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IBBY Mini Masterpiece art auctionOnly three sleeps until our IBBY Australia mini masterpiece art auction. We have fifty-one pieces from 35 amazing Australian...
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Meet the illustrator Jessica SouhamiImage Source: Mirrors, Windows and Doors Last week I borrowed a folktale from the library - Sausages ....
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The Balloon Blow Up! by Andy Geppert"A balloon as big as the mom will quickly pop. I think we need to make it smaller." The little girl asks her friend...
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I am Lupe by Sela Ahosivi-Atiola illustrated by Yani Agustina"I look different from everyone else. I have curly black hair just like my dad. I have deep brown eyes just like my mum." "Unlike...
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Big Bug by Henry ColeWhen I visit a library or bookshop there are a number of things I am always interested in - very easy beginner chapter books...
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We Are One by Susan Hood illustrated by Linda YanIs this a counting book? Not quite. Is this a book about the application of numbers in real life? YES. Is this a quirky...
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Dogtown by Katherine Applegate and Gennifer Choldenko illustrated by Wallace West"Your heart is a muscle. It just grows stronger the more you use it." Dogtown, the home for stray dogs,...
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Pigeon and Cat by Edward HemingwayWe are all capable of choosing to be kind, but it’s not always easy, especially in tough times. So I deliberately...
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Forgotten series - a listBeetle Boy and Beetle Queen The Legend of Podkin One-Ear and sequels Cogheart ;...
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The Secret of Glendunny Book One The Haunting by Kathryn Lasky"With a friend you can become more. You can become braver, smarter ... just better." Blurb: Deep in the wilds of Scotland,...
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Just One Little Light by Kat Yeh illustrated Isabelle Arsenault"When you find yourself in the dark the deepest dark the deepest dark remind yourself you always have a light and as you wander you...
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Accidentally Kelly Street by Briony StewartA new family arrive at a new house on a new street in a new neighbourhood. Being new can feel lonely, but on Kelly Street the...
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Meet the author and illustrator Briony StewartThe newest book by Briony Stewart Book seller blurb: Gymnastica Fantastica! is a joyful and exuberant picture book about a...
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Ragged Bear by Alan Marks illustrated by Brigitte Weninger"Teddy cried, but because he was already wet, no one could see his tears." Teddy is very old. He is worn out. The children play with...
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Where have all the fairy tales gone?Imagine a scene on the Antiques Roadshow where the presenter is asked to select the "best" from this selection of The Frog Prince....
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Talking about character descriptionsOur new NSW English syllabus for Grade Two dictates, yes dictates, that this is the text to use for this outcome: Students...
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Would you come too? by Liz Garton Scanlon illustrated by Diana SudykaI guess this book is meant to be a reaction to our dependence on devices - to encourage children and the adults in their lives...
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Untitled by Timothy YoungHeaps of schools and children talk about this book - The Book with No Pictures. Yes, it is funny but I cannot grasp how children can ask...
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K.O.A.L.A. Kids Own Australian Literature Awards 2023I was lucky to be invited to the KOALA winner's announcement yesterday along with sixteen authors and illustrators and children...
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A Life Song by Jane Godwin illustrated by Anna WalkerThis book is a gentle ode to growing up and to the emotional roller coaster of life. There are lines in this book that made me gasp....
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A Whale of a Time - a funny poem for every day of the year selected by Lou Peacock illustrated by Matt HuntAn Attempt at Unrhymed Verse by Wendy Cope People tell you all the time, Poems do not have to rhyme. It's often better if...
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Eat my Dust by Neridah McMullin illustrated by Lucia MasciulloIn 1928, Jean Robertson and Kathleen Howell broke the land speed record when they traveled from Perth to Adelaide 2824km in two days,...
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Night Lunch by Eric Fan illustrated by Dena SeiferlingBegin with the title - Night Lunch - what could that mean? We don't eat lunch at night. Hold on - look closely at the cover. You...
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Am I Yours? by Alex LatimerAn egg rolls off the side of a volcano and in the format of 'Are you my Mother?' it travels across the landscape looking for an...
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City of Light by Julia Lawrinson illustrated by Heather Potter and Mark JacksonOn February 20, 1962, more than 10 months after Russia sent the first man into space and after 10 aborted attempts at lift-off, Lt-Col...
