Leanne Hall
Leanne Hall is a former children’s and YA specialist for Readings online
Blog post — 6 Mar 2019
YA books, events & news for March
There’s a fantastic array of YA fiction available this month, from contemporary Aussie rom-coms to murderous fantasy adventures to free verse and jazz.
Find our March picks for kids books…
Blog post — 6 Mar 2019
Kids books, events & news for March
This month we have a gorgeous line-up, including a picture book about managing fear, a thoughtful middle grade story about encouraging empathy and talking about difference, a family-focused story set…
Blog post — 26 Feb 2019
The best books to read aloud to kids
Reading aloud to kids is one of life’s great pleasures. It’s a chance to dust off your best character voices and share opinions, reactions and the sheer enjoyment of following…
Blog post — 19 Feb 2019
Books about activism for teens
In a world where teens walk out of schools to protest climate change and lead the call for gun reform, it’s not surprising that there’s a thread of activism running…
Blog post — 13 Feb 2019
Picture books about love
What do you love most? Is it your family and friends? Or is it your new shoes? Or a sport, or a stranger who needs your help, or books or…
Blog post — 6 Feb 2019
YA books, events & news for February
February is shaping up to be a fantastic month for YA, with much-anticipated second books from Angie Thomas, Karen McManus and Alison Evans all hitting our shelves, as well as…
Blog post — 6 Feb 2019
Kids books, events & news for February
This month we have a wonderfully wide range of great reads for kids – a beautifully designed paper-cut board book, a coterie of award winners and kids fiction that puts…
Blog post — 30 Jan 2019
The most anticipated children's books of 2019
There’s nothing more exciting than looking forward to a year of cramming more kids books on our shelves! Here’s what we’re keen to get our hands on in 2019.
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Blog post — 22 Jan 2019
Books to help with starting school
Starting school is a big life event – as is starting at a new kinder, creche, childcare or being in a new class with a new teacher. Here are some…
Review — 25 Feb 2019
We Are Okay by Nina LaCour
This moving novel creates the claustrophobia and snowy hush of seventeen-year-old student Marin’s winter break, which she’s chosen to spend in the empty dorms of her upstate New York college…
