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Baby and Me

April 20, 2025

Angela Casabene (text) and Hilary Jean Tapper (illustrator), Baby and Me, Affirm Press, January 2025, 24 pp., RRP $24.99 (hbk), […]

babies, family life, mother child bond, motherly love, nostalgia, parenthood

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Something Special

September 10, 2024

Emily Rodda, Something Special, 40th anniversary edition, HarperCollins Children’s Books, July 2024, 80 pp., RRP $17.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781460766415 Magic,

anniversary edition, CBCA Winner, Community, illustrated chapter books, magical realism, nostalgia, school fete

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Early Childhood Books Highly Recommended Picture Books Younger Readers

The Garden of Broken Things

May 12, 2024

Freya Blackwood, The Garden of Broken Things, HarperCollins Publishers, May 2024, 32 pp, RRP $26.99 (hbk), ISBN 9781460757550 Number 9

Ageing, Belonging, cats, connection, curiosity, early childhood book, Gardens, grief and loss, Growth, highly recommended, Memories, nostalgia, picture book

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Hello my name is Ruby Philpott, my mother is Cath Pownall, Eve Pownall is my great grandmother. Thank you for…

This book is one of the best books I've ever read. Scarlett's story is heartbreaking yet heartwarming all at the…

I really like this book

i am reading this book for home work and it is so intriguing and i want to be like scoop…

It was a really good book I loved reading it