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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...

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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...

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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...

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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....

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Belinda Landsberry

The story and importance of the Anzac Legend is rather difficult to convey to younger children. It is so fitting that Anzac Ted has been reprinted after ten years as...

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Greg James & Chris Smith: Ill: Erica Salcedo.

It only took a few words from Murph's mum to change his life forever! Moving to a new suburb, they were trying to find a school for Murph to attend....

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Isla Fisher, illustrated by Eglantine Ceulemans

Marge is once again on duty and in charge of Jakey and Jemina in her latest series of adventures, which could only happen with Marge as your babysitter and an...

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lou Carter. Illustrations: Deborah Allwright

Dragon’s do, in my opinion, deserve to be treated with respect for lots of reasons, not just the fact that they can be incredibly temperamental. When we meet our dragon...

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Sally Fawcett

The author writes in the beginning of this Children’s Picture Book that change is inevitable, but it brings challenges and learning with it. Sally hopes that her children will remember...

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Heidi McKinnon

Friends are not easy to come by, and to have the misfortune to have eaten your friend is a challenge indeed. This humorous and innocent story is really a learning...

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Margaret Wild, illustrated by Vivienne To

In this wonderful picture book from the talented Margaret Wild there is a little homily to be found in reflection of the fast pace of today’s world. What happens when...

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E. D. Baker

For those young at heart who love fantasy and romance, this series of books has it all. It covers some original ideas which are enticing, such as Princess Annie's ability...