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Girls Can Fly

March 8, 2020

Sally Morgan & Ambelin Kwaymullina, Girls Can Fly, Magabala Books, March 2020 48 pp., RRP $16.99 (hbk), ISBN 9781925936759 Two of Australia’s finest authors, mother and daughter […]

First Nations, Growth Mindset, health, mental health, mistakes, resilience, Science, Self esteem, self-confidence

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Information Books Reviews Younger Readers

The Colossal Book of Colours

February 4, 2020

Lorna Hendry, The Colossal Book of Colour, Wild Dog Books, February 2020, 64 pp., RRP $27.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781742035727 The author has already appeared on CBCA Award lists, and

colours, Science, The Arts, Visual Art

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Picture Books Reviews

Stephanie Owen Reeder, Story Time Stars, National Library of Australia, September 2019, 148 pp., RRP $24.99 (hbk), ISBN 9780642279408 Story Time Stars is a lovely, compact, hardback volume in gold and teal. The

Australian Classic Literature, Characterisation, Humanities, Science, wombats

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Marlow Brown: Scientist in the Making

November 25, 2019

Kesta Fleming (text) and Marjory Gardner (illustrator), Marlow Brown: Scientist in the Making, Celapene Press, October 2019, 72 pp., ISBN

Creative thinking, critical thinking, experiments, family, female protagonist, Science, scientists

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Picture Books Reviews

One Tree

November 9, 2019

Christopher Cheng (text) and Bruce Whatley (illustrator), One Tree, Puffin Books, April 2019, 32 pp., RRP $24.99 (hbk), ISBN 9780143786733

cities, Environmental preservation, Grandfathers, Humanities, Memory, Science, Stewardship, Trees

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To the Moon and Back

July 6, 2019

Jackie French and Bryan Sullivan, To the Moon and Back, HarperCollins Australia, May 2019, 272 pp,. $17.00 (pbk), ISBN 9781460757741

Apollo Project, Astronaut, Australian history, Eve Pownell, Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station, Humanities, Moon Exploration, Moon Landing, Science, Space Flight, STEM, Technology

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Information Books Reviews Younger Readers

Amazing Transport: Journey Through the History of Transport

April 13, 2019

Tom Jackson (text), and Chris Mould (illustrator), Amazing transport: Journey Through the History of Transport, Bloomsbury, March 2019, 64pp., $24.99,