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Children
What We’ll Build by Oliver Jeffers
A review by Emma Streeton From acclaimed author-illustrator Oliver Jeffers comes the companion to the number 1 New York Times bestseller Here We Are! – What we’ll build. …
Great Realisation by Tomos Roberts
A review by Emma Streeton First performed in response to the Coronavirus pandemic, Tomos Roberts’ inspiring poem ‘The Great Realisation’, with its message of hope …
Funny Kid Belly Flop (Funny Kid #8) by Matt Stanton
A review by Emma Streeton Max and Abby hardly ever agree on anything … until now! They are both desperate to get out of this …
Santa and the Sugar Glider by Alexa Moses and Anil Tortop
A review by Emma Streeton It’s Christmas Eve, and Snap the sugar glider is practicing his moves. He wants to be the greatest flyer in …
Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dangerous Animals by Sami Bayly
A review by Nalini Haynes The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dangerous Animals is a nonfiction book about (surprise!) dangerous animals. Every double-page layout focuses on one …
Hollowpox by Jessica Townsend
A review by Nalini Haynes Morrigan Crow turns thirteen and still shows more maturity than many adults in her quest to study Wunder, the source …
Tindims of Rubbish Island by Sally Gardner and Lydia Corry
A review by Emma Streeton The tiny Tindims do a very important job. They are keen recyclers, who turn what is thrown away by the …
Wundersmith by Jessica Townsend
A review by Nalini Haynes In the first Nevermoor book, Morrigan Crow is smuggled into Nevermoor to enter the Wundrous Society trials. We see Nevermoor …
What Zola did on Wednesday by Melina Marchetta
A review by Nalini Haynes The What Zola did series is an adorable series about a primary school aged Italian Australian girl going about her …
Polar Bear in Sydney Harbour by Beck and Robin Feiner
A review by Emma Streeton “Sydney Harbour is home to many amazing things, but polar bears are not one of them. Sydney is Down Under, …
Fire Star by A L Tait
A review by Nalini Haynes Reeve is a squire. His former mistress, the Airl’s (Iord’s) wife, placed him in a vassal’s (Sir Garrick’s) household. (Everyone …
World’s Worst Parents by David Walliams
A review by Emma Streeton In a nutshell, the World’s Worst Parents is about children with ridiculously embarrassing, disgusting or just plain awful parents. We …
Marshmallow Pie The Cat Superstar by Clara Vulliamy
Marshmallow Pie The Cat Superstar, Book 1 and Marshmallow Pie The Cat Superstar on TV, Book 2 A review by Emma Streeton Marshmallow Marmaduke Vanilla-Bean …
WeirDo #15: Planet Weird! by Anh Do
A review by Emma Streeton Weir (aka WeirDo) is back and it is his birthday, a birthday that coincides with Planet Day. Hence the title …
Wonder Woman: WW84 by Patty Jenkins and Geoff Johns
A review by Nalini Haynes Wonder Woman has been a feminist icon for over half a century. The first Wonder Woman movie with a woman director, …