The tiny star by Mem Fox and Freya Blackwood
Once upon a time, although this happens all the time, a tiny star fell to earth. The Tiny Star is a beautiful story showing the beauty of birth, life and…
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Plastic Soup. An Atlas of Ocean Pollution by Michael Roscam Abbing
ISBN: 9781642830088 Published by Island Press RRP $37.99 Plastic soup is everywhere. There’s no place on Earth nowadays that is genuinely free of plastic: it is in rivers and canals…
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Snap review: His name was Walter by Emily Rodda
I’ve just finished reading this new book – His name was Walter by Emily Rodda. 💫 📖 Mystery and magic surround this book along with a haunted house, friendship and…
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Wide Big World by Maxine Beneba Clarke and Isobel Knowles
Difference is everywhere, just look and see. This whole – wide-big -world is wondrous unique. The sing song nature of this picture book along with the big bright illustrations tantalises…
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Freedom machines by Kirli Saunders
She was small when she heard about them…the incredible freedom machines. The incredible freedom machines is a beautifully written picture book that takes us on a journey of exploration, creativity…
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Wisp by Zana Fraillon
One day, a Wisp flew in on the evening wind. Dust rose up in swarms around it, feet trampled it into the dirt, nobody noticed it. Nobody, except Idris. Zana…
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The Garden of Hope by Isabel Otter and Katie Rewse
A young girl, a father and a dog – together yet alone since her mother passed away. The house was a mess, the little girl Maya felt lonely and often…
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Cloud conductor by Kellie Byrnes
Frankie loves sitting by her window and looking at the clouds. She loves to listen to the melodies they create, compose tunes and conduct ideas. But being able to see…
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Finn’s Feather by Rachel Noble and illustrated by Zoey Abbott
Finn discovers an amazing white feather right on his doorstep. Could it be from his brother Hamish who is now an angel? After the tragic accident of her young son…
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Interview with Karen Tyrell, author of Song Bird Two: The Battle of Bug World.
Welcome Karen, and thank you for taking the time to answer my questions. I hope that these questions will give my readers some more insight into how you have developed the…
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Drawn onward by Meg McKinlay and Andrew Frazer
A creative palindromic picture book has arrived in the form of Drawn Onward by Meg McKinlay and Andrew Frazer. Within this story the reader explore the glass half empty attitude:…
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There is hope
The news of bombings fills me with dread of what those people must have felt, what those families who have lost must be feeling and even what the parents and…
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