Claire Atherfold
Claire Atherfold is the manager of Readings State Library
Review — 5 May 2020
Play with Your Plate! by Judith Rossell
From the award-winning author and illustrator of the much-loved Stella Montgomery series, Judith Rossell, we now have the wonderful novelty board book Play with Your Plate!.
A fun and…
Review — 23 Feb 2020
Dear Earth by Isabel Otter & Clara Anganuzzi
The latest from the wonderful children’s author Isabel Otter, Dear Earth tells the story of a grandfather and his granddaughter Tessa, as he teaches her about the importance of our…
Review — 27 Jan 2020
Tiger Heart by Penny Chrimes
From the first line in Penny Chrimes’ Tiger Heart you feel as if you have been whisked away into a classic fairytale with all the key elements – the magic…
Review — 29 Mar 2020
Deep Water by Sarah Epstein
Sarah Epstein, the highly commended author of Small Spaces, has done it again with her new novel Deep Water. Once more we are set the challenge of untwisting…
Review — 21 Oct 2019
A Trip to the Beach by Gwyn Perkins
A Trip to the Beach is the last adventure in the award winning Iggy and Grandad picture-book series. The first, A Walk in the Bush, won the Children’s Book…
Review — 21 Oct 2019
Fauna: Australia’s Most Curious Creatures by Tania McCartney
Australia is home to more animal species than any other developed country, with a large percentage of them found nowhere else on earth, and because of the isolated nature of…
Review — 23 Sep 2019
I, Cosmo by Carlie Sorosiak
From Carlie Sorosiak, author of If Birds Fly Back and Wild Blue Wonder, we now have I, Cosmo, her debut for middle fiction readers. I, Cosmo is narrated…
Review — 19 Aug 2019
Fire Girl, Forest Boy by Chloe Daykin
Chloe Daykin, the critically acclaimed author of The Boy Who Hit Play and Fish Boy, is at it again with her latest wonder, Fire Girl, Forest Boy. A…
Review — 21 Jul 2019
Everywhere Everything Everyone by Katy Warner
Melbourne local Katy Warner is a playwright and writer with many awards already under her belt for both her short fiction and plays. Her debut YA novel Everywhere Everything Everyone…
Review — 27 May 2019
My Book (Not Yours) (Lento and Fox, Book 1) by Ben Sanders
Author and illustrator Ben Sanders from Ballarat has done it again. After his rollicking, rhyming text and retro design in I’ve an Uncle Ivan, we now have the hilariously…
