Kids
Grover McBane, Rescue Dog by Claire Garth
The Grover McBane, Rescue Dog series is for junior readers aged 6–9 years. Based on the author’s own Border Collie dog, this first title, Grover Finds a Home, tells the story of a dog whose owner doesn’t take care of…
A Patch From Scratch by Megan Forward
Jesse’s family live in the suburbs outside a big city and are keen to start growing their own food in their backyard. So, the family draw up plans, build a chicken coop and create ‘no dig’ veggie patches from scratch…
Cloth Lullaby: The Woven Life of Louise Bourgeois by Isabelle Arsenault & Amy Novesky
Every now and then a picture book comes along that is perfect in every way, such as Cloth Lullaby. The words illuminate a story with beautiful prose around which the pictures merge seamlessly.
Louise Bourgeois was a renowned artist…
Can I Build Another Me? by Shinsuke Yoshitake
Listen up, kids! Sick of chores and boring homework? Well, they are a thing of the past when you get a robot to be YOU! However, the robot has to learn all about you and it turns out there’s quite…
The Whisper by Pamela Zagarenski
This gorgeous book by Caldecott Honor author Pamela Zagarenski is a testament to the power of wordless picture books to open the imagination and let it soar. A little girl is lent a special book by her teacher to take…
Australia's Nightingale: Nellie Melba by Cassy Liberman
This is the first picture book about Nellie Melba and it elegantly portrays a yesteryear of privilege. It was a time when women weren’t encouraged to pursue a career or even become educated, but Nellie’s father, luckily, had different views…
Secret Tree Fort by Brianne Farley
A very funny story about two sisters who have been exiled to their backyard with a ‘play outside, it’s a beautiful day!’ from their Mum. Unfortunately for Younger Sister, Older Sister just wants to read her book. Younger Sister’s solution…
Samurai vs Ninja: The Battle for the Golden Egg by Nick Falk & Tony Flowers
Learning to read can be a hard task for 6 and ups – give them something boring and you’re in danger of losing their attention for good. That’s why Nick Falk and Tony Flowers’ Samurai vs Ninja: The Battle for…
Run, Pip, Run by JC Jones
Plucky ten-year-old Pip has a resourcefulness borne out of challenging circumstances. Cranky old Sully is the only family Pip’s ever known. And family is what you make of the people you have. Never is this truer for Pip than when…
Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers
Like a lot of kids, my first experience of Mary Poppins was of the spit-spot, spoonful-of-sugar,supercalifragilisticexpialidocious variety. I watched the Disney musical religiously, and was infatuated (and impressionable!) enough to write my own letter to Mary Poppins and deposit it…
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