The Very Noisy Baby
written and illustrated by Alison Lester The Very Noisy Baby is a sweet early childhood picture book about a baby who mimics animals sounds. One by one people are drawn…
Mopoke
written and illustrated by Philip Bunting This is an attractive picture book with stylised illustrations reminiscent of Jon Klassen and plenty of humour. The book is set out with the…
Scarface Claw, Hold Tight!
by Lynley Dodd As an author honoured for her contribution to children’s literature, expectations for Dame Lynley Dodd’s long awaited next instalment were naturally high. Scarface Claw, Hold Tight! does…
Mummy Fairy and Me
by Sophie Kinsella Puffin February 2018 176 pages paperback $11.75 ISBN 9780141377896 Reviewed by Zoe Collins Mummy Fairy and Me is narrated by a young girl called Ella: a fairy-in-waiting and the daughter…
Diary of a Wimpy Kid #12 The Getaway
by Jeff Kinney Penguin 2017 224 pages paperback $14.99 ISBN 9780143782797 Reviewed by Lucy McGinley Since there are already twelve books in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series it…
The World’s Worst Pirate
by Michelle Worthington illustrated by Katrin Dreiling Little Pink Dog Books 2017 32 pp hardback $24.95 ISBN 978-0-9946269-1- Reviewed by Maria Parenti-Bradley When The World’s Worst Pirate bobbed on my horizon, I…
‘Stories Make Us’ Calendar from Children’s Laureate Morris Gleitzman
Morris says: Stories are one of the reasons I’m so excited. Each laureate gets to choose their own patch of territory on the reading landscape, and stories are my patch.…
Inky Awards longlist announced
The longlist of 10 Australian and 10 international YA titles was selected by a panel of past Inky Awards judges, the Dog’s Advisory Board and Inside a Dog alumni, all…
The Grand Genius Summer of Henry Hoobler
By Lisa Shanahan Allen & Unwin 2017 216 pp paperback $14.99 ISBN: 9781760293017 Reviewed by Zewlan Moor As summer comes to an end, I’d like to draw your attention to…
Little Witch #1 Secrets and Spells
by Aleesah Darlison Big Sky Publishing 2017 176 pages Paperback $14.99 ISBN: 9781925520101 Reviewed by Charlotte Barkla Aleesah Darlison is an award-winning Queensland author of picture books, chapter books and…
P is for Pearl
by Eliza Henry-Jones Harper Collins AU 304 pp Paperback $19.99 ISBN 10: 146075493X Age from 14 years Published 19 February 2018 The opening of “P is for Pearl” grabbed me immediately.…
Story Links launches on the 1st of March
It will be official soon. On the 1st of March, surrounded by the Queensland glitterati of children’s literature at Romancing the Stars, Story Links, the Children’s Book Review site will…
The Fox and the Star
written and illustrated by Coralie Bickford-Smith Particular Books/Penguin Australia 64 pp paperback $19.99 hardback $35.00 ISBN 978-1-846-14850-7 The Fox and the Star is an outstanding book, to be enjoyed by…
Reading Lists
Reading Resources for parents and teachers Lists of recommended reading are arranged alphabetically under headings for you to browse or look for books on particular topics. New! The 2024 CBCA…
Sage Cookson’s Singapore Sensation #4 Sage Cookson
written by Sally Murphy illustrated by Celeste Hulme New Frontier Publishing 2017 paperback $9.99 ISBN 9781925059560 Singapore Sensation is book four in the Sage Cookson series. Sage Cookson is the…
Harry Kruize, Born to Lose
by Paul Collins Ford Street Publishing 2017 224 pp paperback $17.95 ISBN 9781925272628 This is the story of a teenage boy’s struggle with a school bully and explores the importance…
All of us Together
by Bill Condon About Kids Books 2017 paperback 160 pp $14.99 ISBN 9780994642806 If you fancy a visit to 1930s Australia, Bill Condon’s junior fiction novel All of Us Together…
A Galaxy of Her Own: Amazing Stories of Women in Space
by Libby Jackson illustrated by students of the London College of Communication Century/Penguin Books Australia 2017 144 pp hardback $32.99 ISBN 9781780898360 Written by British author and Aerospace scientist Libby…
Undercover Princess (The Rosewood Chronicles)
by Connie Glynn Puffin/Penguin 2017 288 pp pb $22.99 ISBN 9780141387567 A princess and a girl who would like to be royalty swap identities when they enter the elite Rosewood school.…
The Lion in Our Living Room
by Emma Middleton illustrated by Briony Stewart Affirm Press 2017 32 pp hardback $21.99 ISBN 9781925584226 This is the story of two children, a boy and a girl, and their…
Parmesan the Reluctant Racehorse
by Jacqui Halpin illustrated by John Phillips Little Pink Dog Books 2017 32 pp hardback $21.66 ISBN 9780994626929 This picture book for young children is about Parmesan the reluctant racehorse…
The Book of Dust: Volume One – La Belle Sauvage
by Philip Pullman David Fickling Books 2017 paperback 448 pp $32.99 ISBN 9780857561084 If, like me, you’ve ever logged on to J.K. Rowling’s Pottermore site to check out what animal…
Review Policy
Submission Guidelines We review books published in the last six months prior to submission for review. Books submitted for review will not be returned and may be kept by reviewers…
The Amazing Monster DetectoScope
written and illustrated by Graeme Base Viking/Penguin 2017 28 pp hardback $29.99 ISBN 9780670079308 This is another quality picture book by Graeme Base and a great addition to his other…
This Mortal Coil
by Emily Suvada Puffin Books 2017 paperback $17.99 464 pp ISBN 9780141379272 In this debut novel scientist Emily Suvada has created a dystopian science fiction piece aimed at the Young…
Our Reviewers
Our Reviewers Charlotte Barkla is a Brisbane-based writer who worked as a civil engineer and physics teacher before rediscovering her love for children’s literature. She now writes picture books, middle-grade…
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Story Links is a children’s book review site which was established through Write Links and is supported by Book Links. Story Links reviews children’s literature for 0 to 100 year olds,…
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