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.
Blog post — 29 Apr 2015
Come visit us at Clunes Booktown Festival
Bookseller Angela Crocombe sets the scene for the Clunes Booktown Festival which is happening this coming weekend (1 May - 2 May). We’re excited to have a Readings stall there…
Review — 27 Apr 2015
Teddy Took the Train by Nicki Greenberg
Melbourne graphic novelist and picture-book author Nicki Greenberg has captured a common childhood scenario and turned it into a triumphant imaginative adventure. When exuberant Dot and her mum return from…
Review — 27 Apr 2015
The Water and the Wild by Katie E. Ormsbee
A gorgeous jacket made from a wood-cut illustration sets the scene in this adventure story for fantasy lovers aged 10 and up. Poor Lottie is an orphan living with a…
Review — 29 Apr 2015
Sir Mouse to the Rescue by Dirk Nielandt and Marjolein Pottie
This is a stunningly beautiful fractured fairytale for emerging readers aged 7-9 or to read aloud to younger children.
The story is of a brave knight, Sir Mouse, who is…
Review — 25 May 2015
Pieces of Sky by Trinity Doyle
Lucy’s brother Cam died in a night surfing accident, which has rocked their small coastal town. Each of the family members is grieving in their own separate way and Lucy…
Review — 26 Mar 2015
Too Much For Turtle by Cat Rabbit & Isabelle Knowles (illus.)
Creative Melbourne duo, Cat Rabbit and Isobel Knowles, have produced a crafty, quirky picture bookabout a reclusive turtle that learns to come out of its shell and get to know…
Review — 23 Feb 2015
The Rabbit and the Shadow by Mélanie Rutten
This is a quirky and highly original picture book for readers between five and eight. On the surface, it’s a gorgeous hardcover chapter book about a number of characters having…
Blog post — 26 Feb 2015
The best new books for unicorn fans
Most imaginatively inclined people (childlike some might call us) have a favourite mythical animal. Mine is the unicorn. And I am not alone. A resurgence of books celebrating this most…
Review — 23 Feb 2015
The Sin Eater's Daughter by Melinda Salisbury
Debut author Melinda Salisbury has built an authentic fantasy world in this first book in a trilogy. In the land of Lormere, Twylla is considered incredibly dangerous. A touch from…
Review — 23 Feb 2015
Dreams Of Freedom by Amnesty International
Amnesty International has produced a stunning follow-up to their bestseller on human rights, We Are All Born Free (in paperback in March). This new title, Dreams of Freedom, focuses…
