Kim Gruschow
Kim Gruschow is the co-manager of Readings St Kilda
Review — 23 Sep 2024
Cheese! by Felice Arena & Beatrice Cerocchi (illus.)
‘Did someone say Cheese?’
‘Yes, please!’
Everyone will enthusiastically shout this refrain while reading Felice Arena’s latest picture book. Last year, Pasta was one of our favourite picture books and…
Review — 23 Sep 2024
Uses for Obsession: A (Chef’s) Memoir by Ben Shewry
Ben Shewry’s book is an argument in favour of creative control. The Attica head chef and owner highlights the best parts of hospitality while wrestling with the worst. He goes…
Review — 26 Aug 2024
How to Free a Jinn by Raidah Shah Idil
Insyirah moves from Sydney to live with her nenek (grandmother) in Malaysia. Although she is nervous about such a big change, Insyirah quickly finds friends at her new school. Over…
Review — 29 Jul 2024
Snot Funny Sea Stories (Kev and Trev, Book 1) by Kylie Howarth
A cockatoo and a marine iguana live on a houseboat that is in desperate need of repair. They decide to try to become famous and settle on writing books as…
Review — 29 Jul 2024
Follow Your Gut: A Story from the Microbes that Make You by Briony Barr, Dr Gregory Crocetti, Ailsa Wild, Dr Lisa Stinson & Ben Hutchings (illus.)
We are hearing more and more about our gut and the importance of what goes on in there, so a book that explains this ecosystem in a clever and entertaining…
Review — 20 May 2024
Detective Beans and the Case of the Missing Hat by Li Chen
Detective Beans is the first full-colour graphic novel of New Zealand-based comics creator Li Chen. Detective Beans is a kitten and a detective, so when his crucially important hat goes…
Review — 20 May 2024
Sharkman and Blowfish: World Domination by David Woodland
Melbourne-based publishers Berbay are known for brilliant children’s books that are slightly out of left field, but this is a book that is completely unhinged. The book begins with the…
Review — 22 Apr 2024
Orris and Timble: The Beginning by Kate DiCamillo & Carmen Mok (illus.)
Beloved author Kate DiCamillo has been busy lately! Her new middle fiction book Ferris arrived only a few weeks ago, a follow-up to The Puppets of Spelhorst is due later…
Review — 22 Apr 2024
The Endfixer by Noemi Vola & Rosa Churcher Clarke (trans.)
‘When I was little, I wanted to be an endfixer, which is someone who fixes the ends of stories … Because, if you think about it, stories often end right…
Review — 26 Mar 2024
Nine Girls by Stacy Gregg
In 1978, Titch’s dad goes bankrupt and her family moves from the flash city suburb Remuera to Ngāruawāhia, the small town where her mum comes from. In Ngāruawāhia, Titch and…
