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Little Bookroom Lists > Kids' Reading Guide 20-21

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What We'll Build: Plans for Our Together Future (HB) by Oliver Jeffers

$24.99 AUD

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Category: New Picture Books

A spectacular new title from world-renowned artist Oliver Jeffers, creator of the million-copy selling, global phenomenon Here We Are! What shall we build, you and I? I'll build your future and you'll build mine. We'll build a watch to keep our time. A father and daughter set about laying the foundation s for their life together. Using their own special tools, they get to work; building memories to cherish, a home to keep them safe and love to keep them warm. From renowned, internationally bestselling picture-book creator and visual artist, Oliver Jeffers, comes this rare and enduring story about a parent's boundless love, life's endless opportunities and all we need to build a together future. ...Show more

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The F Team by Rawah Arja

$22.95 AUD

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Category: #LoveOzYA

Age range 14+ Meet Tariq Nader, leader of 'The Wolf Pack' at Punchbowl High, who has been commanded by the new principal to join a football competition with his mates in order to rehabilitate the public image of their school. When the team is formed, Tariq learns there's a major catch – half of the te am is made up of white boys from Cronulla, aka enemy territory – and he must compete with their strongest player for captaincy of the team. At school Tariq thinks he has life all figured out until he falls for a new girl called Jamila, who challenges everything he thought he knew. At home, his outspoken ways have brought him into conflict with his family. Now, with complications on all fronts, he has to dig deep to control his anger, and find what it takes to be a leader. In confronting and often hilarious situations, Tariq's relationships with his extended Lebanese family and his friends are tested like never before, and he comes to learn that his choices can have serious consequences. 'Rawah Arja has written one of the best Australian novels I have ever read…not just because the writing sparkles even as it packs a punch, but because this is the kind of novel that shows us what Australia really is.' — Randa Abdel-Fattah 'A great novel, funny and authentic and full of characters I loved.' — Melina Marchetta, author of Looking for Alibrandi, Saving Francesca and On the Jellicoe Road 'Rawah Arja is an astounding new talent whose work will speak to young people everywhere. The F Team is a fresh, surprising work that is set to become a young adult classic.' — Felicity Castagna, author of No More Boats 'In her debut YA novel, Rawah Arja expertly expresses the difficulty of transitioning from adolescence to adulthood while navigating family, friendship, love and self-worth. Not just full of heart and the importance of community, Arja's novel is also honest...The F Team is an introspective and thought-provoking coming-of-age read.' — Books+Publishing  ...Show more

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The Year the Maps Changed by Danielle Binks

$17.99 AUD

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Category: Middle Fiction (8-12)

One extraordinary year will change them all... Sorrento, Victoria, 1999. Fred's family is a mess. Her mother died when she was six and she's been raised by her Pop and adoptive father, Luca, ever since. But now Pop's had to go away, and Luca's girlfriend Anika and her son have moved in. More and more it feels like a land-grab for family and Fred is the one being left off the map. Even as things feel like they're spinning out of control for Fred, a crisis from the other side of the world comes crashing in. When a group of Kosovar-Albanian refugees are brought to a government 'safe haven' not far from Sorrento, their fate becomes intertwined with the lives of Fred and her family in ways that no one could have expected. ...Show more

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Family by Aunty Fay Muir; Jasmine Seymour (Illustrator); Sue Lawson

$24.99 AUD

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Category: Picture Books | Series: Our Place Ser.

Age range 3 to 9 Family is a thoughtful contemplation for all to learn the different ways that family makes us whole. This beautifully illustrated children’s picture book shows everyone that ‘family’ can be about heart and home; an endless sky; stories and songs. It  ‘learns’ us how to be with each othe r and with Country. Families come in all shapes and sizes, and this remarkably simple story teaches us all, that family can be many things. ...Show more

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How to Make a Bird (HB) by Meg McKinlay

$25.99 AUD

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Category: Term 1

Extraordinary imagery and rich language spark the reader's imagination as they enter the creative world of a young girl. From award-winning author Meg McKinlay and celebrated artist Matt Ottley comes a moving and visually stunning picture book that celebrates the transformative power of the creative pro cess from inception through recognition to celebration and releasing into the world. We shadow the protagonist as she contemplates the blue print of an idea, collects the things that inspire from the natural world to shape a bird. And breathes life into it before letting it fly free. It shows how small things, combined with a little imagination and a steady heart, can transform into works of magic.   ...Show more

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Before the Beginning by Anna Morgan

$19.99 AUD

Available Stock:
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Category: #LoveOzYA

