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CBCA Shortlist 2007 - Younger Readers

Being Bee

Being Bee

Catherine Bateson

Since her mother died it had been just her, her dad, and her guinea pigs, Lulu and Fifi. A perfect non-nuclear family, but nothing stays the same forever. Ages 9-12.

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Macbeth And Son

Macbeth And Son

Jackie French

Luke lives in modern-day Australia with his mother and stepfather, Sam. Lulach lives in 9th century Scotland with his mother and stepfather, Macbeth. Luke dreams about Lulach and Macbeth and knows him to be a king who restored...

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The Cat on the Mat is Flat

The Cat on the Mat is Flat

Andy Griffiths, Terry Denton

Another collection of irresistible mirth and madness from those maestros of mayhem: Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton. Sure to become an instant family read-aloud classic, these ridiculously illustrated nonsense poem-stories will...

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Layla, Queen of Hearts

Layla, Queen of Hearts

Glenda Millard, Stephen Michael King

When Griffin and Layla's school announces a Senior Citizens' Day, Layla is at a loss. Who can she take? Griffin offers to share his grandmother, Nell, but Layla desperately wants someone of her own. So Nell introduces Layla to the...

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