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Children's and YA book reviews and interviews

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Pea Pod Lullaby
Glenda Millard, illus by Stephen Michael King, A&U, September 2017, reviewed by Margaret Hamilton

I had read this text before, when it was included as a double-page spread in The Hush Treasure Book anthology, also illustrated by King. I... Read more
 
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Interview

 

Off-course navigation: Claire Christian on ‘Beautiful Mess’

Claire Christian’s 2016 Text Prize winner Beautiful Mess (Text, September) is about two misfits who help each other through the raw pain of adolescence. Reviewer... Read more
 

Picture books

 

Bertha and Bear
Christine Sharp, UQP, September 2017, reviewed by Anica Boulanger-Mashberg x

 
 

Once Upon a Small Rhinoceros
Meg McKinlay, illus by Leila Rudge, Walker Books, September 2017, reviewed by Suzanne Garcia x

 
 

Ponk!
Edwina Wyatt, illus by Christopher Nielsen, Little Hare, September 2017, reviewed by Mike Shuttleworth x

 
 

The Scared Book
Debra Tidball, illus by Kim Siew, Lothian, September 2017, reviewed by Thuy On x

 

Younger readers

 

Bring it On!: Play Like a Girl Book One
Jo Stanley, Five Mile, September 2017, reviewed by Eadie Allen x

 
 

The Missing Ace: The Mysterious World of Cosentino Book One
Cosentino & Jack Heath, illus by James Hart, Scholastic, September 2017, reviewed by Dani Solomon x

 
 

Mr Bambuckle's Remarkables
Tim Harris, illus by James Hart, Random House, September 2017, reviewed by Holly Harper x

 
 

Opposite Land
Charlotte Rose Hamlyn, Random House, September 2017, reviewed by Kate McDonnell x

 

Young adult

 

Beautiful Mess
Claire Christian, Text, September 2017, reviewed by Angela Crocombe x

 
 

A Semi-definitive List of Worst Nightmares
Krystal Sutherland, Penguin, September 2017, reviewed by Tamsien West x

 
 

Take Three Girls
Cath Crowley, Simmone Howell & Fiona Wood, Pan, September 2017, reviewed by Bec Kavanagh x

 

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