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Love, Z by Jessie SimaThe cover of this book really caught my eye. As you can see there are seven robots and a sailor cat. Look closely and you can see each...
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Meet the illustrator Gerda MullerGerda Muller was born in 1926 in Naarden, the Netherlands. She studied at the Fine Arts School of Amsterdam and École Estienne of...
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The Doll People by Ann M Martin and Laura Godwin illustrated by Brian Selznick"Outside the dollhouse, in Kate's room and beyond, everything changed. Little girls grew up and had little girls of their...
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Waiting for Wolf by Sandra DieckmannFrom the illustration on the first page we can see Fox and Wolf are really good friends but Wolf's very grey coat gives a hint of what...
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Koala Ark by Stephen Michael King"It came fast and without warning. The smouldering embers drifted into a smoky mist. There was great concern for the billabong friend."...
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Meet the illustrator Alette StraathofAlette Straathof was born and raised in a small town in The Netherlands. Alette received a BFA in Illustration and minored...
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Breathing Underwater by Sarah AllenIn September last year I compiled a blog post with the title "This book made me cry" . I listed books I had read (and cried over)...
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One of these is Not like the Others by Barney SaltzbergMy friends and I are visiting various public libraries in our city. Today was our third expedition. We have...
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I Wrote you a Note by Lizi BoydA young girl write a note and we watch it take a journey as it encounters all sorts of animals who see this letter in many different...
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Meet the illustrator Karin LittlewoodKarin Littlewood has illustrated over 40 children’s books, as well as writing and illustrating her own books and is...
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Pookie by Ivy WallaceFortune - a mixture of happiness, lettuce and kind words Pookie sets off on an adventure to find his fortune. He...
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The Dead Bird by Margaret Wise Brown illustrated by Christian RobinsonWe sing to you because you're dead feather bird And we buried you in the ground with ferns and flowers Because...
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CuriosityInquisitive Interested Inquiring How, why and what? Who? Where? When? So many questions! All. The. Time....
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Hero on a Bicycle by Shirley HughesThe setting for this book is Italy in 1944. Florence is occupied by the German army but the Italian resistance movement are hard...
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Some Questions about Trees by Toni YulyDo tiny trees dream of being big? Do the tallest trees get lonely? What part is the heart of a tree? Who tells...
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Maizy Chen's Last Chance by Lisa YeeFortune Cookie wisdom Good friends are friends for life. Talk is overrated. True...
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The Concrete Garden by Bob GrahamAmanda and her mum live on the fifteenth floor of an enormous apartment complex. Heaps of kids live in this building. Today is the day,...
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The Ambassador of Nowhere Texas by Kimberly Willis HoltAs I began to read The Ambassador of Nowhere Texas yesterday I realised I need to revisit the first book from this two book...
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Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge - the playFor me, the most important theme in the show is that of friendship, and how important it is for our young people to have...
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The Beasts of Grimheart by Kieran Larwood illustrated by David WyattWhen I saw this book, number 3, from the Five Realms series in a brand new book shop here in Sydney ( Three Sparrows ) I was...
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I Spy with my little eye by Edward GibbsI spied (pardon the pun) this book at a charity book sale this week. The text is very familiar but I was struck by the wonderful...
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Summer of the Gypsy Moths by Sara PennypackerDue to complex circumstances Stella and Angel find themselves living with Louise. Louise is Stella's great aunt and Stella...
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Meet some special illustratorsImage source: Christine Roussey My friend and I decided to compile a list of our favourite illustrators. If you have ever read...
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The Losers Club by Andrew ClementsAlec and his younger brother have to spend time every day in an after school care program. In their school this is called Extended Day....
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Meet the illustrator Jess RacklyeftImage Source: Illustrators Australia When I was researching a new book yesterday - The Forgotten Song: Saving the...
