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Danny Blue's Really Excellent Dream
Max Landrak, Lothian, October 2017, reviewed by Anica Boulanger-Mashberg

Max Landrak’s first children’s book is a delight. A fanciful tale of a boy who unexpectedly dreams of ‘not-blue’ in a world that consists only... Read more
 
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Picture books

 

Drawn Onward
Meg McKinlay, illus by Andrew Frazer, Fremantle Press, October 2017, reviewed by Bronte Coates x

 
 

Koalas Eat Gum Leaves
Laura and Philip Bunting, Scholastic, October 2017, reviewed by Thuy On x

 
 

The Lion in Our Living Room
Emma Middleton, illus by Briony Stewart, Affirm, October 2017, reviewed by Thuy On x

 
 

Papa Sky
Jane Jolly, illus by Sally Heinrich, MidnightSun, October 2017, reviewed by Maria Alessandrino x

 
 

Tintinnabula
Margo Lanagan, illus by Rovina Cai, Little Hare, October 2017, reviewed by Maria Alessandrino x

 
 

When I Grow Up
Tim Minchin, illus by Steve Antony, Scholastic, October 2017, reviewed by Romi Sharp x

 

Younger readers

 

The Amulet of Athlone: The Chronicles of Jack McCool Book One
R E Devine, Bauer Media, October 2017, reviewed by Heath Graham x

 
 

Dungzilla
James Foley, Fremantle Press, September 2017, reviewed by Holly Harper x

 
 

Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow Book One
Jessica Townsend, Lothian, October 2017, reviewed by Jackie Tang x

 
 

The Sorry Tale of Fox and Bear
Margrete Lamond & Heather Vallance, Dirt Lane Press, August 2017, reviewed by Tehani Croft x

 
 

Tales from a Tall Forest
Shaun Micallef, illus by Jonathan Bentley, Hardie Grant Egmont, October 2017, reviewed by Anica Boulanger Mashberg x

 

Young adult

 

Untidy Towns
Kate O'Donnell, UQP, October 2017, reviewed by Carody Culver x

 

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Interview

 

Something wundrous: Jessica Townsend on ‘Nevermoor’

Queensland author Jessica Townsend’s debut Nevermoor (Hachette, October) is a middle-grade fantasy about a cursed 11-year-old girl ‘that will hook readers aged 10 and up... Read more
 

 

Fresh take: Margrete Lamond on ‘The Sorry Tale of Fox and Bear’ x

The Sorry Tale of Fox and Bear (Margrete Lamond, illus by Heather Vallance, August) is the first title from newly launched small publisher Dirt Lane... Read more
 

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