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Latest Book Reviews
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Gratitude by Zanni Louise, Ill. by Missy Turner.
How do you grow your heart? With gratitude. Jack, Lila, Mina, Li Wei and Rosie are back again and this time each reveal how they learn to focus on what they have rather than what they don't have, to say thank you and to be grateful. The latest in the book series about values by this superb author/illustrator duo entitled 'Human Kind: A Little Good in a Big World'. For readers aged 3 - 8. |
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Wizard & Co. by Mitchell Toy.
While two children are holidaying with their Nana, they stumble across a piggybank that their Pop had kept tucked away for a rainy day. Inside they find a shimmering green banknote that sparkles with magic and immediately flies out the door. The children quickly follow and find themselves in the most enchanting store where they are told to 'Expect the unexpected!' This lyrical, rhyming and beautifully illustrated picture book will delight readers aged 3 - 7. |
Latest Original Stories
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Davey the Dunnart from Kangaroo Island.
Davey the Dunnart from Kangaroo Island is book 2 in a trilogy of picture books/poems about endangered Australian animals. Kangaroo Ilsand Dunnarts are classed as critically endangered due to 2019 bushfires which severely reduced the population. This particular one likes to play horn in a jazz band! |
 Shelter. © Yelena Wysling 2021. Used with permission.
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Bee, Flea and Me.
Do you ever sit quietly, waiting for something to happen? Do you ever wonder what that something will look like when it does? Bee and Flea and Me sit together under their tree doing just that - waiting - for something, anything to happen. When it does, they marvel at the wonderfulness in their 'ordinary' day. A story of friendship and gratitude. |
Latest Blog Bites
Author Interview with Michelle Worthington for Sass and Traz Save The Library.
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In this interview Michelle shares her thoughts about her engaging new book, diversity in literature, libraries and librarians and some advice for emerging authors. Her book Sass and Traz Save The Library is OUT NOW. Click on the image to read the interview.
With thanks to Books On Tour PR & Marketing for helping to organise the interview and Daisy Lane Publishing for access to the digital copy of the book. 
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“That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.”
-Jhumpa Lahiri
I acknowledge the Awabakal People, the traditional owners of the land we are on, and pay my respects to their elders past and present.