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 — 29 Jan 2017
The One Memory of Flora Banks by Emily Barr
Flora suffers from anterograde amnesia and has done since she was 10. She can only remember things for a few hours before they disappear, although she still retains memories from…
Review — 25 Sep 2016
The Secret Horses of Briar Hill by Megan Shepherd and Levi Pinfold
This beautifully produced hardback book, with stunning illustrations by Levi Pinfold, portrays the imaginative world of childhood with incredible perception.
It is 1941 and Emmaline is in Briar Hill hospital…
Review — 22 Aug 2016
Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty and David Roberts
What a delightful book!
The charming author–illustrator team of Iggy Peck, Architect and Rosie Revere, Engineer, brings us another brilliant youngster who happens to be in the same schoolroom…
Review — 25 Jul 2016
Fabish: The Horse That Braved A Bushfire by Neridah McMullin & Andrew McLean
This is a true story from the Black Saturday bushfires in 2009, written from the perspective of a brave trainer, John Evett, and a courageous horse, Fabish.
An ex-racehorse, Fabish’s…
Review — 26 Jun 2016
The Other Christy by Oliver Phommavanh
Christy is on the cusp of turning 11, and she is still struggling to fit in at school and find a true friend. In her school class there is another…
Review — 26 May 2016
Introducing Teddy by Jessica Walton & Dougal MacPherson
Errol and Thomas the teddy are best friends, doing all the things that kids and their teddies love to do together, like going on picnics and visiting playgrounds. But one…
Review — 26 May 2016
Mrs Whitlam by Bruce Pascoe
Bruce Pascoe’s latest book has plenty to satisfy any lover of horse stories, but it also deftly handles issues of race and privilege and has a thrilling storyline to boot…
Review — 26 Jun 2016
When Michael Met Mina by Randa Abdel-Fattah
When Michael first sees Mina, he is immediately captivated by her beauty. They are at a rally for refugees, holding placards for opposing sides, so his fascination for her is…
Blog post — 10 May 2016
Trace Balla visits Carlton Primary School
Last year Readings was the lucky recipient of a James Patterson Bookseller Grant to further children’s literacy. We thought this would be a great opportunity to introduce the students of…
Review — 29 Mar 2016
The Whisper by Pamela Zagarenski
This gorgeous book by Caldecott Honor author Pamela Zagarenski is a testament to the power of wordless picture books to open the imagination and let it soar. A little girl…
