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 Mar 2016
Rockhopping by Trace Balla
Trace Balla, you’ve done it again! Rockhopping is a new companion title to last year’s Readings Children’s Book Prize winner, Rivertime, and it is possibly even more delightful and…
Review — 25 Apr 2016
Pax by Sara Pennypacker & Jon Klassen
Pax is a timeless, moving story of the unbreakable bond of friendship between an animal and a child in the tradition of Lassie Come Home. It is also a beautiful…
Review — 29 Feb 2016
Magrit by Lee Battersby
One Day a ‘horrible thing’ is dropped down into Magrit and Master Puppet’s home by a stork. Master Puppet thinks it should be killed, Magrit wants to keep it. They…
Review — 29 Feb 2016
Martians by Blythe Woolston
In a futuristic world not too different from our own, where consumption is the main objective, lives 16-year-old Zoë Zindleman. She has been forced to graduate from high school early…
Blog post — 15 Feb 2016
Three terrific children's books from Indigenous Australians
In anticipation of the Blak & Bright festival (which kicks off tomorrow evening, hooray!), children’s bookseller Angela Crocombe shares a sample of her favourite books from Indigenous Australians for young…
Review — 24 Jan 2016
Amazing Animal Journeys by Chris Packham and Jason Cockroft
We have been blessed lately with a wave of beautiful non-fiction titles and this book on animal migration around the world is no exception.
In language simple enough for a…
Review — 24 Jan 2016
Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate
At age 11 and in the thrall of science, Jackson feels far too old for his imaginary friend, Crenshaw the cat, who has started reappearing. Crenshaw is taking bubble baths…
Blog post — 1 Dec 2015
Picture books I just had to own this year
One of the occupational hazards of working in a bookshop is that you want to buy so many more books than you actually need or have room for. Surrounded by…
Review — 26 Oct 2015
Diary of a Time Traveller by Nicholas Stevenson & David Long
This fascinating book is not about time travel at all but is actually a history book looking at 25 key events and time periods throughout human civilization.
When Augustus claims…
Review — 26 Oct 2015
Liquidator by Andy Mulligan
From the bestselling author of Trash, strap yourself in for a thriller where a class of teenagers battle wits with an evil corporation that is trying to cover up…