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The Winter Of Our Disconnect: Susan Maushart
At night at my home, you can see little lights and you can hear a quiet hum. It is my family’s daytime tools charging overnight. There are white cords collecting dust in the corners. It seemed to happen so quickly…
Magpie: Luke Davies and Inari Kiuru
Magpie marries Luke Davies’ simple poem about a magpie attack with Inari Kiuru’s vivid illustrations. I was terrified of magpies swooping me as a kid, due to countless warnings from teachers at my creek-side primary school, so I relate strongly…
The Night Fairy: Lara Amy Schlitz & Angela Barrett
Oh my, this is such a sweet story; I was beguiled by this dear little fairy. When the fairyophiles in your life are ready to move on from Rainbow Magic this is a more than worthy successor.
Plucky little Flory…
Bye-Bye, Big Bad Bullybug! Ed Emberley
To answer your question, yes, Mr Emberley is the fingerprint guy. His fabulous Learn to Draw books have graced our shelves for a while now. But in this bright, simple and just-the-right-amount sparkly book, it’s not fingers we’re worried about…
The Second-Last Woman in England Maggie: Joel
Opening with the murder of Mr Cecil Wallis by his wife, Mrs Harriet Wallis, on the day of Queen Elizabeth’s coronation, The Second-Last Woman in England begins in a London recovering from the war. Harriet Wallis, society wife, and Cecil…
Gatherers and Hunters: Thomas Shapcott
Tom Shapcott has been writing fiction and poetry since 1964. As well, he has been Director of the Literature Board, Copyright Agency Limited and Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Adelaide. This new collection of short stories explores…
In-human: Anna Dusk
In Tasmania’s Oatlands, teenager Sally Hunter is becoming painfully aware of her new body and blossoming sexuality. But this is not an everyday tale of adolescence: Sally’s form and world is stretched and changed by her transformation into a werewolf…
Frightfully Friendly Ghosties: Daren King
If there’s one thing you’ll learnin this book, it’s that thestill-alives are incredibly meanto the frightfully friendlyghosties Tabithy Tumbly,Charlie Vapour, PamelaFraidy, Rusty Chains, AgathaDraught and others. Herethey are, our lovely ghosties, doing their bestto befriend the still-alives with bedtimestories, and…
Guardian of the Dead: Karen Healy
Ellie Spencer is a normal Kiwi girl who boards at a Christchurch high school, hangs out with her buddy Kevin, rails against teacherly authority, gets crushy over mysterious Mark, and sports a definite grumpy and sarcastic side that immediately endeared…
When Courage Came To Call: L.M. Fuge
Imm is just another 13-year-old living onthe island of Zamascus. He wants to traveland loves to read, unlike his twin brotherSaxon, whose passion lies in being a pilot.Then the bombs fall and everything changes.
Imm is thrown into the middle…
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