Home

Hawthorn Recommends: Kids' Books

Little White Rabbit
Kevin Henkes

$29.95 – Hardcover book / Harper Collins

Little White Rabbit wonders about everything. What would it be like to be green, like the grass? Or tall like the fir trees? Or to flutter through the air like butterflies? The world is full of amazing things, and there ... Buy or find out more 


Foxlys Feast
Owen Davey

$19.95 – Hardcover book / Hardie Grant

Foxly's tummy is rumbling. He needs to find something tasty to eat. Maybe he'll find it in the farmyard or on the duck pond or in the duck pond. Foxly is on the hunt for things to include in his feast. He visits the farm... Buy or find out more 



Im Not
Pam Smallcomb

$29.95 – Hardcover book / Golden Books

"Evelyn is lots of things. Circus performer. Antarctic explorer. I'm not." Here is an ideal book for children who feel like their outgoing friend is oh-so-talented . . . and they're not. This sweet depiction of friendshi... Buy or find out more 


Moon Over Manifest
Clare Vanderpool

$23.95 – Hardcover book / Delta Dell

Winner of the 2011 Newbery Medal for best US children's book.

Abilene Tucker feels abandoned. Her father has put her on a train, sending her off to live with an old friend for the summer while he works a railroad job. Ar... Buy or find out more 



Dash And Lily's Book Of Dares
Rachel Cohn and David Levithan

$19.99 – Paperback book / Allen & Unwin

It's Christmas-time in New York, and world-weary Dash has managed to persuade each of his parents that he is staying with the other, thus sending them both off with their new 'paramours' and leaving him happily shuffling... Buy or find out more 


Our Australian Girl Meet Grace
Sofie Laguna

$14.95 – Paperback book / Puffin

It's 1808 . . . and Grace is living with her uncle in London. They have no money, and Grace is always lonely and often hungry. The best part of her day is going to Fleet Street to talk to the horses that she loves so muc... Buy or find out more 



Our Australian Girl: Meet Poppy
Gabrielle Wang

$14.95 – Paperback book / Puffin

It's 1864 . . .

and Poppy lives at bird Creek Mission near Echuca. Poppy hates the Mission, especially now that her brother, Gus, has run away to pan for gold. What is Poppy escaped, too? Would she survive alone in the b... Buy or find out more 


Our Australian Girl Meet Letty
Alison Lloyd

$14.95 – Paperback book / Puffin

It's 1841 . . .

and Letty is on the docks in England, farewelling her bossy older sister who is about to take a long sea voyage to Australia. But then there is a mix-up,and before she knows it Letty finds herself on the ... Buy or find out more 



Our Australian Girl Meet Rose
Sherryl Clark

$14.95 – Paperback book / Puffin

It's 1900 . . .

and Rose lives with her family in a big house in Melbourne. She wants to play cricket, climb trees and be an adventurer! But Rose's mother has other ideas. Then Rose's favourite young aunt comes to town, ... Buy or find out more 


Copyright © 2012 Readings Pty Ltd. | Site designed and developed by Inventive Labs.