Review: Ottilie Colter and the Master of Monsters

Ottilie Colter and the Master of Monsters by Rhiannon Williams is the book two in the middle grade fantasy series The Narroway Trilogy. »

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Review: Ottilie Colter and the Narroway Hunt by Rhiannon Williams

Ottilie Colter and the Narroway Hunt by Rhiannon Williams is the first book in middle grade fantasy series The Narroway Trilogy published by independent Australian publisher Hardie Grant. »

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Family Reads - April-September 2024

What our family has been reading most of the year, April through September »

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Review: Seven Wherewithal Way by Samatha-Ellen Bound

Seven Wherewithal Way by Samatha-Ellen Bound is the first book in a current middle-grade fantasy series published by independent Australian publisher Affirm Press. »

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Family Reads: January - March 2024

A few books our family has been reading over the first few months of the year. »

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Review: The Impossible Secret of Lillian Velvet by Jaclyn Moriarty

The Impossible Secret of Lillian Velvet is the fifth book in Jaclyn Moriarty’s marvellous children’s fantasy adventure series, Kingdoms & Empires. »

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Fantasy series to read instead of Throne of Glass

A few fantasy series to read instead of Throne of Glass »

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Australian Picture Books: Bronwyn Bancroft

If you’ve been reading my blog for a while you might remember when I kicked off a series on Australian picture books. I wrote a »

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Review: The Astonishing Chronicles of Oscar from Elsewhere by Jaclyn Moriarty

The Astonishing Chronicles of Oscar from Elsewhere is the Fourth book in Jaclyn Moriarty’s marvellous children’s fantasy adventure series, Kingdoms & Empires. »

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Review: Footprints on the Moon by Lorraine Marwood

Footprints on the Moon is a verse novel for late primary/early high school readers set in Australia in 1969. »

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