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 — 24 Jun 2019
Promise by Alexandra Alt
Set during WWII in Berlin, this story about two German teenagers is a fascinating look at what life was like growing up under Nazi rule. Lene is only fifteen, and…
Blog post — 3 Jun 2019
A monthly update from our Teen Advisory Board
In our second last meeting with this group of teens we discussed the shortlist for the Readings YA Prize. The teens talked about their favourite books from the shortlist…
Review — 27 May 2019
Meat Market by Juno Dawson
For those young readers interested in the glamorous world of fashion and modelling, this novel provides a more realistic look at the far less enticing reality behind the scenes and…
Review — 21 Jul 2019
Lunch at 10 Pomegranate Street by Felicita Sala
What a delightful and unique cookbook for kids! In an apartment block, each of the neighbours is preparing a special dish for a communal dinner. We see a beautiful illustration…
Review — 24 Jun 2019
Detention by Tristan Bancks
Set within a few hours and with two distinct voices, this is a thrilling story that asks the reader toquestion their assumptions about asylum seekers. Sima is in a detention…
Blog post — 8 May 2019
Clunes 2019 wrap-up
For two days each year, the town of Clunes becomes home to the largest collection of new, second-hand, rare and out-of-print small-press publications and collectible books in Australia. Readings Kids…
Blog post — 1 May 2019
Come to Clunes 2019!
Stuck for weekend plans with the kids? Readings Kids shop manager Angela Crocombe recommends heading out to Clunes Booktown for its 2019 festival. Here she shares some of her most…
Review — 21 Jul 2019
It Sounded Better in My Head by Nina Kenwood
This book is a rare gem; a simple story told with an utterly authentic and humorous voice that portrays with great empathy the insecurities and confusion of young adulthood.
Natalie…
Review — 26 May 2019
Sick Bay by Nova Weetman
In this beautifully written dual-narrative story, two very different Grade Six girls meet in sick bay at school. Meg mostly has to look after herself since her dad died and…
Review — 22 Apr 2019
Shauna's Great Expectations by Kathleen Loughnan
Shauna is a Year 12 student on an Indigenous scholarship at Oakholme College, a prestigious Sydney girls’ private school. She’s suffered endless racist taunts from the school’s number one bully…
