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Children's and YA book reviews and interviews
 

The Adventures of Catvinkle
Elliot Perlman, Puffin, October 2018, reviewed by Hannah Cartmel

It’s hard to imagine that a book for children by two-time Miles Franklin-shortlisted author Elliot Perlman would be anything less than wonderful. Perlman was apparently... Read more
 
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Elliot Perlman’s The Adventures of Catvinkle is ‘a charming and whimsical tale’ writes reviewer Hannah Cartmel. The book follows a friendship between a pampered Amsterdam... Read more
 
 

Monster Party
Children of Rawa Community School, with Jane Godwin and Alison Lester, illus by Children of Rawa Community School, Magabala, October 2018, reviewed by Michael Earp
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Alison Lester and Jane Godwin have proven yet again that collaborating with children can help realise joyous storytelling and delightful illustrations. Monster Party is a picture book made with the... Read more
 
 

Scapegoat
Ava Keyes, illus by Aleksandra Schmidt, Little Steps, October 2018, reviewed by Michael Earp
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There are plenty of picture books in the market that deal with bullying, but very few address the subject of being bullied at home, as Scapegoat does. Author Ava Keyes... Read more
 
 

Under the Southern Cross
Frané Lessac, Walker Books, October 2018, reviewed by Thuy On
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There have been many picture books about the sights of Australia but not many have touched upon its night-time attractions. Frané Lessac corrects this oversight in her gorgeously illustrated new... Read more
 
 

Wide Big World
Maxine Beneba Clarke, illus by Isobel Knowles, Lothian, October 2018, reviewed by Louise Pfanner

Wide Big World is a cheerful and direct celebration of difference that uses the natural wonders of the world to highlight the diversity of experiences around us. Written mainly as... Read more
 
 

Everything I’ve Never Said
Samantha Wheeler, UQP, September 2018, reviewed by MH Alessandrino
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Everything I’ve Never Said is a middle-grade novel that gently explores disability in young people and how it impacts families. Ava has Rett Syndrome and has spent 11 years of... Read more
 
 

Girl Running, Boy Falling
Kate Gordon, Rhiza Edge, October 2018, reviewed by Katie Haydon

Kate Gordon’s Girl Running, Boy Falling deals subtly and sensitively with teen suicide, which is no mean feat. It is heartening to know that it is gradually becoming less of... Read more
 
 

The Girl Who Fell
Violet Grace, Nero, September 2018, reviewed by Lian Hingee

Written by husband-and-wife team Kasey Edwards and Christopher Scanlon, The Girl Who Fell is the first book in a new urban fantasy trilogy. Misfit, social outcast, and orphan with a mysterious... Read more
 
 

What the Woods Keep
Katya de Becerra, A&U Children's, October 2018, reviewed by
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Hayden Holland is different from most other teenagers. Her mother disappeared in weird circumstances, and her father moved them to the city, away from the small Colorado town of Promise... Read more
 

 

 

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