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Bach: Motets, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Firstly, although yes it’s very shallow, I love the cover of this album. I feel like it sums up Bach in a single picture, we’re always teetering on the edge of possibilities while being grounded enough to casually hold our…
Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas, Arrau
Chilean pianist Claudio Arrau (1903-1991) is widely regarded as one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century, and he recorded this cycle of Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas in the 1960s. These analogue recordings are warm and rich, with great…
Eric Whitacre: Water Music
If you haven’t heard of Eric Whitacre yet, that’s all going to change soon. Taking over the world one YouTube clip at a time, this new recording was produced using the internet through 73 different countries. My first thought at…
Make With Maisy by Lucy Cousins
Maisy, the colourful, toddler-friendly mouse, wants us to get creative in her latest book.
Make with Maisy is filled with colourful craft projects for young children to make with their parents. These simple but practical ideas make crafting easy and…
The Onion's Great Escape by Sara Fanelli
Highly regarded worldwide, Sara Fanelli’s distinctive artistic style is known for being exciting and stimulating, and this is precisely what we get with her new book. I’m sure it will be interpreted many ways and of course this is what…
Small and Tall Tales of Extinct Animals by Helene Rajcak and Damien Laverdunt
Fact and fiction blend harmoniously in this stylish, colourful hardcover on extinct animals. Produced with scientific advice from the French National Museum of Natural History, the book profiles 26 extinct animals and one on the brink, beginning 17,000 years ago.
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Rainbow Street Pets by Wendy Orr
Any child who loves animals or who has longed for a pet will enjoy and probably read and reread this collection of six related stories about the animals who come through the Rainbow Street Refuge and their human families.
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Zebedee's Balloon by Alice Briere-Haquet and Olivier Philipponneau
Oo la la, I love this picture book that began life in France and now, with this English translation, we also get to enjoy. The charming two-tone wood engravings on lovely thick art paper make this book a joy to…
Banjo Bounces Back by Lachie Hume
What a daft, loveable horsey story!
Banjo is a hoofball star, playing every Saturday with his team, the Whinnies. That is until he sustains a sports injury and is off for six weeks. Bored and restless, he is soon rather…
Sophie Scott Goes South by Alison Lester
What an adventure! Antarctica is almost like another world and Sophie Scott is going there. Her dad is captain of Aurora Australis, an icebreaker (a type of ship) that travels from Hobart to Antarctica to deliver people and supplies.
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