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Dragon Folding

October 21, 2024

Christopher Cheng, (text) and Lucia Masciullo, (illustrator), Dragon Folding, Puffin, September 2024, 32 pp., RRP $24.99 (hbk), ISBN 9781761340949 This is […]

building empathy, Community, connection, Diversity, early childhood book, grief and loss, intergenerational friendships, origami, picture book, Wellbeing, Younger Readers

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CBCA Short Listed Intermediate Readers Older Readers Picture Books

Paper-Flower Girl

June 23, 2024

Margrete Lamond (text) and Mateja Jager (illustrator), Paper-Flower Girl, Dirt Lane Press, 2023, 40 pp., RRP $26.99 (hbk), ISBN 9780645352399

2024 Notable books, CBCA Shortlist 2024, creativity, fairy tale, Nature, origami, picture book, re-imagining, tranquillity

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Intermediate Readers Reviews Younger Readers

Paper Boat, Paper Bird

September 18, 2022

David Almond (text) and Kirsti Beautyman (illustrator), Paper Boat, Paper Bird, Hachette, August 2022, 112 pp., RRP $22.99 (hbk), ISBN

chance encounters, family, imagination, Japanese culture, origami, Travel

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Intermediate Readers Older Readers Reviews

Rebel Skies

May 4, 2022

Ann Sei Lin, Rebel Skies, Walker Books Australia, May 2022, 352 pp., RRP $18.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781406399592 Rebel Skies is

Action, book in series, fantasy, good vs evil, origami

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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