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squishy taylor 

Squishy Taylor and the Bonus Sisters: Squishy Taylor Book One
Ailsa Wild, illus by Ben Wood, Hardie Grant Egmont, February 2016, reviewed by Angela Crocombe x

The first book in this new series by Ailsa Wood throws you straight into the action, when Squishy (real name Sita) discovers a boy hiding... Read more
 

Picture books

archie: no ordinary sloth 

Archie: No Ordinary Sloth
Heath McKenzie, Five Mile Press, March 2016, reviewed by Thuy On x

 
dance bilby dance 

Dance, Bilby, Dance
Tricia Oktober, Ford Street, March 2016, reviewed by Romi Sharp x

 
something wonderful 

Something Wonderful
Raewyn Caisley & Karen Blair, Viking, March 2016, reviewed by Suzanne Garcia  x

 

Younger readers

magrit 

Magrit
Lee Battersby, Walker Books, March 2016, reviewed by Tehani Wessely x

 
William Bligh berbay 

William Bligh: A Stormy Story of Tempestuous Times
Michael Sedunary, illus by Bern Emmerichs, Berbay, February 2016, reviewed by Louise Pfanner x

 

Young adult

bro 

Bro
Helen Chebatte, Hardie Grant Egmont, February 2016, reviewed by Bec Kavanagh x

 
the way we roll 

The Way We Roll
Scot Gardner, A&U, March 2016, reviewed by Heath Graham x

 
yearbook committee 

The Yearbook Committee
Sarah Ayoub, HarperCollins, March 2016, reviewed by Jarrah Moore x

 
yellow 

Yellow
Megan Jacobson, Penguin, February 2016, reviewed by Susan La Marca x

 

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Feature

Lee Battersby

 

Spiral of absurdity: Lee Battersby on ‘Magrit’ x

Lee Battersby’s first book for children is set in an abandoned cemetery and has ‘echoes of Neil Gaiman’s Coraline and The Graveyard Book’. Reviewer Tehani... Read more
 

On tour

Lucy Cousins

 

On tour: Lucy Cousins

English writer and illustrator Lucy Cousins is the creator of the ‘Maisy’ books. She will be travelling to the Perth Writers Festival and Adelaide Writers’... Read more
 

Katherine Rundell

 

On tour: Katherine Rundell

Katherine Rundell is the author of children’s books The Wolf Wilder (Bloomsbury) and Rooftoppers (Faber). She will be appearing at the Perth Writers Festival in... Read more
 

Top stories

Most popular children's/YA stories from Books+Publishing in the past month

Sydney bookstore specialising in YA to open this month x

Edwards to self-publish children’s book ‘Hijabi Girl’ x

Children’s book ‘The Lie Tree’ wins Costa Book of the Year

New YA festival to fund author visits to schools, libraries

New YA festival to fund author visits to schools, libraries x

The trouble with YA in translation x

 

 

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