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...
When the World Was Soft
When the World Was Soft

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Juluwarlu Group Aboriginal Corporation

Yindjibarndi Creation Stories From the moment When the World was Soft is held, it exudes a magic feeling. The soft cover, the mysterious and ghostly illustrations, and the title all...
Aesop the Storyteller: A Book of Fables Retold in Verse
Aesop the Storyteller: A Book of Fables Retold in Verse

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Leon Conrad. Illustrations Alessandro Scaffi.

Aesop (620-564BCE) the storyteller has been considered as a fictional character by many and by others as a very real person, all-be-it somewhat mythical in nature. There is also the...
BOOTS
BOOTS

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Elizabeth Pulsford. Illustrations Krista Brennan

The Picture Book Boots, tells the story of a pair of boots. The boots are shown looking out of a shop window, waiting to be bought. They dream of living...
Some Families Change
Some Families Change

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Jessica Galatola. Illustrations Jenni Barrand.

The first page Some Families Change shows a busy street with a family moving into a house. The next page shows how families can change, sometimes getting smaller or bigger,...
How to Measure the Ocean
How to Measure the Ocean

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Inda Ahmad Zahri

The Children’s hard back picture book, How To Measure The Ocean has delightful illustrations of the ocean and many of the creatures and plants that live in it. There are...
Mitchell Itches
Mitchell Itches

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Kristin Kelly. Illustration's Amelina Jones.

Eczema is a distressing condition which affects many children and adults. Telling the story of Mitch from babyhood to adult is a courageous way to explain this skin complaint. Children...
FOOTPRINT
FOOTPRINT

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Phil Cummings, illustrated by Sally Soweol Han.

The intention of the author and illustrator was to empower children to look and think about nature. They have certainly achieved that. The illustrations and wonderful winding words in Footprints...
The Clockwork Conspiracy
The Clockwork Conspiracy

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Sam Sedgman

As a mystery set in the heart of London, the story and the language will challenge readers to follow Isaac Turner as he searches for his father. A horologist, Isaac’s...
The Most Amazing Thing
The Most Amazing Thing

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Ian Hayward Robinson, illustrated by Matt Shanks

Henry was bored and went to speak to his Mum who was writing a chapter of her book. His Dad was polishing his telescope, and his sister was looking at...
Tree
Tree

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Claire Saxby, illustrated by Jess Racklyeft.

Using marvellous illustrations and descriptive, lyrical language, the Clare Saxby has used this tree as the main character in this picture book, naturally titled Tree. The story begins with a...
Nour’s Secret Library
Nour’s Secret Library

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Wafa' Tarnowska. Illustrations Vali Mintz

War was coming to Damascus, it is somehow undefined, but none the less there. Nour and her cousin Amir played happily in the street outside their homes, went to school...