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Book Review: Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls (Vol 1)

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Books for Lower Primary Kids, Books for Upper Primary Kids, Kids' books, Uncategorized

Good Night Stories by Rebel Girls: 100 tales of extraordinary women by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo, 2016. Publisher: Timbuktu Labs, Inc. 224 pages, RRP US$35 I can’t believe I didn’t review this before! I bought Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls in the kickstarter campaign last year, and gave it to my girls for Christmas. They … Read More “Book Review: Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls (Vol 1)” »

Review: Berty Button Gets a Team

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Books for Preschoolers

Berty Button Gets a Team by Marina Bertolino, Illustrated by Ryan Jones, Published by Berty Button Kids, Wodonga 2012 AU$17.95, or $9.95 for the eBook. Berty Button is the brain child of Marina Bertolino, who is part of the actual bertybutton transport team, and was inspired by the joy trucks – especially their jelly bean … Read More “Review: Berty Button Gets a Team” »

Book Review: Making Home, by Sharon Astyk

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Adult Non-fiction, Sustainable Living

Making Home: Adapting Our Homes and Our Lives to Settle in Place By Sharon Astyk; Published by New Society Publishers, Gabriola Island, 2012, RRP AU$27.99. Currently available on Fishpond $18.66. Sharon Astyk’s new book Making Home is part how-to, part memoir, and all inspiration. In it she argues that change is coming, whether we like … Read More “Book Review: Making Home, by Sharon Astyk” »

Book Review: Made by Hand, Searching for Meaning in a Throwaway World

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Adult Non-fiction, Sustainable Living

Made by Hand, Searching for Meaning in a Throwaway World, by Mark Frauenfelder; Published by Portfolio, New York, 2010 RRP AU$29.99 (paperback). Currently available on Fishpond $14.55 . There are at least three driving forces behind the cultural movement towards DIY activities. One is frugality. In a time when there is so much financial instability … Read More “Book Review: Made by Hand, Searching for Meaning in a Throwaway World” »

Book Review: When We Were Kittens

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Books for Lower Primary Kids, Books for Upper Primary Kids

When We Were Kittens by David Greagg, 2012. Publisher: Clan Destine Press; 203 pages rrp $18.00. The amusing sequel to Dougal’s Diary, David Greagg’s When We Were Kittens, was released earlier this year. It begins when Dougal and Shadow are around two years old and invites us to share another year of their lives. This … Read More “Book Review: When We Were Kittens” »

Book Review: Out of the Black Land by Kerry Greenwood

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Adult Fiction

Out of the Black Land, by Kerry Greenwood, 2010. Publisher: Clan Destine Press; 459 pages RRP AU$27.00. Finally available again on Fishpond, with free shipping Australia-wide. Now also available in a Kindle edition. Out of the Black Land is a bit of a departure for Kerry Greenwood, but an intriguing and enjoyable one. This is … Read More “Book Review: Out of the Black Land by Kerry Greenwood” »

Making Stories: How Ten Australian Novels were Written

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About Books & Writing, Adult Non-fiction

Making Stories: How Ten Australian Novels Were Written By Kate Grenville and Sue Woolfe; Published by  Allen and Unwin, Crows Nest, 2001 (1993) RRP $26.95 (paperback). Update: Currently unavailable on either Fishpond or Amazon, although you can sometimes get a second hand copy of the later edition (which includes 11 novels!) on Amazon or Abe … Read More “Making Stories: How Ten Australian Novels were Written” »

Book Review: Dougal's Diary by David Greagg

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Books for Lower Primary Kids, Books for Upper Primary Kids

Dougal’s Diary by David Greagg, 2010. Publisher: Clan Destine Press; 189 pages rrp $19.95. Can you imagine what it would be like to be a kitten? To have a scant few weeks with a mother to teach you the ways of the world, before being adopted by a different family of humans (if you’re lucky), … Read More “Book Review: Dougal's Diary by David Greagg” »

Book Review: The Forests of Silence (Deltora Quest, Book 1)

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Books for Lower Primary Kids, Books for Upper Primary Kids, Kids' books

Do you want to fight the powers of the evil shadow and follow the quest of Deltora? Read this review and then read The Forests of Silence, first book of the Deltora Quest series. Part one of The Forests of Silence, told through the eyes of the young king Endon and his companion Jarred, tells … Read More “Book Review: The Forests of Silence (Deltora Quest, Book 1)” »

Write Better Reviews with a Book Review Template

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About Books & Writing

Note: Lots of people are coming to this page wanting to know how to write a book review for kids, so I wrote another article especially for kids (and their parents). (NB There is a downloadable template at the bottom of this page – but if you are new to reviewing, please do read the … Read More “Write Better Reviews with a Book Review Template” »