Before We Met
By Gabrielle Tozer & Sophie Beer Reviewed by Margarite Igras Gabrielle is an award-winning author, and freelance writer based in New South Wales. She has written YA books including Remind me How This Ends which was on the CBCA 2018 Notable List,
Ethel the Penguin
By Ursula Dubosarsky Illustrated by Christopher Nielsen Reviewed by Meg Rowe You are in safe hands with acclaimed Australian author Ursula Dubosarsky - with over sixty books published for children and young adults, including best-sellers, The Terrible Plop, Brindabella and Too Many
The Welcome Cookies
By Kaye Baillie & Kirrili Lonergan Reviewed by Margarite Igras Award winning children’s author Kaye Baillie is known in Australia and internationally for both her fiction and non-fiction works. Titles such as When the Waterhole Dries Up, Mizuto and the Wind, Cockatoo,
Miimi and Buwaarr, Mother and Baby
By Melissa Greenwood Reviewed by Mia Macrossan Melissa Greenwood was born on her Gumbaynggirr jagun (homelands) in Coffs Harbour and raised between both Gumbaynggirr and Bundjalung nations. Her carefully crafted stories include Giinagaay Gaagal, Hello Ocean, My Little Barlaagany, Sunshine, and Miimi
These Little Feet
By Hayley Rawsthorne. Illustrated by Briony Stewart Reviewed by Helen Gearing ‘These little ears, so tender and dear. The songs they will love, the noises they’ll fear.’ As all book lovers know, there is a special, timeless magic to a good picture book
My Little Barlaagany (Sunshine)
By Melissa Greenwood Reviewed by Lara Cain Gray Author and artist Melissa Greenwood is a Gumbaynggirr woman, from the mid-north coast of NSW. She is a custodian of the language and culture of the region and is passionate about weaving the intricacies
Our Dragon
By Mem Fox & Linda Davick Reviewed by Mia Macrossan Mem Fox shot to fame with her instant classic Possum Magic way back in 1983. She has worked with many different illustrators such as Judy Horacek for Where is the Green Sheep?