Angela Crocombe
Angela Crocombe is the Readings Prize and Readings Foundation coordinator and a senior buyer for Readings Kids. She is also the author of two books on sustainable living, A Lighter Footprint: A Practical Guide to Minimising your Impact on the Planet and Ethical Eating: How to Make Food Choices That Won’t Cost the Earth.
Review — 28 Mar 2021
Masters of Disguise by Marc Martin
Melbourne artist and storyteller Marc Martin has created a stunning, highly illustrated children’s book about animals that have adapted to their environments so well they often blend into them. In…
Review — 30 May 2021
Welcome to Consent by Yumi Stynes & Dr. Melissa Kang
Thanks to Yumi Stynes and Dr Melissa Kang we finally have the book that can help every young person navigate consent in a healthy way. With Welcome to Consent…
Blog post — 2 Feb 2021
The most anticipated children's and YA books of 2021
While 2020 had some absolute gems, I am excited to read all the work that authors have been writing, polishing and polishing again during this past year.
We are going…
Review — 31 Jan 2021
The Valley of Lost Secrets by Lesley Parr
Stories of children escaping to the countryside during the Blitz in the Second World War are perennially popular, from Goodnight Mr Tom to The War That Saved My Life…
Review — 28 Mar 2021
House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland
The third novel from Australian Krystal Sutherland is a gothic horror story about a trio of sisters that is delightfully scary to read. The Hollow sisters – Grey, Vivi and…
Review — 28 Feb 2021
The Edge of Thirteen by Nova Weetman
A new story from Nova Weetman is always a thrill. The Edge of Thirteen is an evocative story about being on the cusp of puberty and the many challenges that…
Review — 31 Jan 2021
With a Little Kelp from Our Friends by Mathew Bate & Liz Rowland
Subtitled The Secret Life of Seaweed, this is an utterly fascinating look at an underappreciated plant in its numerous guises. Written by Melbourne author Mathew Bate, it is packed…
Review — 8 Nov 2020
Take Me with You by Tara Altebrando
Tara Altebrando’s latest sci-fi thriller is a fascinating look at the powers of technology and human behaviour under pressure. When four teenagers are called to a teacher’s office at school…
Review — 1 Oct 2020
Good Night Stories For Rebel Girls: 100 Immigrant Women Who Changed The World by Elena Favilli
The first two Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls books of biographical stories of extraordinary women, past and present, have been beloved bestsellers around the world. Now, we have a…
Review — 1 Oct 2020
Future Girl by Asphyxia
Written by Deaf artist and writer Asphyxia, Future Girl is a remarkable Own Voices story about a Deaf girl, set in a near-future inner-city Melbourne where food security is under…
