Brock the Croc (Adrian Beck, illus Dean Rankine, Larrikin House)
Younger readers
Released June 2024, reviewed by Erin Wamala.
Brock the Croc is a humorous early chapter book for kids aged 7+ who have recently become comfortable with independent...
Blossom: Practical and creative ways to find wonder in the floral world (Adriana Picker, Hardie Grant Books)
Nonfiction
Released June 2024, reviewed by Becca Whitehead .
Blossom goes beyond merely showcasing the beauty of flowers, offering wonderful and practical ideas for using flowers through the seasons....
Freddie Spector, Fact Collector: Space Cadet (Ashleigh Barton, illus Peter Cheong, Lothian)
Younger readers
Released July 2024, reviewed by Charlotte Callander .
Freddie Spector, Fact Collector: Space Cadet is the first instalment in this funny, fact-filled junior fiction series, ideal for ages 7...
Everything Is Water (Simon Cleary, UQP)
Nonfiction
Released June 2024, reviewed by Jemma Morrison.
Like the river at its heart, Everything Is Water takes readers on a meandering journey full of unexpected delights, surprises and...
Father of the Lost Boys: The Mecak Ajang Alaak story (Yuot A Alaak, Fremantle)
Young adult
Released June 2024, reviewed by Vuma Phiri.
In Father of the Lost Boys, former child refugee Yuot A Alaak immortalises the hero who rescued 20,000 boys from the...
Liar’s Test (Ambelin Kwaymullina, Text)
Young adult
Released June 2024, reviewed by Charlotte Callander.
The latest YA novel from Palyku author Ambelin Kwaymullina is a high-action, thematically rich fantasy with a gutsy, intuitive protagonist...
The Skeleton House (Katherine Allum, Fremantle)
Fiction
Released June 2024, reviewed by Annika Tague.
The Skeleton House is a powerful and riveting literary debut, delving into themes of motherhood, coercive control, and life within...
Hide & Seek Beautiful (Nicki Esler Gill, illus Jedda Robaard, Scholastic)
Children’s picture book
Released June 2024, reviewed by Anthea Yang.
Hide & Seek Beautiful by Nicki Esler Gill explores a tender and heart-warming story of friendship and the little things...
Things I Need You to Know (Mark Lamprell, Text)
Fiction
Released June 2024, reviewed by Sonia Nair.
Birdie’s world is torn asunder when Ned, her husband and the father of their five daughters, dies unceremoniously of stomach...
The Real Cowgirl (Isabelle Duff, illus Susannah Crispe, EK Books)
Children’s picture book
Released June 2024, reviewed by Anica Boulanger-Mashberg.
The Real Cowgirl tells the story of young Sal, who wants to be a ‘real’ cowgirl, ‘with boots and a...
Fragile Creatures (Khin Myint, Black Inc.)
Nonfiction
Released June 2024, reviewed by Michelle Atkins.
Debut author Khin Myin’s Fragile Creatures is a remarkable memoir in many ways. Myin’s writing is gracious and honest; at its core,...
The Very Polite Knight (Ian Smith, Affirm)
Children’s picture book
Released June 2024, reviewed by Anthea Yang.
Finn is not like other knights in the kingdom. While Boris, Ethel and Walter are busy with scaring, fighting and...
Looking for Eden (Caroline Overington, HarperCollins)
Fiction
Released June 2024, reviewed by Annie Waters.
The latest offering from award-winning journalist and bestselling author Caroline Overington is a lopsided thriller. The novel opens as finance...
Detective Beans and the Case of the Missing Hat (Li Chen, Penguin)
Graphic novel
Released June 2024, reviewed by Emma Pei Yin .
From the creator of the beloved ExtraOrdinary Comics, Detective Beans and the Case of the Missing Hat is the debut graphic...
Queen of Dogs (Joe Weatherstone, Walker)
Younger readers
Released June 2024, reviewed by Clare Millar.
Eleven-year-old Maddy feels like she doesn’t fit in at school or at home with her sporty family. She’d rather be...
Good Hair (Yvonne Sewankambo, illus Freda Chiu, Walker)
Children’s picture book
Released June 2024, reviewed by Anneliese Gates.
Good Hair is a sweet picture book all about celebrating diversity—through hair. When Birungi is reluctant to go to school...
My Father’s Suitcase (Mary Garden, Justitia Books)
Nonfiction
Released June 2024, reviewed by Eman Mourad.
Mary Garden’s My Father’s Suitcase, with its no-holds-barred tone, embodies the Anne Lamott epigraph, ‘If people wanted you to write...
Shadows of Winter Robins (Louise Wolhuter, Ultimo)
Fiction
Released June 2024, reviewed by Joanne Shiells .
Louise Wolhuter’s second novel, Shadows of Winter Robins, is cinematic and engrossing from the get-go, spiked with suspense and twists...
The Little Clothes (Deborah Callaghan, Viking)
Fiction
Released June 2024, reviewed by Megan Koch.
At 38 years old, Sydney lawyer Audrey—single, childless, unseen and undervalued—is the protagonist of Deborah Callaghan’s debut novel, The Little...
Lights Out, Little Dragon (Debra Tidball, illus Rae Tan, HarperCollins)
Children’s picture book
Released June 2024, reviewed by Angela Meyer .
Lights Out, Little Dragon is an interactive bedtime book for toddlers aged 3+ and their caregivers, with a cute and...
