Monday, March 23, 2026

Mirror by Jeannie Baker

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A picture book is text, illustrations, total design; an item of manufacture  and a commercial product;  a social, cultural, historical docum...
Sunday, March 22, 2026

Robot Responders by Smriti Daniel

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This is a very different book from the ones I usually see from CSIRO Publishing . Huge thanks for my review copy.  What to expect from this ...
Saturday, March 21, 2026

The Lions' Run by Sara Pennypacker illustrated by Jon Klassen

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Compassionate and complex. Kirkus Star review Occupied France, 1944. Lucas Dubois lives in an abbey orphanage. There are rule and constraint...
Friday, March 20, 2026

Our Beautiful World by Sarah Speedie illustrated by Margeaux Davis

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Please grab an atlas or find a simple world map online to share alongside this book. You will begin in Australia then travel on to Chile, Ch...
Thursday, March 19, 2026

Derek by Anne Donaldson illustrated by Matt Shanks

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Bookseller blurb: Derek is a fish with many questions. Why is the universe round? Where do bubbles come from? Why does food rain down from a...
Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Once I was a Giant by Zeno Sworder - a deeper dive

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"This is an enigmatic and challenging book of  wisdom and beauty." Dr Robin Morrow You might like to begin with my earlier post ab...

The Forest of a Thousand Eyes by Frances Hardinge illustrated by Emily Gravett

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"The Wall had once been built to hold back the strange, voracious encroachment of the Forest, and protect the towns and cities of the p...