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Psynode
Marlee Jane Ward, Seizure, May 2017, reviewed by Bec Kavanagh

Marlee Jane Ward impressed with her YA debut Welcome to Orphancorp in 2015, winning Seizure’s Viva La Novella Prize as well as the YA category... Read more
 
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Archie and the Bear
Zanni Louise, illus by David Mackintosh, Little Hare, May 2017, reviewed by Amy Nicholls-Diver x

 
 

Boy
Phil Cummings, illus by Shane Devries, Scholastic, May 2017, reviewed by Thuy On x

 
 

Do Not Lick This Book
Idan Ben-Barak, illus by Julian Frost, A&U, May 2017, reviewed by Anica Boulanger Mashberg x

 
 

Great Goal! Marvellous Mark!
Katrina Germein, illus by Janine Dawson, Ford Street, June 2017, reviewed by Amy Nicholls-Diver x

 
 

The Great Zoo Hullabaloo!
Mark Carthew, illus Anil Tortop, New Frontier, May 2017, reviewed by Anica Boulanger-Mashberg x

 
 

Heads and Tails
John Canty, Berbay Publishing, May 2017, reviewed by Anica Boulanger-Mashberg x

 
 

Nanna's Button Tin
Dianne Wolfer, illus by Heather Potter, Walker Books, June 2017, reviewed by Margaret Hamilton x

 
 

Ollie's Treasure
Lynn Jenkins, illus by Kirrili Lonergan, EK Books, June 2017, reviewed by Thuy On x

 
 

Ready, Steady, Hatch
Ben Long, illus by David Cornish, Ford Street , May 2017, reviewed by Suzanne Garcia x

 
 

Storm Whale
Sarah Brennan, illus by Jane Tanner, A&U, June 2017, reviewed by Anica Boulanger Mashberg x

 

Younger readers »

 

A Cardboard Palace
Allayne L Webster, MidnightSun, June 2017, reviewed by Fay Helfenbaum x

 
 

To the Lighthouse
Cristy Burne, Fremantle Press, June 2017, reviewed by Heath Graham x

 

Young adult »

 

Begin, End, Begin: A #LoveOzYA Anthology
ed by Danielle Binks, HarperCollins, May 2017, reviewed by Bec Kavanagh x

 
 

Finding Nevo
Nevo Zisin, Black Dog Books, May 2017, reviewed by Carody Culver x

 
 

Living on Hope Street
Demet Divaroren, A&U, June 2017, reviewed by Katie Haydon x

 

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Get cultured: Idan Ben-Barak and Julian Frost on ‘Do Not Lick This Book’ x

Writer Idan Ben-Barak and illustrator Julian Frost’s guide to microbes is a ‘fun, beautifully designed and repulsive [picture] book’ that will have kids ‘[delighting] in... Read more
 

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