Schoolies week: that strange in-between time when teenagers move from school into the adult world. It's a week when anything is possible, and everything can change. Grace is questioning everything she thought about herself, and has opted not to join her clique of judgemental friends for schoolies, inste ad tagging along with her brother Casper and his friends. Casper, an artist, is trying to create the perfect artwork for his uni application folio. Overachieving, anxiety-ridden Noah is reeling from a catastrophe that might have ruined his ATAR result. And Elsie is just trying to figure out how to hold their friendship group together.On the first night of the trip, they meet Sierra, a mysterious girl with silver-grey hair and a magnetic personality. All of them are drawn to her for different reasons, and she persuades them to abandon the cliched schoolies experience in favour of camping with her on a remote, uninhabited island. On that island, each of them will find answers to their questions. But what does Sierra want from them? An empathetic and suspenseful coming-of-age story from the author of All That Impossible Space. ...Show more

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The Hospital Dog by Julia Donaldson

$26.99 AUD

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Category: Picture Books

Dot the hospital dog is everyone's favourite visitor in this story of bravery and friendship from Julia Donaldson and Sara Ogilvie, creators of the bestselling picture book, The Detective Dog. Here is a dog, a Dalmatian called Dot, Is she quite ordinary? NO, SHE'S NOT! After their breakfast and a sw im in the sea, Dot and her owner Rose jump on the bus to the hospital. Dot loves visiting the children of Wallaby Ward and they're always pleased to see her too. From a crying baby to a bored teenager - a pat, a stroke and a cuddle with Dot cheers everyone up. But the work of the hospital dog doesn't stop there, and when one of her patients is in trouble, it's up to Dot to save the day! A fantastic rhyming story from the powerhouse creative team behind The Detective Dog, winner of the Books Are My Bag Readers' Award. ...Show more

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The Boy, the Wolf and the Stars by Shivaun Plozza

$16.99 AUD

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Category: NEW Middle Grade

Every night Ulv is cloaked in total Darkness. Twelve hours ruled by the ravenous, clawing Dark Creatures, beasts made of shadow and evil. Young Bo is charged with a monumental task- freeing the land of its curse by returning the Stars to the sky. He must find three magical keys spread across the land - keys that will unlock the cage holding the wolf who ate the Stars. But there's another motive, beyond saving Ulv. If Bo releases the Stars, he can make a wish of his own and maybe find the mother who left him behind . . . ...Show more

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The Odds (#1) by Matt Stanton

$14.99 AUD

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Category: Fantasy/Sci Fi | Series: The Odds

They're invaders from another world. Your imagination. Kip is a quiet kid in a loud city. She's easy to miss and that's the way she likes it.Then, one day, Kip's quiet life is suddenly interrupted. Ten of her favourite characters have stepped out of their worlds and into hers.But what happens when a dra gon-hunting rabbit leaves his comic strip? When an old man leaves his picture book? When a ninja leaves her TV show, a race-car driver leaves their video game, and a dinosaur turns up from Kip's nightmares? From million-copy bestseller Matt Stanton comes the start of a hilarious and heart-filled graphic novel series about identity, imagination and discovering who you are.Meet The Odds ... because fitting in is overrated. ...Show more

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The Unwilling Twin by Freya Blackwood

$24.99 AUD

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Category: Picture Books

THE NEW PICTURE BOOK FROM SEVEN-TIME CBCA BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER FREYA BLACKWOOD Jules and George are the same in every way. It is quite impossible to tell them apart. Like all twins, Jules and George do everything together. But after a long, hot day at the beach, even twins sometimes disagree... From multi-award-winning picture book creator Freya Blackwood comes a cheeky and charming story about the ups and downs of sibling love. ...Show more

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The Goody by Lauren Child

$24.99 AUD

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Category: Picture Books

Chirton Krauss is a good child - the very goodest. He does everything he is told, when he is told. He even does good things without being told. He eats his broccoli, he goes to bed on time and he never, ever sticks his finger up his nose. Meanwhile, Chirton's sister, Myrtle, is NOT a good child. She sta ys up late, she never cleans out the rabbit's hutch and she drops her choco puffs all over the carpet! But what will happen when Chirton Krauss decides that being THE GOODY isn't so good after all? A charmingly funny story about the importance of kindness, and allowing children the freedom to be themselves. From Lauren Child, multi-award-winning creator of Charlie and Lola and Waterstone's Children's Laureate 2017-2019. ...Show more

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Bunnygirl - The First Adventure by Holly Jayne (Illustrator)

$25.99 AUD

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Category: Fantasy/Sci Fi

A feel-good story about a superhero whose superpower is her kindness. Bea loves helping friends and really wants to be a superhero, but none of the costumes she tries on are quite right. What makes an outfit super? A cape? A mask? They're just not her. Even her dog Woofs agrees. It's not until Bea resc ues and returns an injured bunny that she discovers the super suit that fits her personality. Bea is Bunnygirl! And she and Woofs are ready to help.   ...Show more

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