Dani Solomon
Dani Solomon is the manager of Readings Kids
Review — 29 Jan 2019
The Twisted Tree by Rachel Burge
Martha can read people by touching their clothes, as if their memories and emotions have been absorbed by the cloth they wear. This strange ‘gift’ started when she became blind…
Review — 25 Feb 2019
Baz and Benz by Heidi McKinnon
Baz and Benz are friends. But sometimes Baz gets a little worried and has to check, ‘Benz, are we friends?’. Benz assures Baz they are Bestest Friends forever and ever…
Review — 28 Feb 2021
Rowan of Rin by Emily Rodda
Emily Rodda’s Rowan of Rin series is a gentle and exciting introduction to traditional fantasy. The series consists of five books, each a different story that subtly builds on the…
Review — 23 Sep 2018
The Bromeliad trilogy
When you are tiny, less than 10cm small, and you have spent your entire life living as comfortably as generations before you in the walls and floors of a large…
Review — 22 Oct 2018
Lenny's Book of Everything by Karen Foxlee
Lenny’s Book of Everything is a book with a stellar cast. There is Cynthia Spink, the proud, hard-working, worn-down, single mother of two; Mrs Gaspar, the eccentric old Hungarian lady…
Review — 23 Sep 2018
What the Woods Keep by Katya de Becerra
When Hayden was eight her mother, Ella, disappeared in the woods near their small-town home of Promise. Not long after, Hayden was expelled from school due to an incident, and…
Review — 19 Aug 2018
Help Around the House by Morris Gleitzman
When Ludo’s dad is elected to Federal Parliament, Ludo knows this is the perfect opportunity for both his dad and him to make good on the promise they made his…
Review — 24 Jun 2018
Welcome: A Mo Willems Guide for New Arrivals by Mo Willems
Welcome: A Mo Willems Guide for New Arrivals by Mo Willems is a guidebook on life for your newborn baby. The illustrations are high-contrast and in the style of yellow…
Review — 22 Jul 2018
His Name Was Walter by Emily Rodda
After their bus breaks down on a school excursion four kids, including Colin and their schoolteacher, take shelter from a huge storm in a nearby deserted mansion. While there, Colin…
Review — 22 Jul 2018
Jane Doe and the Cradle of All Worlds by Jeremy Lachlan
Jane Doe has grown up in the basement of a couple who hate her; with a bedridden dad who’s incapable of communication; in a town that regularly burns effigies of…
