This month we’ve got the sweetest and most inspiring picture books, quirky junior fiction, heartwarming real-life stories, and highly-anticipated fantasy epics.

Find our October picks for YA books here.

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We’ve got an inkling you might need some funny middle fiction to blow the real-world blues away, so here are some of the recent books we guarantee will put a…

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The social distancing and lockdowns of this year have meant many of us have lived at a different pace than usual, and moved in smaller circles. Here are some kids…

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Flora has been living on the pirate ship Dove as the boy Florian, along with her brother Alfie, her only living family. Life on the Dove is brutal – for…

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This month in young adult books we have heart-pounding fantasy, a chilling crime thriller, and contemporary teen stories that address vital issues.

Find our September picks for kids books here…

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This month in kids books we have wolves and weddings, a musical mystery, a jetsetting adventure, a reassuring book about bushfires, an Australian classic adapted for younger readers and a…

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Listen, August is basically done and dusted, and you know that time flies, so here is your friendly public service announcement: read as much YA as you can before the…

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We chat with Charmaine Ledden-Lewis, the illustrator of the wonderful new picture book Found.

Congratulations on winning the Kestin Indigenous Illustrator Award! What is your background as an artist…

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Get ready for a wonderful month of YA reading We’ve got a page-turning ethical thriller, teens magicking up the perfect boy, coming-of-age heartbreak, a WWII adventure, and true friendships to…

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This month in children’s books we have a post-climate crisis adventure, a stunning allegorical picture book, a lovable cat with a very long name, sensitively illustrated stories about unique kids…

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