by Catherine Blanch | Dec 9, 2014 | Books, Children's Books, Reviews
Tim Miller & Matt Stanton (ABC Books) 2014, RRP $24.99 I remember as a young kid in school, we would all go around singing Jingle Bells, something smells… Well, apparently something really smells and it’s hiding under the Christmas tree, stinking up the place as...
by Catherine Blanch | Dec 9, 2014 | Books, Children's Books, Reviews
Ruthie May (ABC Books/Harper Collins Publishers) 2014, RRP $19.99 Count My Christmas Kisses is a lovely hardback cover book especially for children aged 0-4. Written by Perth-born but Sydney-based author Ruthie May with illustrations by Tamsin Ainslie, Count My...
by Catherine Blanch | Dec 1, 2014 | Books, Children's Books, Reviews
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: A JOURNAL FOR HEROES, Cressida Cowell (Hachette/Hodder Children’s Books) 2014, 176pp, RRP $19.99 (Hardback) How To Train Your Dragon is a series of books by British children’s author Cressida Cowell. Probably best known are the two movies of...
by Catherine Blanch | Oct 27, 2014 | Books, Children's Books, Reviews
Claire Freedman and Sue Hendra (Bloomsbury) 2014, 32pp, RRP $15.99 Max is having a birthday party – a Monster birthday party – and is inviting all his friends to play. This is an absolute dream party for all types of children – human and non-human; filled with sticky,...
by Catherine Blanch | Sep 25, 2014 | Books, Children's Books, Reviews
Lisa Shanahan (Hachette/Lothian) 2014, RRP $16.99 All the kids in Lily’s class are so excited. It’s Pet Day and each of them is allowed to bring their favourite pet for the big pet parade. There are all the usual suspects; an ex-circus pony, an undies-eating puppy, a...
by Lynette Washington | Sep 20, 2014 | Books, Children's Books, Reviews
Daisy Meadows (Hachette/Orchard) 2014, 173pp, RRP $12.99 Best friends Jess and Lily are off on another magical adventure. This time they have to help wake up Patch Muddlepup – Poppy’s twin brother – after the evil witch Grizelda cast a sleeping spell...
