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Thursday, 27 August 2015

The Golden Specific (Mapmakers Book 2) by S.E.Grove

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  Currently the children's shelves at bookshops are crowded with easy reads, straightforward linear fictions with near stock charact...
Tuesday, 18 August 2015

Clariel (prequel to The Old Kingdom trilogy) by Garth Nix

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Having discussed the importance of Australian children's writers in my last post, I realise that I have not yet actually written up...
Thursday, 6 August 2015

Song for a Scarlet Runner by Julie Hunt

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Despite Australia having such a strong tradition of quality writing for children, comparatively few books by their wonderful authors seem ...
Wednesday, 29 July 2015

Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty

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  This book seems to belong only on the margin of what might be termed fantasy. However it is such a beautifully written book with so man...
Monday, 27 July 2015

Circles of Stone (The Mirror Chronicles #2) by Ian Johnstone

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Although we know that he drew on many traditions and narrative precedents, Tolkein essentially provided the benchmark for the epic fan...
Friday, 3 July 2015

Circus Mirandus by Cassie Beasley

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  I was lucky enough to master reading early and amongst the first longer books I read for myself, at around age five, were those abo...
Sunday, 28 June 2015

Half Bad and Half Wild by Sally Green

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  This book really does not need my recommendation, showered as it has been with accolades and award nominations. It has sold and conti...