Kids
Landovel by Emily Rodda
Some authors only need a couple of pages to convince you that their newest book will be great. Emily Rodda can do it with a map. From the moment I opened the first book in Emily Rodda’s new fantasy epic…
The Lost Book of Magic by Amelia Mellor
There was once a magical arcade in Melbourne, full of books and life and imagination and lollies and monkeys. Most of the arcade has been gone for nearly 100 years now, except for a piece of it at the museum…
The Graveyard Gift (Fern’s School for Wayward Fae, Book 1) by Fern Forgettable
Just in time for Halloween, Piper C.J., writing as Fern Forgettable, has crafted the perfect read for children who are inclined towards creepy tales. They can spend the spooky season following Rosemary as she finds herself at Fern’s School for…
The Hotel Balzaar (A Norendy Tale) by Kate DiCamillo & Júlia Sardà (illus.)
The idea of a little girl living in an expensive hotel might conjure to mind the childhood classic Eloise, but Marta in The Hotel Balzaar is not a privileged guest. She is the unwelcome child of one of the…
Willow’s Gumboots by Beverley McWilliams & Hélène Magisson (illus.)
Take a joyous journey through nature’s seasons with Willow – in her gumboots! Willow loves to wear her beloved boots everywhere: in the garden, on her bicycle, while she is dancing, at the beach. But over time, she finds them…
Grandma Murphy’s Pussycat by Maura Finn & Lucinda Gifford (illus.)
‘At midnight’s strike as all lie sleeping, comes a figure crawling, creeping …’ And so begins the night-time adventures of Grandma’s cat, a sly black feline on the hunt (when they should be tucked up in bed) only to become…
Ten-Word Tiny Tales by Joseph Coehlo and Friends
Every now and then a children’s book is so distinctively creative that it invites the reader to participate in its magic and fire up their imagination. Ten-Word Tiny Tales is one such book.
Joseph Coelho has created 20 tiny tales…
Cheese! by Felice Arena & Beatrice Cerocchi (illus.)
‘Did someone say Cheese?’
‘Yes, please!’
Everyone will enthusiastically shout this refrain while reading Felice Arena’s latest picture book. Last year, Pasta was one of our favourite picture books and now Arena and Italian illustrator Beatrice Cerocchi have turned their…
Cars and Trucks and Things That Go (50th anniversary edition) by Richard Scarry
It’s the 50th anniversary of Richard Scarry’s Cars and Trucks and Things That Go this year and, like all the books in the Busytown series, it has lost none of its charm and appeal. It’s impossible to resist Scarry’s appropriately…
Cars and Trucks and Things That Go (50th anniversary edition) by Richard Scarry
It’s the 50th anniversary of Richard Scarry’s Cars and Trucks and Things That Go this year and, like all the books in the Busytown series, it has lost none of its charm and appeal. It’s impossible to resist Scarry’s appropriately…
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