intermediate Readers LGBTQIA+ Older Readers

The Sun and the Star (A Nico di Angelo Adventure)

July 6, 2023

Rick Riordan, The Sun and the Star, Penguin Books, May 2023, 480 pp, RRP $16.95 (pbk), ISBN 9780241627686 Nico di

adventure, Diversity, family, fantasy, friendship, god and goddesses, inclusivity, LGBTQIA+, Mythical creatures, twisty

The Sun and the Star (A Nico di Angelo Adventure) Read More »

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

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

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