I first came across these gorgeous books when author Mary Anastasiou go in touch on Instagram to see if I would be interested in reviewing them. I’m so glad I took her up on the offer, because both books are absolutely wonderful! I Want to be a Movie StarWhat kind will you be? Pirate Captain? […]
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Hello! Today it’s my turn on the Books on Tour blog tour for Max Booth’s latest adventure: Max Booth Future Sleuth: Chip Blip by Cameron Macintosh and Dave Atze. I was lucky enough to be part of the tour for the previous Max Booth book, Film Flip, which I loved (you can see my review […]
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I’m so delighted to be part of the Books on Tour Blog Tour for Ashling Kwok’s brand new picture book The Battle. This is a gorgeous book – both the story and those illustrations (by Cara King)! – about facing fears that are holding you back. Ashling was kind enough to answer some questions about […]
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National Simultaneous Storytime was held a few weeks ago on 27 May. This year’s featured book for the event was Whitney and Britney Chicken Divas by Lucinda Gifford. I think NSS is such a wonderful event – here’s some information from the Australian Library and Information Association NSS website, because they can explain it much […]
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Anitia Heiss’s Who Am I? is a middlegrade historical fiction novel set in Sydney in 1937, and is the fictional a diary of Mary Talence, a member of the Stolen Generation. It was originally published in 2001, and has been re-released as part of reconciliation week this year. I read this in one sitting last […]
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Is it weird that I always find it the hardest to write the reviews of the books I love the most? I read Danielle Binks‘ debut middle-grade novel The Year the Maps Changed about a month ago, and I have had total reviewers’ block when it comes to writing up how I felt about it, […]
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