Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor, Book 3) by Jessica Townsend Good Night Stories For Rebel Girls: 100 Immigrant Women Who Changed The World by Elena Favilli The Adventures of Catvinkle by Elliot Perlman & Laura Stitzel The Grandest Bookshop in the World by Amelia Mellor What We’ll Build by Oliver Jeffers Skunk and Badger (Skunk and Badger, Book 1) by Amy Timberlake & Jon Klassen …

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The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced their Book of the Year Awards winners for 2020. These Awards celebrate the best Australian books for readers in early childhood up to young adult readers.

Here are the winners for each category.

Older Readers (for ages 13-18 years) This Is How We Change The Ending by Vikki Wakefield

Sixteen-year-old Nate McKee has a lot of worr…

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Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor, Book 3) by Jessica Townsend The Grandest Bookshop in the World by Amelia Mellor The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Dangerous Animals by Sami Bayly The Tower of Nero (The Trials of Apollo, Book 5) by Rick Riordan Back to Sleep by Zoë Foster Blake & Mike Jacobsen Skunk and Badger (Skunk and Badger, B…

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This month we’ve got the sweetest and most inspiring picture books, quirky junior fiction, heartwarming real-life stories, and highly-anticipated fantasy epics. Find our October picks for YA books here. KIDS BOOK OF THE MONTH Windows by Patrick Guest

This uplifting picture book is written from Patrick’s own experience of having to leave the family home during the Coronavirus pandemic, d…

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Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor, Book 3) by Jessica Townsend The Grandest Bookshop in the World by Amelia Mellor Back to Sleep by Zoë Foster Blake & Mike Jacobsen Welcome To Country (Board book edition) by Lisa Kennedy & Aunty Joy Murphy The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Dangerous Animals by Sami Bayly How to Write the Soundtrack to Your Life by Fiona Hardy The Left-Handed Bookse…

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We’ve got an inkling you might need some funny middle fiction to blow the real-world blues away, so here are some of the recent books we guarantee will put a smile on your face.

A Clue for Clara by Lian Tanner

Clara wants to be a famous detective with her own TV show. She can read claw marks, find missing feathers and knows morse code and semaphore. There’s just one problem. She’s a small …

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Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor, Book 3) by Jessica Townsend How to Write the Soundtrack to Your Life by Fiona Hardy Grime and Punishment (The Adventures of Dog Man, Book 9) by Dav Pilkey Welcome To Country (Board book edition) by Lisa Kennedy & Aunty Joy Murphy The Wolves of Greycoat Hall by Lucinda Gifford Bluey: Grannies How to Make a Movie in Twelve Days by Fiona Hardy The P…

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The sweet My Happy Life series features optimistic Dani encountering real-life challenges around family and friendships. Originally published in Sweden, these irresistible chapter books are not to be missed. To celebrate the release of All’s Happy that Ends Happy - the seventh and last book in the series - two of our children’s book specialists tell us why the My Happy Life books hold such a spe…

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How to Write the Soundtrack to Your Life by Fiona Hardy Grime and Punishment (The Adventures of Dog Man, Book 9) by Dav Pilkey The Wolves of Greycoat Hall by Lucinda Gifford Welcome To Country (Board book edition) by Lisa Kennedy & Aunty Joy Murphy Sherlock Bones and the Sea-Creature Feature (Book 2) by Renée Treml Bluey: Grannies None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney The Polar Bear in Sydney Harbour…

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The social distancing and lockdowns of this year have meant many of us have lived at a different pace than usual, and moved in smaller circles. Here are some kids books that encourage an easy pace, contemplation and taking pleasure in small joys.

The Heart of the Bubble by Trace Balla

Mum and Dad have been busy working and travelling around the world, but now they can’t do that anymore. Co…

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