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Off to the Nursery (Alice Oehr, Scribble)
Released November 2024
Off to the Nursery is the latest from Alice Oehr, the award-winning creator of Off to the Market and Artichoke to Zucchini. With this new picture book, Oehr has focused on gardening and... Read more
Hazel’s Treehouse (Zanni Louise, illus by Judy Watson, Walker)
Released November 2024
Zanni Louise (Cora Seen and Heard) has written over 40 books for children, two of which have received CBCA commendations. Louise has teamed up with equally lauded illustrator Judy Watson... Read more
Amigo the Capybara (Amy Freund, illus Kooky Chooky, File Mile)
Released November 2024
In Amigo the Capybara, Amy Freund takes a simple story about making friends and compromising, and capitalises on the ‘quirk’ factor by using a capybara and a chinchilla as the... Read more
All the Beautiful Things (Katrina Nannestad, ABC Books)
Released November 2024
Approaching her fourth World War II novel, All the Beautiful Things, I feared Katrina Nannestad may have run out of stories to tell, but this book was as compelling and... Read more
Meerkat Mayhem (Mem Fox & Judy Horacek, Puffin)
Released November 2024
Mem Fox and Judy Horacek, the dream team behind the popular picture book Where Is the Green Sheep? (now celebrating its 20th anniversary), have a new collaboration that is also... Read more
Stepping Sideways (ed by Emily Larkin & Lynne Stringer, Rhiza Edge)
Released October 2024
An Irish water sprite takes on human form with dire consequences, young people without professional prospects are farmed out to sadistic circuses, and a clockwork pneumatic contraption becomes sentient. These... Read more
Tardigrades (Anne Morgan, illus Jennifer Falkner, CSIRO Publishing)
Released October 2024
Tardigrades: Nature’s toughest survivors is the latest nonfiction picture book from Anne Morgan, author of the CBCA Notable Book The Way of the Weedy Seadragon. Morgan showcases the remarkable microorganisms... Read more
A Lot of Silly (Joy Cowley, illus David Barrow, Gecko)
Released October 2024
A Lot of Silly is a collection of poems and short stories for young children by the prolific Aotearoa New Zealand writer Joy Cowley (Good Night, Good Beach), who has... Read more
The Mosaic (Deborah Kelly, illus Nicky Johnston, EK Books)
Released October 2024
In Deborah Kelly’s The Mosaic, Frankie struggles to come to terms with the changes in her family that started the day her mother’s favourite vase broke into pieces. Kelly (Little... Read more
George the Wizard (Tony Armstrong, illus Emma Sjaan Beukers, Lothian)
Released October 2024
Gamilaroi man, professional footballer, and radio and TV personality Tony Armstrong adds ‘children’s author’ to his CV with George the Wizard. It’s the first picture book in a new series... Read more
Game On (Prank Wars #1) (Louise Park & Mo Johnson, illus Jules Faber, Larrikin)
Released October 2024
If Game On is any indication, Louise Park and Mo Johnson’s new series, Prank Wars, will be a hit with middle-grade readers who are high in energy and imagination. It’s a... Read more
Stand Proud (Nicho Hynes with Marlee Silva, illus Blak Douglas, Puffin)
Released October 2024
Stand Proud is a picture book that shares one man's powerful story of self-discovery during childhood. Wiradjuri author and rugby league star Nicho Hynes tells his story with the help... Read more
Giinagay Juluum, Hello Mountains (Melissa Greenwood, ABC Books)
Released October 2024
Following the success of Miimi Marraal, Mother Earth, and Miimi and Buwaarr, Mother and Baby, the latest picture book by Melissa Greenwood (Giinagay Gaagal, Hello Ocean) is a vivid storytelling... Read more
My Dad’s Gone Away (Andrew Krakouer & Jacqueline Dinan, illus Paul Seden, Magabala)
Released October 2024
My Dad’s Gone Away by Minang (Nyoongar) and Inggarda (Yamatji) author Andrew Krakouer and former foster carer Jacqueline Dinan is a sensitive exploration of a family navigating the incarceration of... Read more
Dig Deep (Junkyard Fairies #1) (Edwina Wyatt, illus Lauren O’Hara, Walker)
Released October 2024
Deep in a quiet scrap heap on the edge of a forest live the junkyard fairies: Fur, Tip and Nug. Dig Deep is the first in the new Junkyard Fairies... Read more
Sabina and the Cats of Rome (Sophie Masson, illus Laura Wood, Christmas Press)
Released October 2024
Sabina and the Cats of Rome, a light fantasy chapter book for readers aged 6 to 9, packs adventure, action, mystery, love and fun into its pages. Sophie Masson (The... Read more
To Stir with Love (Kate Mildenhall, illus Jess Racklyeft, S&S)
Released October 2024
To Stir with Love by Kate Mildenhall (The Hummingbird Effect, The Mother Fault) and illustrator Jess Racklyeft (Tree, Australia: Country of Colour) is a beautiful picture book that’s sure to... Read more
The Audition (Stage Stars #1) (Penny McNamee, Scholastic)
Released September 2024
The Audition, the first book in actor Penny McNamee’s Stage Star series, introduces us to Millie Von Trapp, an enthusiastic but lonely Year 6 student whose immediate family are all... Read more
Zoom (Dannika Patterson, illus Ross Morgan, Ford St)
Released September 2024
Dannika Patterson’s Zoom is a touching story about a boy named Tom. After a bad day at school, Tom comes home upset and withdrawn. Although he initially shuts his mum... Read more
The Best Witch in Paris (Lauren Crozier, Text)
Released September 2024
Lauren Crozier won the 2023 Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing for her middle-grade novel The Best Witch in Paris. With a charm reminiscent of Jill Murphy’s Worst... Read more
