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Feature review

 

The Tiny Star
Mem Fox, illus by Freya Blackwood, Puffin, October 2019, reviewed by Margaret Hamilton x

Individually, a new book by either Mem Fox or Freya Blackwood, both award-winners and bestselling children’s book creators, would be welcomed by their readers. This... Read more
 
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Picture books

 

My Folks Grew Up in the ’80s
Robin Feiner, illus by Beck Feiner, ABC Books, October 2019, reviewed by Thuy On x

 
 

Windcatcher
Diane Jackson Hill, illus by Craig Smith, CSIRO Publishing, October 2019, reviewed by Thuy On x

 

Younger readers

 

The Lost Stone of SkyCity
H M Waugh, Fremantle Press, October 2019, reviewed by Catherine Moller x

 

Young adult

 

Ghost Bird
Lisa Fuller, UQP, October 2019, reviewed by Karen Wyld x

 
 

Invisible Boys
Holden Sheppard, Fremantle Press, October 2019, reviewed by Tehani Croft x

 

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Interview

 

Scaling new heights: H M Waugh on ‘The Lost Stone of SkyCity’ x

H M Waugh’s middle-grade fantasy The Lost Stone of SkyCity (Fremantle Press, October) is set in the mountainous worlds of the Dirt and the Ice.... Read more
 

Top stories

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CBCA Awards 2019 winners announced

Moloney wins 2019 CBCA Nan Chauncy Award

UQP appoints Hume as commissioning editor for children’s and YA x

Environment Award for Children’s Literature 2019 shortlist announced

Twelfth Planet Press launches ‘inclusive’ new imprint for pre-teens

Affirm appoints Bell kids commissioning editor, Whelan editor x

‘The Bomb’ named book of the year at 2019 NZ Book Awards for Children and YA

Noni, Black win 2019 Inky Awards

‘My Pet Star’ named Sainsbury’s Children’s Book of the Year 2019

Hardie Grant Egmont sells ‘Welcome to Your Period’ to four territories x

 

 

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