Kids
Artie and the Grime Wave by Richard Roxburgh
Well-loved Australian actor Richard Roxburgh’s first children’s book is a completely unhinged adventure and a celebration of friendship. Artie and his friend Bumshoe discover evidence of dodgy criminal behaviour happening in their town and are soon caught up in a…
Home in the Rain by Bob Graham
One of the many reasons I love Bob Graham’s books is that, for all their simplicity, his observations of the natural world and family life are always profound and loving, and children, ‘reading’ the pictures, see the wonder of their…
Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk
Growing up on a Pennsylvanian farm in 1940s America is a wholesome life for eleven-year-old Annabelle. Elder sister to two younger brothers, Annabelle does not begrudge having to keep a watchful, protective eye over them. Nor does she mind the…
Elizabeth and Zenobia by Jessica Miller
Elizabeth and her father are moving to his childhood home after her mother leaves them for a more ‘adventure-filled’ life. Zenobia, Elizabeth’s not-an-imaginary best friend, obviously goes with them. The two girls are practically polar opposites and while Elizabeth is…
The Twins of Tintarfell by James O'Loghlin
Dani and Bart are orphan twins who serve the bedridden King Corolius the Fifth and his son, the spoiled Prince Edward. When Edward’s father buys him a magnificent but huge and angry-looking horse, Prince Edward must prove himself by riding…
Dog Man by Dav Pilkey
Dog Man is a new and typically unhinged comic by Dav Pilkey, the author responsible for the infamous Captain Underpants series. This is not for boring people. It is for people who really love laughing and want to laugh heaps…
Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson
I loved Journey to the River Sea when I read it on publication in 2001 and I have recommended it ever since, so I re-read it recently with some trepidation – would it be as wonderful as I remembered? Well…
A Child of Books by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston
Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston mellifluously and joyously invite us to celebrate The Book. The outcome of their collaboration is a gorgeous and sensitive exploration of how magical books are and how we should be inspiring children to not only…
Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty and David Roberts
What a delightful book!
The charming author–illustrator team of Iggy Peck, Architect and Rosie Revere, Engineer, brings us another brilliant youngster who happens to be in the same schoolroom: Ada Twist. By not speaking until she is three, Ada…
Mr Chicken Arriva a Roma by Leigh Hobbs
Stupendo, Mr Chicken (or should that be ‘Señor Pollo’?) you big, bold and magnificent chook, we have been waiting for you to take us on another trip. Rome, here we come! Arriving incognito, he positions his grande personage on…
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