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The Rainbow Serpent (50th anniversary edition) by Dick Roughsey
It’s the 50th anniversary of The Rainbow Serpent! Well, more accurately, it’s probably a little more than the 65,000th anniversary of the Rainbow Serpent. But for many of us, we were only introduced to and have had the privilege…
The Apprentice Witnesser by Bren MacDibble
Basti lives in a world much smaller than our own, a world of villages and tight-knit communities created after climate collapse and deadly disease wiped out all cities and most modern technology. Together with her adoptive guardian Lodyma, Basti earns…
A Small Collection of Happinesses by Zana Fraillon & Stephen Michael King (illus.)
In A Small Collection of Happinesses, two award-winning artists, author Zana Fraillon and illustrator Stephen Michael King, come together to create a whimsical tale of unexpected cross-generational friendship.
Set in a rundown block of apartments, it starts as a…
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 this year, and this month we have the lovely Orris…
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 at the very best part … in the very worst…
The Truck Cat by Deborah Frenkel & Danny Snell (illus.)
The first time I read this picture book, I read it out loud to my cat. She has never been in a truck, and she slept through the whole thing, but I could tell she appreciated the wonderful cadence of…
One By One They Disappear by Mike Lucas
A haunting novel about the life of a young Jewish girl during the Second World War, One By One They Disappear carefully blends the historical with the supernatural to create a compelling read.
The book follows Klara, a young Jewish…
I’ll Be Waiting for You by Mariko Turk
Natalie and Imogen are best friends who couldn’t be more different. Natalie is brave and always on the hunt for a new adventure. Imogen is gifted and constantly under pressure from her parents to succeed. Every summer, the girls and…
Into the Mouth of the Wolf by Erin Gough
Amelia Westlake was a stand-out title when it was published in 2018, winning The Readings Young Adult Prize. It’s been a long wait for Erin Gough’s next novel, but the delay has been worth it. Into the Mouth of…
Wanderings: Small Paintings and Photographs by Bruno Leti & Alex Skovron (poetry; ed.)
As well as being a painter, photographer and print-maker, Bruno Leti is a prolific maker of artists’ books. These books are themselves pieces of art painstakingly put together and beautifully produced and printed in Australia. Wanderings is a collection of…
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