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 […]
Fiction
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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 […]
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The Bedlam Stacks
Merrick Tremayne was injured while working as a smuggler for the East India Company. He now resides, with a malevolent brother, at his family home […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Set in India, this is the story of two people and their extended family, who in midlife have a dramatic change to their world. […]
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The descriptive language that the author uses makes this Historical Fiction a fascinating depiction of the past. She sets the scene of the colony of […]
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Hello, Goodbye
Emily Brewin has captured the past with elegance and a rare understanding, when to be an unwed mother was to become a pariah of society, […]
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Siren
This is such an important story, so uncomfortable, “Gritty”, and totally believable. The title suggests several things; a siren in mythology was one whose singing […]
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Peter and Kelsey Dalton bought Ridgeview Stations some five years ago, in spite of their friends thinking they had run mad, leaving the fertile lands […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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When you go hunting for a pet rabbit just about anything can happen when it is in the hunting ground of the ‘rabbit hole golf […]
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Pride
The story is set in a small town somewhere in Australia but the reality is it could be anywhere at all, in any country as […]
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From the beginning, this story hooks you in as all the elements of a good mystery/ ghost story emerge. We first meet Evie at the […]
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Cowboy Pug is a book for beginning readers, which means it has to have an interesting storyline, and text that is simple to decode. Pug, […]
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How much better can it get than a Book of Me, all about you and designed to be tailor made, by you for you! As […]
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The Pacific Room
The Pacific Room is an interesting and clever novel. The author slowly unravels the tale, and involves the reader in the lives of the main […]
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The many unanswered questions we may have about teenagers, bands, music and studies are addressed in this young adult novel. It is fascinating to enter […]
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The Dark Lake is a strong exemplar of how a well written murder/mystery should be produced. The novel is structured in such a way that […]
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The five short stories that make up this adventure book are just the right length for a bedtime read or for curl up on the […]
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Middle school whizz kid Sam, and history buff Martina, win a contest for a trip across the United States of America. Sam’s mother is reluctant […]