Kids
Ninja Kid: From Nerd to Ninja by Anh Do & Jeremy Ley
Nelson Kane lives in a junkyard with his mother, grandmother, and perpetually hungry cousin Kenny. It’s an ordinary, fallen-on-hard-times tip, where his grandmother invents strange gadgets out of junk, and his mum takes on cleaning work to make ends meet…
Go Go and the Silver Shoes by Jane Godwin & Anna Walker
Friendships can start in curious ways and for Go Go, meeting Ellie was not only the start of a friendship but a chance to reunite with a much-loved shoe. Go Go always gets hand-me-downs from her big brothers, but one…
Grandma Z by Daniel Gray-Barnett
Every year on Albert’s birthday it’s the same thing: birthday socks and birthday toast, no piñatas (too messy) and no musical chairs (too noisy). This year, Albert closes his eyes and makes a wish and … knock, knock, it’s Grandma…
My Sweet Orange Tree by José Mauro De Vasconcelos
Children’s literature is so much richer and more multi-cultural since Pushkin Press began publishing many gems that the English-speaking world had previously missed out on.
And, now, another comes our way and the wonderful Zeze captures our hearts. The cheeky…
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
After a fierce storm sinks a cargo ship and dislodges its contents, boxes of robots are destroyed on the rock of a wild and remote island and only one remains intact.
Cheeky otters explore this robotic gravesite and with playful…
My Brigadista Year by Katherine Paterson
After visiting Cuba, Katherine Paterson, the legendary author of Bridge to Terabithia, was inspired to write this fascinating story. When Castro came to power in 1961 he resolved to stamp out illiteracy in Cuba. He recruited a volunteer army…
The List by Patricia Forde
This dystopian middle fiction title is set in a world in the aftermath of great tragedy caused by global warming and human greed. Food and water are heavily rationed, people are not allowed to speak freely and they are controlled…
The Endsister by Penni Russon
Meet the Outhwaites, a rambunctious family of five children and their bohemian parents. The Outhwaites live a simple life in rural Victoria – Bunjil Country – and their nearest neighbour, just down the kangaroo track, is Aunty May Wilson, an…
Yayoi Kusama: From Here to Infinity by Sarah Suzuki
Yayoi Kusama is one of the most exciting artists working today. Once you have seen one of her dot paintings, books or installations, she is impossible to forget. This picture-book biography follows her life from a young child who saw…
Norse Myths by Kevin Crossley-Holland
I’m a known collector of fancy editions of timeless tales, and a sucker for all things mythological, so I was very excited to pick up Kevin Crossley-Holland’s illustrated Norse Myths: Tales of Odin, Thor and Loki. Crossley-Holland is the…
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