Too Many Acorns
Too Many Acorns

BY

Susannah Crispe

There are times when children and adults can become obsessed with things. In this delightful story, Too many Acorns, we see that young Patrick is walking with his father one...
Shadow Play
Shadow Play

BY

Kate Forsyth Illustrator: Rosalie Street.

The dark front cover and pages of Shadow Play alert us to a worrying time. Sure enough, the first page depicts a small girl sitting in a very grey garden...
Nobody Likes Monday
Nobody Likes Monday

BY

Kelly Lee. Illustrations Amy Calautti

Monday dragged herself out of bed knowing that nobody liked her and there was a massive pile of grumbling mail to read. Monday tried swapping with taco Tuesday, but everybody...
Nature
Nature

BY

Joli Hannah, illustrated by Amelia Herbertson.

The format of this book is rather unusual as it resembles a Picture Book but has chapters and an instructional text. The chapters outline the story of a girl called...
Mushrooms Know: Wisdom From Our Friends the Fungi
Mushrooms Know: Wisdom From Our Friends the Fungi

BY

Kallie George. Illustrated Sarah Gillingham.

An amazing diversity of fungi is pictured and discussed in this colourful book, Mushrooms Know. The Picture Book format allows for many illustrations followed by descriptions and functions of these...
WALLS
WALLS

BY

Tania Ingram. Illustrator: Ruth-Mary Smith

With gentle, colourful illustrations, Walls cleverly shows how adults do not always get things right. Two men and two children live together but on different sides of the book. The...
Superheroes for a Day
Superheroes for a Day

BY

Craig Cormick

Set out as a novel for younger readers, Superheroes for a Day deals with three children at school. They are in the Special Education unit as all three have autism....
The Doll Box
The Doll Box

BY

Deborah Kelly . Illustrations Joanna Bartel.

Isla was afraid of the climbing frame. Her legs were shaky, and her arms were achy, and she felt she would never be brave enough to climb it. After another...
Unreal
Unreal

BY

Kate Simpson, illustrated by Leila Rudge

One of the most essential skills we need to teach our children is to determine what is true or fact, and what is opinion or unreal. Unreal is a terrific...
When the Lights Went Out
When the Lights Went Out

BY

Lian Tanner, illustrated by Jonathan Bentley

It is a fact of life that at times our electricity supply will fail. This hard back Picture Book, When the Lights Went Out, shows how a family copes when...
Walking the Rock Country in Kakadu
Walking the Rock Country in Kakadu

BY

Diane Lucas and Ben Tyler, illustrations Emma Long.

Karrire kundenge karribolknan kunwarddehwardde The cover on this Picture Book, Walking the Rock Country in Kakadu hardly prepares the reader for the explosion of colour to be seen when the...
Meli & Mac: rendez-vous with a Flamingo
Meli & Mac: rendez-vous with a Flamingo

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Elena Joannides. Illustrations Margherita Ende.

Meli and Mac are having one of those days where they need to do some reading; in Mac’s case he is reading or trying to read, how to speak in...