Athina Clarke
Athina Clarke is from Readings Carlton
Review — 25 Jul 2016
Here Comes Mr Postmouse by Marianne Dubuc
Follow Mr Postmouse on his fun postal delivery, meet a variety of hilarious animal characters and explore their crazy habitats in a wonderful picture book full of the absurdity and…
Review — 25 Jul 2016
Bicycling to the Moon by Timo Parvela & Virpi Talvitie
This is the story of an odd couple, Barker the dog and Purdy the cat, and their whimsical adventures. An irrepressible visionary, Purdy is imaginative, impulsive, fanciful and dreamy! Barker…
Review — 25 Jul 2016
Yong: The Journey Of An Unworthy Son by Janeen Brian
Award-winning author Janeen Brian has based 13-year-old Yong’s incredible journey on real incidents of the 1850s; famine forced many Chinese to seek their fortune in the goldfields of Ballarat. Yong’s…
Review — 26 Jun 2016
The Curiositree: Natural World: A Visual Compendium Of Wonders From Nature by Amanda Wood, Mike Jolley & Owen Davey
The Curiositree is a wonderful introduction to the natural world – an informative and visually compelling look at how plants and animals adapt and survive in their natural environment and…
Review — 26 May 2016
Fizz and the Police Dog Tryouts by Lesley Gibbs
Fizz dreams of being a police dog; brave, clever and fast, he’s just what the police force needs. But there’s a problem: Fizz is the cutest ball of adorable, fuzzy…
Review — 26 May 2016
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
Historical fiction is one of my favourite genres but it’s beset with challenges and tricky to get right.
Bringing history to life is a herculean task: you must somehow condense…
Review — 25 Apr 2016
The Pain, My Mother, Sir Tiffy, Cyber Boy & Me by Michael Gerard Bauer
Any book that announces itself with, ‘It all started with The Pain’ has me from the very first paragraph, especially when it’s obvious The Pain is no mere physical discomfort…
Review — 29 Mar 2016
Special by Georgia Blain
I’ve been suffering from ‘dystopian fatigue’ lately, so the idea of yet another story set in a broken and not-too distant future is enough to send my eyes rolling into…
Review — 29 Mar 2016
What Dog Knows by Sylvia Vanden Heede
Dog is curious, knowledgeable and bookish, whereas his cousin, Wolf, is just plain hungry. Their witty and informative conversation explores topics including skeletons, robots, dinosaurs, rockets and the moon, themes…
Review — 29 Feb 2016
The Family with Two Front Doors by Anna Ciddor
What a treat it is to spend time with the Rabinovitches, a loving family living in Lublin, Poland during the 1920s, a family so large they need two apartments, hence…
