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Alister Nicholson and Tom Jellett

With the excitement and build up for the Olympic Games this year, it is only natural that children become inspired to follow in their heroes’ footsteps. The front end pages...

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Ursula Dubosarsky, illustrated by Christopher Nielsen

From the beginning of Ethel The Penguin we can see that Ethel the Penguin is a very naughty one. This is told by her best friend, a child who lives...

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Martha Mumford. Illustrations Ag Jatkowska.

A “lift the flap” book is always great fun for young readers. There are many things hiding, waiting to be discovered. We’re Hopping Around Australia takes us around Australia, looking...

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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...

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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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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...

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Michele Mari. Translated from Italian by Brian Robert Moore.

To say Verdigris is an unusual story would not be an exaggeration. It is set in 1969 on an estate in Nasa near Lake Maggiore. The central character is thirteen-year-old...

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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...

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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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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...