Kids
Our children's & YA top 10 bestsellers of the week
Grime and Punishment (The Adventures of Dog Man, Book 9) by Dav Pilkey
Ghost Bird by Lisa Fuller
How to Write the Soundtrack to Your Life by Fiona Hardy
Sherlock Bones and the Sea-Creature Feature by Renée Treml
Welcome To Country (Board book edition) by Lisa Kennedy & Aunty Joy Murphy
None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney
The Other Side of the Sky by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner
The Wolves of Greycoat Hall by Lucinda Gifford
Howl…
Winners of the Environment Award for Children’s Literature 2020
The Wilderness Society has revealed the winners of this year’s Environment Award for Children’s Literature. This award is presented annually to fiction and nonfiction books that ‘foster a love of wild places and wildlife in young Australians’ and ‘encourage a sense of responsibility for our natural world’.
Here are the winners for all three categories…
Picture Fiction
One Careless Night by Christina Booth
Where the mist swallows mountains and winds whisper through ancient trees, a mother and her pup run…
Recommended kids books, news & resources for September
This month in kids books we have wolves and weddings, a musical mystery, a jetsetting adventure, a reassuring book about bushfires, an Australian classic adapted for younger readers and a spooky friendship.
Find our September picks for YA books here.
KIDS BOOK OF THE MONTH
How to Write the Soundtrack to Your Life by Fiona Hardy
Murphy Parker is going to be a songwriter. If she can summon up the nerve to play in front of anyone other than…
Our children's & YA top 10 bestsellers of the week
How to Write the Soundtrack to Your Life by Fiona Hardy
Marshmallow Pie: The Cat Superstar (Book 1) by Clara Vulliamy
The Girl, the Cat & the Navigator by Matilda Woods
Welcome To Country (Board book edition) by Lisa Kennedy & Aunty Joy Murphy
The Heart of the Bubble by Trace Balla
Grime and Punishment (The Adventures of Dog Man, Book 9) by Dav Pilkey
What do you call a baby…? by Kamsani…
Four terrific picture books exploring difficult feelings
Picture book lover Bronte Coates shares four of her favourite recent releases that explore difficult feelings for small people, and how they can learn to manage them.
We All Have Feelings by Thereza Rowe, Claudio Ripol & Yeonju Yang
From unique children’s publisher Owl & Dog Playbooks, We All Have Feelings has been designed to promote empathy and self discovery. The book details a list of scenarios, each set around a mood or feeling, so that is can be approached…
Our children's & YA top 10 bestsellers of the week
How to Write the Soundtrack to Your Life by Fiona Hardy
The Girl, the Cat & the Navigator by Matilda Woods
The Heart of the Bubble by Trace Balla
Young Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe
Found by Bruce Pascoe & Charmaine Ledden-Lewis
Marshmallow Pie: The Cat Superstar (Book 1) by Clara Vulliamy
Across the Risen Sea by Bren MacDibble
Wild About Dads by Philip Bunting
Welcome To Country (Board book edition) by Lisa Kennedy &…
Enter our How to Write the Soundtrack to Your Life competition
We are utterly delighted to have a brand-new children’s novel from author extraordinaire Fiona Hardy this month! How to Write the Soundtrack to Your Life is a funny and moving mystery about family, friendship and finding your voice.
To celebrate its release, we’re pleased to be partnering with publisher Affirm Press to offer Readings customers the chance to win an ultra-special music-making prize pack, including a CASIO keyboard, keyboard stand and Bluetooth headphones.
Here is how to enter the competition:
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Our children's & YA top 10 bestsellers of the week
The Heart of the Bubble by Trace Balla
The Girl, the Cat & the Navigator by Matilda Woods
Marshmallow Pie: The Cat Superstar (Book 1) by Clara Vulliamy
Across the Risen Sea by Bren MacDibble
Wild About Dads by Philip Bunting
The Erasure Initiative by Lili Wilkinson
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Found by Bruce Pascoe & Charmaine Ledden-Lewis
Loner by Georgina Young
This week you couldn’t wish for a more interesting…
Our children's & YA top 10 bestsellers of the week
The Girl, the Cat & the Navigator by Matilda Woods
Found by Bruce Pascoe & Charmaine Ledden-Lewis
Welcome To Country (Board book edition) by Lisa Kennedy & Aunty Joy Murphy
Marshmallow Pie: The Cat Superstar (Book 1) by Clara Vulliamy
Ghost Bird by Lisa Fuller
The Erasure Initiative by Lili Wilkinson
Wild About Dads by Philip Bunting
Across the Risen Sea by Bren MacDibble
Our Home, Our Heartbeat by Adam Briggs, Kate Moon & Rachael…
Q&A with Charmaine Ledden-Lewis
We chat with Charmaine Ledden-Lewis, the illustrator of the wonderful new picture book Found.
Congratulations on winning the Kestin Indigenous Illustrator Award! What is your background as an artist, and what was it like undertaking a mentorship as part of the Award?
Thank you! I’ve enjoyed art my whole life; the practice, appreciation and exploration of it. My parents have always been very encouraging and supportive, as is my husband, and having that support and encouragement is important. On…