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Review: The Day I Lost My Superpowers
rs sat 17 March 2016
I just adore picture books with strong lead characters, and this fabulous little chick is an absolute charmer when it comes to adventure and...
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Book List: Twins and Multiples in Picture Books
rs sat 16 March 2016
Book List: Twins and multiples in picture books Twins, triplets, or more can be a surprise. They also bring something unique to their famili...
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Review: Amazing Animal Journeys
rs sat 13 March 2016
It's so lovely to see 'information' books done so beautifully, with stunning illustration and detailed yet thoroughly accessible...
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Review: Chip
rs sat 13 March 2016
Chip is absolutely crazy for fish and chips (who isn't??). The fish part is often missing, but plenty of chip scraps can often be found....
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Review: Hattie Helps Out
rs sat 12 March 2016
It's Dad's birthday and Hattie is helping her mother to get everything ready for the party that night. There's a huge amount to ...
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Review: Maisy Goes by Plane
rs sat 12 March 2016
Maisy is off to visit her friend, Ella, who lives so far away that Maisy must go by plane. This book is a wonderful resource to introduce yo...
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Review: Why Dogs Have Wet Noses
rs sat 10 March 2016
Noah is packing the ark with his two-by-two animals. The rain is about to come down and the very last animal on board is a dog with a soft b...
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Review: My Stencil Kit
rs sat 10 March 2016
Herve Tullet fans will be delighted with this latest offering--a large format book and stencil kit that will have kids cooking up their very...
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Review: The Fox and the Star
rs sat 08 March 2016
Fox lives deep in a beautiful forest. The forest is so deep and the trees so tall, he is afraid to stray far from his home. His only view to...
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Normal Norman Blog Tour: Tara Lazar - Girls Can Do Anything
rs sat 08 March 2016
Girls can do anything. This is something I just didn’t realize as a child. No one bothered to tell me that I was responsible for my own path...
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Review: My Sister is a Superhero
rs sat 07 March 2016
Damon Young and Peter Carnavas are slowly but surely creating the perfect picture book family! First, we had My Nanna is a Ninja , then cam...
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Review: Megalopolis and the Visitor from Outer Space
rs sat 05 March 2016
Have you ever read a vertical story? At first I wasn't too sure about this 3 metre-long concertina style book that opens by dropping to ...
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Review: Clarrie's Pig Day Out
Jen Storer’s first picture book is a cracker. It is clever and funny. Her use of spoonerisms and word play, together with the most lovable b...
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Review: The Day the Crayons Came Home
rs sat 04 March 2016
Duncan and his crayons return in a hilarious sequel to Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers’s best selling The Day the Crayons Quit . Duncan and ...
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Review: The Pencil
rs sat 03 March 2016
When a little girl finds a piece of string on the ground, we assume something will be tied to its end. Not so. As the pages scoot by, the pi...
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Review: New Year Surprise!
rs sat 03 March 2016
Little Brother is impatient to be part of the preparations for the Spring Festival. He has been told that he has a very special responsibili...
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Review: Little Red Riding Hood - A Masked Fairytale
rs sat 02 March 2016
This is the story of Little Red Riding Hood, but not as you know it! This version of the classic fairy tale features a Red Riding Hood who i...
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Review: Do You Remember?
Do you remember how much we loved each other? The times we would spend all day in the fields? You’d tell me stories and we would laugh for h...
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Review: Mummy and Mumma Get Married
rs sat 29 February 2016
When Phoebe’s favourite football player gets married, she starts to think about all the people she knows who have been married recently. She...
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Review: Something Wonderful
rs sat 27 February 2016
Sam is a curious, tactile child who exemplifies what it is to be a child--carefree, at one with nature, free from responsibility. He loves t...
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