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

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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…

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Recommended kids books, news & resources for September

by Leanne Hall

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…

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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

Bluey: My Dad is Awesome

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…

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Four terrific picture books exploring difficult feelings

by Bronte Coates

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…

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Our children's & YA top 10 bestsellers of the week

How to Write the Soundtrack to Your Life by Fiona Hardy

Bluey: My Dad is Awesome

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 &amp…

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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

Bluey: My Dad is Awesome

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…

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Our children's & YA top 10 bestsellers of the week

Bluey: My Dad is Awesome

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…

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Q&A with Charmaine Ledden-Lewis

by Leanne Hall

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…

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