Dani Solomon
Dani Solomon is the manager of Readings Kids
Review — 4 Oct 2021
Dragon Skin by Karen Foxlee
In the outback you can see the age of every rock and tree. The ghosts of long-dried rivers reach back through time, and their annual rebirth during the wet seasons…
Review — 1 Aug 2021
We Go Way Back by Idan Ben-Barak & Philip Bunting
With their new book We Go Way Back, Idan Ben-Barak and Philip Bunting team up to explain to kids what life is. It’s a pretty huge concept to put…
Review — 27 Jun 2021
Red Panda Rescue by Jess Butterworth & Kirsti Beautyman
Tilly has just moved to a new town and has created an Adventure Book to help her have fun over the school holidays. Mostly her adventure goals are things like…
Review — 27 Jun 2021
Grandfather Emu and How the Kangaroo Got Its Pouch by Rhonda Collard-Spratt & Jacki Ferro
Aunty Rhonda Collard- Spratt and Jacki Ferro’s Grandfather Emu and How the Kangaroo Got Its Pouch is the first in a series called The Spirit of Dreaming. It’s about…
Review — 30 May 2021
Twitch by M.G. Leonard
Young birdwatcher Twitch has more friends with feathers than without, and he’s more than ok with this. After all, he has birds nesting in his bedroom and a secret hide-out…
Review — 1 Aug 2021
The Monster of Her Age by Danielle Binks
Ellie comes from an acting dynasty: her family home – a huge old Gothic mansion in Hobart – contains at least one of every film industry award (including a couple…
Review — 25 Apr 2021
Eliza Vanda’s Button Box by Emily Rodda
Milly is feeling like she’s in a bit of an in-between spot, stuck on the way to somewhere she’s not sure she wants to be. She’s about to finish primary…
Review — 25 Apr 2021
Pop! by Mitch Johnson
When Mac-Tonic™, the most powerful company in the US, loses the top-secret recipe for its world-famous sugar-laden soft drink, a girl called Queenie finds it and quickly becomes the target…
Review — 28 Mar 2021
Arlo & Pips: King of the Birds by Elise Gravel
Arlo is a crow who is very keen for his friend Pips, a little yellow bird, to know exactly how clever he is. Pips mostly tolerates his new friend’s boasting…
Review — 28 Mar 2021
Off the Map by Scot Gardner
Off the Map is a short-story collection featuring all the things Scot Gardner writes about best: families (dysfunctional ones, functional ones and all the varieties in between); snapshots of mundane…
