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Wendy Rudge (text)
Tom Jellett (illustrator)

Wild Dog Books, January 2026, 32 pp., $24.99 (hbk), ISBN 9781742037110

Ruby is a planner, putting careful thought into whatever she does, whether that is making the perfect sandwich, organising her sock drawer in colours, or planning a birthday party complete with a check list  However, when firefighters ...


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Renée Treml

Allen & Unwin, April 2025, 164 pp., $17.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781761181184

Short listed for the CBCA Book of the Year awards: Eve Pownall Award.

When Violet falls asleep, with her dog Tassie nearby, while working on her weekend assignment on the de-extinction of the Tasmanian Tiger, she is visited by the ghost of a thylacine, Thyla, who use...


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Sally Rippin (text) and Aki Fukuoka (illustrator), A Dog to Keep (Bille B Brown, #28), Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing, July 2025, 48 pp. RRP $11.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781761214899) The Farm Sleepover (Billie B Brown, #29), Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing, July 2025, 48 pp., RRP $11.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781761214905) The Book Swap Flop (Billie B Brown #30),...

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Stephen (text)
Rudi de Wet (illustrator)

Affirm Press, March 2026, 24 pp., $22.99 (hbk), ISBN 9781923293724

On first seeing Make Them Say Poo, I sighed thinking that the title suggested a work of crass toilet humour, and I wondered if there would be much merit to find.  But I was wrong.  This is a clever, playful, interactive picture b...


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Chihiro Takeuchi

Berbay, April 2026, 36 pp., $26.99 (hbk), ISBN 9781763571884

Whose House is This? is an absolute delight! I found myself re-reading and scrutinising the pages with as much enthusiasm as I am sure young children would.

Readers are invited on a neighbourhood tour with Peter, sans adults, as he visits the houses of his six frie...


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