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KIDLIT :: THIS GIRL CAN! :: CORI BROOKE & KATIE ALEXANDER
This girl can be anything.A pilot. A firefighter. A film director.Showing girls all the very many things they can be when they grow up, this book is a playful, inclusive romp through the world of jobs and vocations. I have a special guest reviewer on the blog today to talk about THIS GIRL CAN by Cori Brooke and Katie Alexander – my 6 (almost 7) year old daughter Amelia. Here is what she has to say about this beautiful book: I like this book because. 1: it has a lot of inspiration for little girls for when they grow up.2: it is very nice. 3: the girls are really different…
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Review :: The Wailing Woman :: Maria Lewis
I found The Wailing Woman an absolute delight to read. As a Buffy fan from way back I always love an urban fantasy, and I think Maria Lewis might be an absolute master of the genre. Here’s the synopsis from the Hachette Australia website – read on to find out some of my favourite things about this one! Good girls don’t talk back. Good girls don’t cry. Good girls don’t scream. Sadie Burke has been forced to be a good girl her entire life. As a banshee, she’s the bottom of the ladder when it comes to the supernatural hierarchy. Weak. Condemned. Powerless. Silent. That’s what she and her six…
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#loveozya :: Vasilisa the Wise :: Kate Forsyth
I am always up for a fairy tale retelling, and I’d had my eye on Kate Forsyth’s collection Vasilisa the Wise since it came out earlier this year. I finally read it in September, after I saw Kate speaking on writing historical fiction about womencat the Heroines Literary Festival. If anyone knows about fairy tales, and will inspire and intrigue you enough to want to know more it is Kate Forsyth! I strongly recommend listening to her on Richard Fiedler’s Conversations (Including this one where she talks about Vasilisa, but I think she has spoken with him on there three or four times) – she is sooooo good! Vasilisa the…
