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How to Sail to Somewhere by Ashleigh Barton is tale full of mystery & heart. Before Bea’s uncle Byron disappeared, he left her a book & a map of the mysterious island of Somewhere. Are the book & disappearance linked? A beautiful story of friendship, family, grief, love & legacy

Sunrise on the Reaping is the latest in the Hunger Games series, set between Songbirds & Snakes and the original trilogy. It doesn’t pack quite the punch of the original but still has plenty of page-turning appeal & fans will love revisiting characters from previous instalments.

Revenge of the Toxic Space Potato by Firstdog Onthemoon is the hilarious story of a villainous potato who wants to steal Earth’s water & take it to Mars. It's up to the Enviroteens to stop him! A super fun graphic novel for older middle grade readers. Full review on our website.

Grandmother from the East Grandmother from the West by Jacinta Liu & Freda Chiu is a gorgeously presented book about embracing the different cultures found within a family. With an uplifting feel and illos full of charm & whimsy, it’s a beautiful book for families to share.

Silverborn - the 4th Nevermoor book by Jessica Townsend - is here & it’s a cracker! Morrigan plays Watson to Cadence Blackburn’s fabulous Sherlock, while also growing in the Wundrous arts, spending more time with the intriguing Ezra Squall & learning more about her own backstory.

Catch up with an excellent interview with author Jessica Townsend in 'Good Reading' magazine May 2025 goodreadingmagazine.com.au/article/jessic…

My Mum is a Bird by Angie Cui 崔彦婷 & Evie Barrow highlights mums who don't fit the mould. With the mum depicted as a literal bird via Barrow's vibrant hand-drawn illustrations, this is an fun & quirky metaphorical tale. A great 'mum book' choice for something a bit different!

Totally agree - so quirky couldn't stop smiling and at the end - great idea and illustrations are superb!

A new Anna McGregor creation is always exciting, and this time, it's a beautiful board book! Fly, Mama, Fly! features a flying fox mum and her pup and their nocturnal journey from sunset to a new day. Told in gentle rhyme, it's a perfect bed time read celebrating family bonds.

In Bravepaw & the Clawstone of Rotwood Mire by Lili Wilkinson with Lavanya Naidu, Wilkinson gives readers another fast-paced adventure filled with brave characters who, no matter how small, stand together to defeat evil. Full review by Georgina Gye on our website.

Check out the awesome shortlist for this year’s REAL Children’s Choice Book Awards! We love seeing our own Nat Amoore 🤪 here in such awesome company! Happy voting kids!

Volcano by Claire Saxby & Jess Racklyeft is a fascinating book on the growth of an undersea volcano & the life it supports. Engaging, informative & stunningly illustrated, it’s everything great nonfiction should be & merits a place in school libraries & on home bookshelves alike.

Sherryl Clark hits it out of the park yet again with poignant verse novel The Only Branch On The Family Tree. When Gemma gets a class project to create a family tree & learns that her Nan is not, in fact, dead, her life with her mum ‘just the two of them’ is thrown into turmoil.

In Jungle Escape by Nathan Luff, four kids are sent to a holiday resort spa in North Queensland. The kids are horrified to discover how dilapidated the resort is - and that they've actually been sent there to fix it! Full review of this super fun middle grade on our website!

Once upon a time, 2 groups were hurling insults (& snowballs) at each other across a void. Sound familiar? You’re on X, of course it does. Bigfoot vs Yeti: A Love Story by James Foley is a 21st century fable told with heart & humour & illustrated in striking digital lino-print

What could be funnier / grosser than a ten-tonne dung beetle rolling a giant ball of sewage down a highway? A ten-tonne dung beetle IN FULL COLOUR of course. Yes, James Foley’s hilarious graphic novel Dungzilla is now in glorious technicolour thanks to colouring by Paulina Gamez!

A super exciting new release is here: the first picture book by our very own Nat Amoore 🤪 ! With warm & adorable illustrations by Nathaniel Ekstrom, I Don't Need a Little Brother is packed with humour & heart. You may not *need* a little brother, but you need this book about one!

Who doesn’t love a music camp story? Music Camp by @pennytangey is a funny, thought-provoking upper middle-grade novel that will give music lovers the highs & lows that a five day music camp has to offer, plus a duel POV that will have readers on both sides of this musical drama.

A stunning picture book from the incredibly talented duo of Sofie Laguna & Jess Racklyeft, introducing ‘The Last Egg’. When an extra egg appears in their nest, Mother & Father Bird risk their lives to keep it warm until it hatches & are rewarded with a most unexpected surprise.