Statue of Paddington Bear, Paddington Station, London (Photo: Sarah Steed) The Kids’ Book Review Bookish Places posts are a chance to celebrate museums, galleries and other places with a connection to children’s literature and reading. The posts are compiled by […]

Bluey fans will be excited to see the release of Bluey and Bingo’s Fancy Restaurant Cookbook.  It starts with a page of tips (safety, hygiene, allergies, etc) which is a good reminder to cooks young and old of things to […]

A Whole Lot of Lemonade Jones by Davina Bell and Karen Blair, is a collection of three short stories about a mischievous six-year-old girl. Lemonade Jones lives with her mum, dad, and baby brother Walter. She has a big personality, […]

In a dog’s world, which is not so different from a human’s, there are things that a dog would really like to have. Jet is such a dog. She wants to be just like the Dachshunds who are popular, and […]

Flooded is a special debut book that is the result of author and illustrator Mariajo Ilustrajo‘s Masters in Children’s Book Illustration, and her winning the World Illustration Award in 2020. It’s the story of an ordinary city and its citizens […]

Bob the bird is still young and can’t fly like all the other birds. It seems like he’s reminded at every turn that he’s not like the others.  Frustrated and anxious that he can’t keep up with the other birds […]

Have you heard of the Great Southern Reef? It stretches from the north of New South Wales to Western Australia and is home to sea creatures and more than 400 different types of seaweed. The Great Southern Reef is also […]

Youngbloods is the fourth and final book in the Imposters series by Scott Westerfeld, and you should read the other books before this one.  It brings readers full circle, linking with the Uglies series even more closely than before, through […]

Penelope is the world’s best finder-outer and has a huge imagination.  This intrepid girl detective has solved several mysteries, ably aided by her sidekick dog, Carlos. She even found her dad’s chocolate, and some missing homework. In Penelope Snoop, Ace […]

Please Write Soon is inspired by acclaimed author Michael Rosen’s family history. Sharing personal memories and experiences like these is something he’s done before in The Missing, which is also about the experience of World War Two, and that of […]