Book Week Fun
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Early Childhood Category | Picture Book Category
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Younger Readers Category
Rockhopping
by Trace Ball
Join Clancy and Uncle Egg on a rambling, rockhopping adventure in Gariwerd (the Grampians), to find the source of the Glenelg River. A story about following your flow, and the unexpected places you may go.
Within These Walls
by Robyn Bavati
For Miri and her family, life in Warsaw is full of simple joys but the Nazis have a hold on Europe, and have stepped up their discrimination and attacks on Jews. How can Miri’s family stay together, when the invading Nazis come to destroy them?
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A Most Magical Girl
by Karen Foxlee
Annabel is sent to live with her aunts. They claim to be Shoreditch witches, and from a very old family line of them too. They’re keen to introduce Annabel to their world of transformation, potions and flying broomsticks but Annabel knows no magic!
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Dragonfly Song
by Wendy Orr
Abandoned by the priestess of the island at birth, Aissa is an outcast, surviving by her wits – until she joins the acrobatic bull dancers who are sent away to compete on the island of the Bull King.
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Mrs Whitlam
by Bruce Pascoe
Marnie Clark of Curdie Vale can ride but she doesn’t have a horse. She dreams of owning one and having the whole world to ride it in. Before too long Marnie is gifted Mrs Margaret ‘Maggie’ Whitlam, a beautiful, big Clydesdale – bold, fearless and able to jump anything.
Captain Jimmy Cook Discovers Third Grade
by Kate & Jol Temple
Jimmy Cook has discovered that he has quite a lot in common with the explorer Captain James Cook. No doubt they were related so when he finds out that Captain Cook met with a sticky end in Hawaii, he’s determined to travel to the island finish what he started. His parents aren’t so interested but luckily Jimmy’s favourite brand of cereal is running a competition. First prize: an Hawaiian Holiday.