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Category: Book Review
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Review: Harriet Hound
Categories: Book ReviewContinue Reading: Review: Harriet HoundAuthor: Kate Foster Illustrator: Sophie Beer Category: Middle Grade Publisher: Walker Books Publication date: 3 May 2023 Blurb: The world’s happiest and most dog-friendly superhero is here! A brand new adventure for junior readers from Kate Foster. Meet Harriet Hound. She’s eight years old and loves dogs! But Harriet has something else that makes her super … the power to…
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Review: The Wonderful Thing about Phoenix Rose
Categories: Book ReviewContinue Reading: Review: The Wonderful Thing about Phoenix RoseAuthor: Josephine Moon Category: Novel Publisher: Penguin Random House Publication date: 18 April 2023 Blurb: Phoenix Rose, a 35-year-old neurodivergent teacher, is at a crossroads in her career and in her relationship with her boyfriend, Zack. But when she receives an urgent plea from a friend in Tasmania who needs to rehome her beloved animals, Phoenix, who has always led…
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Review: Different, Not Less
Categories: Book ReviewContinue Reading: Review: Different, Not LessAuthor: Chloe Hayden Category: Memoir Publisher: Murdoch Books Publication date: 4 April 2023 Blurb: An empowering lived-experience guide to celebrating and supporting neurodivergence from 24-year-old actor, social media star and advocate Chloé Hayden. Growing up, Chloé Hayden felt like she’d crash-landed on an alien planet where nothing made sense. Eye contact? Small talk? And WHY are you people so…
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Review: Unmasking Millie
Categories: Book ReviewContinue Reading: Review: Unmasking MillieAuthor: Millie Carr Illustrator: Polina Povshedna Category: Picture Book Publisher: Millie Carr Books Publication date: 27 July 2023 Blurb: “Your brain it works different, different you see. Different than others, neurotypically.” Millie suspects she is different than others. On the outside she appears to be fine but what’s really going on in her head is a completely different story. Unmasking…
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Review: Wishing on a Star
Categories: Book ReviewContinue Reading: Review: Wishing on a StarAuthor: Mandy Baggot Category: Novel Publisher: Embla Books Publication date: 10 October 2022 Blurb: A single mum. A superstar athlete. A Christmas like no other. Anna Heath is divorced, a single mum and trying desperately to keep her life in order. Despite her friends’ best efforts, Anna has stopped looking for love and is determined to give her daughter, Ruthie,…
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Review: Secret Science Society’s Spectacular Experiment
Categories: Book ReviewContinue Reading: Review: Secret Science Society’s Spectacular ExperimentAuthor: Kathy Hoopmann, & Josie Montano Illustrator: Ann-Marie Finn Category: Middle Grade Publisher: Wombat Books Publication date: 10 August 2019 Blurb: Mona likes to moan.Kiki is a worry-wart.Bart loves following rules.And Zane HATES following rules. When the four of them are put into The Secret Science Society together, this could only mean one thing: DISASTER! Will they be able to…
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Review: The Me You Don’t See
Continue Reading: Review: The Me You Don’t SeeAuthor: Sam Matthews Illustrator: Shaz Kennington Category: Picture Book Publisher: Lilly Pilly Publishing Publication date: 14 November 2020 Blurb: Some people say I am oppositional, disrespectful and uncooperative. That’s the me you see. What you don’t see is WHY I act the way I do. Have you ever wondered what autism feels like, on the inside? This is my story Review: The…
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Review: Paws
Continue Reading: Review: PawsAuthor: Kate Foster Category: Middle Grade Publisher: Walker Books Publication date: 7 April 2021 Blurb: At home, Alex’s best friend is Kevin the cockapoo, although what he wants most of all is a friend at school. But that is harder than he ever expected. A touching story about learning that friendship isn’t one size fits all and is often found…