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 May 2018
Impossible Inventions by Małgorzata Mycielska, Aleksandra Mizielinska & Daniel Mizielinski
Ever wondered what a water clock would look like? How about a ride in a land yacht? These are just some of the wacky inventions in this unusual book. Produced…
Blog post — 29 May 2018
A monthly update from our Teen Advisory Board
This month the teens gave feedback on the 2018 Readings Young Adult Book Prize shortlist and discussed each of the titles on the list, including elements such as the characterisation…
Review — 24 Jun 2018
Cicada by Shaun Tan
In Cicada, award-winning artist and author Shaun Tan has produced another stunning masterpiece of minimalist social commentary that will resonate with adults and children alike.
The eponymous Cicada is…
Blog post — 25 Apr 2018
A monthly update from our Teen Advisory Board
This month, we were fortunate to have a visit from Scot Gardner. Now a critically acclaimed author of several novels for young readers, Scot began his career writing for Earth…
Review — 24 Jun 2018
Wren by Katrina Lehman & Sophie Beer
Poor Wren. All he wants is a bit of peace and quiet, but in a big, noisy family living in the city it’s practically impossible. Then his baby sister arrives…
Blog post — 22 Mar 2018
A monthly update from our Teen Advisory Board
This month we were fortunate enough to have a visit from delightful author Eliza Henry Jones. Eliza, who has published two adult novels with Harper Collins, and has just released…
Review — 30 Apr 2018
The Orchard Underground by Mat Larkin
Mockingly called ‘The Face’ by mean kids at school, Pri Kohli has had the unenviable job of promoting his town, Dunn’s Orchard, since he was a baby. He’s been on…
Blog post — 28 Feb 2018
A monthly update from our Teen Advisory Board
It was an excited group of teens who met for the first time in 2018 to catch up and talk about their favourite summer reads (see their picks below) and…
Review — 26 Mar 2018
Master Detective: A Kalle Blomkvist Mystery by Astrid Lindgren
What an absolute treat – three newly translated books by the world-famous author of Pippi Longstocking, Astrid Lindgren. First published in Swedish in 1946, these are well-written, exciting detective…
Review — 29 Jan 2019
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
Angie Thomas’s debut novel, The Hate U Give, was an absolute knockout – a bestselling, award-winning novel from 2017 that eloquently portrayed racism in America and gave a young…
