Future Girl by Asphyxia

The Story of Australia by Don Watson

Story Doctors by Boori Monty Pryor & Rita Sinclair

Pig the Monster by Aaron Blabey

When Days Tilt by Karen Ginnane

Are You There, Buddha? by Pip Harry

Henry Hamlet’s Heart by Rhiannon Wilde

The Supreme Lie by Geraldine McCaughrean

Grandfather Emu, and How the Kangaroo got her Pouch by Rhonda Collard-Spratt & Jacki Ferro

Across the Sea …

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In need of a pick-me-up? These seven picture books are guaranteed to make you feel better, with humour, compassion, colourful illustrations and new perspectives.

Mole in a Black and White Hole by Tereza Sediva

When Mole looks around his underground home, all he sees is the black-and-white world of his hole. Mole digs and dreams of finding something colourful, but day after day he is disapp…

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A Weekend with Oscar by Robyn Bavati

As Fast As I Can by Penny Tangey

The Story of Australia by Don Watson

Across the Sea (Wolf Girl, Book 5) by Anh Do

Any Way the Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell

The Boy Who Stepped Through Time by Anna Ciddor

Pig the Monster by Aaron Blabey

Story Doctors by Boori Monty Pryor & Rita Sinclair

Pawcasso by Remy Lai

Twitch by M. G. Leonard

Award-winning Australian au…

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If you love magic, quests, mythical beasts, sinister villains, alternate worlds and saving everyone from evil, then you will love these recent fantasy reads.

Rainbow Grey by Laura Ellen Anderson

Ten-year-old Ray Grey lives in the city of Celestia in the magical Weatherlands, high in the sky. Ray is surrounded by Weatherlings with astounding weather power at their fingertips … but she doesn…

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The Story of Australia by Don Watson

Story Doctors by Boori Monty Pryor & Rita Sinclair

Across the Sea (Wolf Girl, Book 5) by Anh Do

Megamonster by David Walliams

Pig the Monster by Aaron Blabey

Fart and Burp are Superstinkers by Zoe Foster Blake & Adam Nickel

Wilam: A Birrarung Story by Aunty Joy Murphy, Andrew Kelly & Lisa Kennedy

The Boy Who Stepped Through Time by Anna Ciddor

Welcome to Con…

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This year, NAIDOC week is running from 4 – 11 July and focuses the theme of Heal Country. Put succinctly, Heal Country ‘calls for stronger measures to recognise, protect, and maintain all aspects of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and heritage’; we recommend reading the full explanation behind the 2021 focus (and exploring how you can become more involved this NAIDOC week) here.

Th…

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This month in kids books we’ve got a funny and honest verse novel, a new picture book from a master Australian storyteller, charming junior fiction about animals, a time-bending adventure and a sweeping Australian history book. Find our July picks for YA books here. KIDS BOOK OF THE MONTH

Are You There, Buddha? by Pip Harry

Bridget ‘Bee’ Ballentine is 12 and starting her first year of …

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Pig the Monster by Aaron Blabey

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

Welcome to Consent by Yumi Stynes & Dr. Melissa Kang

One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

The Boy Who Stepped Through Time by Anna Ciddor

Across the Sea (Wolf Girl, Book 5) by Anh Do

The Story of Australia by Don Watson

The End of the World Is Bigger than Love by Davina Bell

Maybe by Kobi Yamada & Gabriella Barouch

The Book of …

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Our kids & YA books of the month in July include a funny verse novel from a masterful storyteller, a gorgeous love story set in Brisbane and a joyful and whimsical classic. KIDS BOOK OF THE MONTH

Are You There, Buddha? by Pip Harry

Bridget ‘Bee’ Ballentine is 12 and starting her first year of high school in the beach suburb Crescent Bay. Still reeling from the departure of her mother fo…

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The Boy Who Stepped Through Time by Anna Ciddor

Welcome to Consent by Yumi Stynes & Dr. Melissa Kang

The Book of Australian Trees by Inga Simpson & Alicia Rogerson

The Great Barrier Reef by Helen Scales & Lisk Feng

How to Say Hello by Sophie Beer

As Fast As I Can by Penny Tangey

We Are Wolves by Katrina Nannestad

One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

Jamie Lee’s Birthday Treat: School of Monsters by …

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