Kids
Captain Pug by Laura James
Lady Miranda has appointed Pug to be captain for her birthday party at the boating lake. Pug is a little worried though; despite his smart nautical outfit he is very scared of water! The party quickly becomes a rollicking adventure…
Inside of a Dog: Young Readers Edition by Alexandra Horowitz
The young readers’ edition of Alexandra Horowitz’s thoughtful book about dog cognition is fantastic for dog-lovers of all ages. It describes how dogs experience their world, how they see, how they smell and how they behave and interact with other…
The Listmaker by Robin Klein
I originally read The Listmaker when it came out 19 years ago. I was 12 years old and I loved it then, so I was keen to re-read it when I heard it was being reprinted. It seems that being…
Introducing Teddy by Jessica Walton & Dougal MacPherson
Errol and Thomas the teddy are best friends, doing all the things that kids and their teddies love to do together, like going on picnics and visiting playgrounds. But one day Thomas is feeling particularly sad and, after gentle questioning…
The Nest by Kenneth Oppel & Jon Klassen
Oh my goodness, this tight, terrifying psychological thriller will have kids squirming in their seats as they read. Back in the day when creepy little fairytales horrified and tantalised young minds, parents thought: Good, that’ll stop little Susie wandering into…
Harper and the Scarlet Umbrella by Cerrie Burnell
The first in a series for junior readers, Harper and the Scarlet Umbrella is a sweet, magical journey in a town named ‘City of Clouds’. Harper is a young musically talented girl who lives with her great aunt in a…
Mrs Whitlam by Bruce Pascoe
Bruce Pascoe’s latest book has plenty to satisfy any lover of horse stories, but it also deftly handles issues of race and privilege and has a thrilling storyline to boot. Marnie is crazy about horses and helps out at the…
Circle by Jeannie Baker
Jeannie Baker has long been concerned with the human impact on our natural world and Circle is another intricate and radiant book that reflects this. I am a huge fan of Baker’s artwork and her stories and have seen every…
Blueback by Tim Winton
I fell in love with Tim Winton when I read That Eye the Sky many years ago, however, children need not wait until their twenties to form a relationship with him because he’s written quite a few kids’ books too…
Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty
Serafina is the strange, courageous heroine of this dark and mysterious fantasy novel. She knows very little about how she came to live in the basement of the grand Biltmore Estate (a real historic gilded-age building in North Carolina) with…
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