Tag: adventure

  • Zoe and Beans: Zoe’s Christmas List

    Zoe and Beans: Zoe’s Christmas List

    The illustrations are gorgeous, the story well developed … and Zoe and Beans? Just cute! My Book Corner really enjoyed Zoe and Beans: Zoe’s Christmas List, the latest creation from father and daughter team Mick (Wibbly Pig, Kipper) and Chloe Inkpen. Like many little girls Zoe has a very definite idea about what she wants for…

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  • Are We There Yet?

    Are We There Yet?

    This has given me itchy feet – there is nothing like Australia for travel, it’s a must do activity … over a long period of time … with the family …  just like Grace in Are We There Yet? Grace and her family hitch up their pop up camper trailer and head off, literally around Australia.  Alison Lester picks…

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  • The 26-Storey Treehouse

    The 26-Storey Treehouse

    The 26-Storey Treehouse reveals Andy and Terry’s story … ahem, in Andy and Terry style, of course! With trade mark wit, humour and silliness Andy pens a great tale. It begins with the son of two incredibly over protective parents who as a result insist he spend time in a padded room with a pair…

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  • Skulduggery Pleasant – Kingdom of the Wicked

    Skulduggery Pleasant – Kingdom of the Wicked

    Book 7 in Derek Landy’s incredibly popular series marks the beginning of a third trilogy. Books 1-3 dealt with the Faceless Ones trilogy, Books 4-6 were the Necromancer trilogy. Kingdom of the Wicked kick starts the Darquesse trilogy in a dynamic manner. Australia is incredibly lucky being able to enjoy this book a whole THIRTY-SIX…

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  • Dingo: The Dog Who Conquered A Continent

    Dingo: The Dog Who Conquered A Continent

    Dingo is a carefully considered narrative littered with gorgeous, keenly felt descriptions. Jackie French brings us an imaginative narrative based on her speculation of how the dingo first arrived on the Australian mainland many, many years ago. Dingo is Book Six in the Animal Stars Series. Jackie’s fictional account ensues when an older boy, almost…

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  • Crow Country

    Crow Country

    Kate Constable’s latest novel, Crow Country, encompasses time-slip adventures and Australian Indigenous history with the over riding theme of doing the right thing, and correcting mistakes. “A Crow’s breath, a story and a girl’s dream” Crow Country opens from the crow’s vision – he spies Sadie “a human girl-child” and notes the girl stalking along…

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  • Sophie Scott Goes South
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    Sophie Scott Goes South

    From Australia’s inaugural Children’s Laureate, Alison Lester, comes her latest picture book – Sophie Scott Goes South. This is a picture book aimed at older readers which is brimming with information presented in a fabulously exciting manner. It is sure to spark curiosity. Based on Alison’s own real life adventure to Antarctica, Sophie Scott Goes…

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  • The Tunnels of Tarcoola

    The Tunnels of Tarcoola

    Inspired by the tunnels that do actually exist beneath Balmain, The Tunnels of Tarcoola is a wholesome, page turning, spine-tingling adventure novel. With echoes of the brilliance of Enid Blyton’s Famous Five, minus the lashings of ginger beer and cucumber sandwiches, Jennifer Walsh has brought this genre bang up to date for a modern audience. Meet…

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  • Christian The Lion
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    Christian The Lion

    Christian The Lion is the remarkable true story of Australian friends Ace and John, who after arriving in London, took advantage of the fact that in 1969 you truly could buy absolutely anything at the iconic Harrods department store … a lion cub! Years later, their reunion with Christian and one year after Christian the lion…

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  • Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again

    Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again

    A sequel? Really? Oh yes, and by special request of the Fleming family. Yep, the family of Ian Fleming – author of the original – contacted Frank Cottrell Boyce to revive Chitty and bring it slap bang up to date … Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again is here, with plenty more in the series, (see…

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  • The Barrumbi Kids

    The Barrumbi Kids

    The Barrumbi Kids is a great quality chapter book from Australian author Leonie Norrington. Published in 2002, and with two more in the series, this one is still going strong and is a must for your book corner. Dale and Tomias have different backgrounds and share a love for their country. In an approach reminiscent…

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  • Kakadu Calling

    A wonderful collection of short stories, Kakadu Calling is ideal for those readers who are getting to grips with chapter books. Bunitj writer Jane Garlil Christophersen pens five engaging short stories about five different children. Follow Mardjibi as she takes a trip in a helicopter with her Dad to Darwin for the first time, and Sammy…

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  • Max

    Marc Martin’s picture books are true works of art. Picture book fanatics are going to adore pouring over Max, a touching story about friendship. Max is a rather elegant seagull. He lives by the seaside where he is known for being ‘a little bit cheeky, and a little bit mischievous. Max absolutely adores fish and…

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  • Digby’s Moon Mission

    Digby’s Moon Mission by Renee Price is about a young boy’s curiosity, his determination to solve his quandary and a rather amusing ending. Renee Price conveys Digby’s narrative in a mixture of prose and verse which controls the pace quite perfectly. Digby is rather concerned, ‘Why is the dark so dark?!’ A glance at the…

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  • Mr Miniscule and the Whale

    Any picture book that manages to squeeze in the word ‘nincompoop’ has my attention. Isn’t it such a great sounding word?! Mr Miniscule and the Whale is actually an old Polish children’s classic, brought to life so more of us can enjoy it … Mr Miniscule may be small (you get that from his name…

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