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We Do Not Welcome Our Ten-Year-Old Overlord by Garth Nix
I first read a Garth Nix book when I was in primary school. It was one from The Keys to the Kingdom series and I was assigned it as English homework. One evening, with an hour before dinner and nothing…
All the Beautiful Things by Katrina Nannestad
Katrina Nannestad’s fourth Second World War story focuses on Hitler’s purges of those who were disabled, Jewish or in any way considered different. Seven-year-old Eva has a wondrous view of the world and finds everything ‘beautiful’. This story is told…
Thunderhead by Sophie Beer
Written in diary format, this debut novel is a funny, powerful story about a teen music fan. Thunderhead is utterly music-obsessed but also going deaf. She has two tumours in her eardrums that need to be operated on and she…
Hazel’s Treehouse by Zanni Louise & Judy Watson (illus.)
Reminiscent of enchanting childhood tales like Winnie-the-Pooh, Blinky Bill or Snugglepot and Cuddlepie, Hazel’s Treehouse by bestselling author Zanni Louise is a future classic for your bookshelf.
Hazel lives in a treehouse in the Australian bush with her…
Dog Beach by Julie Murphy & Annie White (illus.)
As a dog lover, this picture book quite simply brought a smile to my face. Featuring dogs of all shapes and sizes, from little Chihuahuas to big Great Danes, there isn’t a dog you won’t find in Julie Murphy and…
Australia’s Baby Animals by Jess Racklyeft
Melbourne illustrator Jess Racklyeft has created a beautiful book that showcases an array of Australia’s animals which is not only magnificent but also extraordinarily cute. The spreads in this book display the various habitats of Australia in gorgeous watercolour and…
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
There is a great pleasure in re-reading the classics with a child. While my child is not yet a young adult, he was very keen to read The Hobbit. So, as a dutiful mother, I dusted off a copy…
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
There is a great pleasure in re-reading the classics with a child. While my child is not yet a young adult, he was very keen to read The Hobbit. So, as a dutiful mother, I dusted off a copy…
Comes the Night by Isobelle Carmody
The first book in the Obernewtyn Chronicles was published when I was nine years old; the seventh and final, when I was 37. To maintain that kind of dedication and loyalty from fans worldwide for 28 years is a remarkable…
Don’t Let the Forest In by C.G. Drews
C.G. Drews’ return to young adult fiction is a gloriously gothic exploration of fairytales, isolation and obsessive friendship, set in an elite boarding school and a dark, untouched forest.
Andrew feels too fragile to exist properly in the world, thanks…
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