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 — 9 Feb 2023
New and recommended children's books this February
2023 begins with a bang with many exciting new titles, including a time-slip story by Kate Constable, a beautiful new picture book about hope (the cover of which graces this…
Review — 2 Feb 2023
Grace Notes by Karen Comer
This beautifully written verse novel set in Melbourne is a chronicle of the pandemic’s impact on teenagers and a powerful testament to the transformative power of art.
Grace is a…
Blog post — 3 Nov 2022
Recommended Children's Books and News for November
We have some fascinating new books to finish out the year. Some gorgeous new picture books, including our Book of the Month about an irrepresible frog and a new Alison…
Blog post — 3 Nov 2022
Recommended Young Adult books and news for November
In our final round-up of young adult titles for the year, we are championing a debut author with a brilliant new novel set in a Beijing International School, a novel…
Review — 26 Oct 2022
If You Could See the Sun by Ann Liang
This novel from young Melbourne-based author Ann Liang is an intriguing and delightful debut. Set at an elite international school in Beijing, the protagonist is Alice Sun, a scholarship student…
Review — 26 Oct 2022
I am David by Anne Holm
I distinctly remember the feeling I had after reading this book when I was young – a heartfelt appreciation of how truly lucky I am.
This story set during the…
Blog post — 20 Oct 2022
Recommended children's books and news for October
There are so many exciting new releases to excite and entertain young minds in the month of October. These books will be high on the wish list, not only for…
Blog post — 19 Oct 2022
Recommended YA books and news for October
It's finally October and we are seeing some of the biggest, most highly anticipated books of the year arrive on our shelves. There are some absolute corkers that are going…
Blog post — 2 Nov 2022
Neurodiverse stories for young adults
Adolescence is a confusing, difficult time - even more so when your brain is wired differently to other teens. Here are a collection of powerful stories, both fiction and non-fiction…
Blog post — 20 Sep 2022
Our favourite interactive books for young readers
I remember, back in the distant 1980s, the thrill of Choose Your Own Adventure books and the excitement of being able to constantly re-read a book, choosing a different outcome…