Book 1 – The Golden Llama; Book 2 – Llama Impossible; Book 3 – Undercover Llamas; Book 4 – Rogue Llama A review by Emma Streeton League of …
Book reviews
Sticks and Stones by Katherine Firkin
A review by Emma Streeton It’s winter in Melbourne and Detective Emmett Corban is starting to regret his promotion to head of the Missing Persons …
Schoolmaster’s Daughter by Jackie French
A review by Emma Streeton January 1901. Sharks circle a stranded ship as a young girl and her family stagger from the waves. Rescued by a …
Shuri: A Black Panther Novel by Nic Stone
A review by Nalini Haynes Shuri is the 13-year-old sister of King T’Challa, Black Panther of Wakanda, who has reigned for the last 3 years …
Again Again by e lockhart
A review by Nalini Haynes Adelaide is a dog-loving dog-walking student at a private residential high school in the US. She’s living on campus with …
Evie and Pog: Party Perfect by Tania McCartney
A review by Emma Streeton Evie and Pog are the best of friends. Evie is a six-year-old girl and Pog is a dog. But Pog …
Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd
A review by Emma Streeton “I am Ana. I was the wife of Jesus of Nazareth. I am a voice” – The Book Of Longings. …
Body Book by Nosy Crow, illustrated by Hannah Alice
A review by Emma Streeton What’s going on inside the human body? How do we move, eat, think and breathe? Children will love looking inside …
Come Again by Robert Webb
A review by Emma Streeton Come Again is the first novel by award-winning British actor, comedian and author, Robert Webb. Nine months widowed, and not …
Stormblood by Jeremy Szal
A review by Nalini Haynes Vakov Fukasawa is half-Japanese half-Russian from a planet that is entirely Asian. He explodes onto page one on this asteroid …
Eddy Popcorn’s Guide To Parent Training by Dee White
A review by Emma Streeton The school holidays have started and Eddy Popcorn can’t wait to hang out with his friends. Then disaster strikes. Eddy’s …
Faraway Truth by Janae Marks
A review by Emma Streeton Zoe Washington never met her father. He was sent to prison right before she was born and she has had …
Greenwood by Michael Christie
A review by Emma Streeton I have been delaying writing this review for a bizarre reason. I am worried that what I write will never …
Making a baby: an inclusive guide to how every family begins by Rachel Greener and Clare Owen
A Review by Emma Streeton For any parent whose younger children are, every now and then, asking questions about how babies are really made, this …
Sisters Grimm by Menna van Praag
A review by Nalini Haynes Wilhem Grimm has been wandering the Earth for thousands of years having sex with his daughters (!) to spawn a …