Kids
Tilly and the Time Machine by Adrian Edmondson
Adrian Edmondson may have been an anarchic misfit in the TV show The Young Ones, but he certainly makes the cut as a kids’ writer. When Tilly’s dad disappears, she’s pretty certain his recently built time machine has something…
How to Bee by Bren MacDibble
Meet tough, sassy Peony, an almost-ten-year-old farm worker in the Goulburn Valley of the near future. Peony can’t wait to be promoted to the role of ‘bee’ – reserved for the quickest, nimblest kids who perform the crucial task of…
Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk
Enthusiasts of Lauren Wolk’s Newbery prize-winning Wolf Hollow will relish her latest offering, Beyond the Bright Sea, a work of comparable sensitivity, with an uplifting sense of humanity. In trademark style, she confronts her characters with dilemmas that develop…
The Thank You Dish by Trace Balla
The Readings family is a big fan of Trace Balla and her fourth picture book just makes us love her more. In The Thank You Dish she celebrates community and being grateful for where and how our food arrives on…
Lots by Nicola Davies and Emily Sutton
A new non-fiction picture book introducing young readers to the wonderful world of ecology and conservation is exciting enough, but when it’s authored by Nicola Davies and illustrated by Emily Sutton – it’s sensational!
Together they introduce us to the…
My Pictures After the Storm by Eric Veille
This bright French picture book is a hilarious off-the-wall collection of double-page before and after spreads. After lunch, bread becomes crumbs, after magic, a handsome prince is a frog, and after four mouthfuls, a winking ‘greedy-guts’ crocodile has gobbled up…
Wed Wabbit by Lissa Evans
Fidge’s little sister Minnie carries her stuffed toy, Wed Wabbit, everywhere. She’s also obsessed with a book about strange, dustbin-shaped characters that speak in rhyme called Wimbley Woos, which she makes Fidge read repetitively. But when Minnie ends up in…
The Anzac Tree by Christina Booth
Based on real people and events, not many readers will keep a dry eye reading The Anzac Tree. Generations of one family sending their children to wars is beautifully and poignantly portrayed and is profoundly moving. So many mothers, fathers…
Secret Keepers by Trenton Lee Stewart
Reuben Pedley is a recluse, has no friends and lives with his mum, a single parent, in a rundown flat in a gloomy town. The town where he lives is patrolled by rogue agents, a gang of suited men called…
Black Cats and Butlers by Janine Beacham
Twelve year old Rose Raventhorpe is compelled to investigate a string of murdered butlers after the death of her own beloved butler, Argyle. Set in a fictional imagining of York, England, in the late nineteenth century, Black Cats and Butlers…
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