Let’s Count Wildflowers
Reviewed onLet’s Count Wildflowers is an educational board book packed with colourful eye-catching illustrations. From shining wattle blossoms to waving kangaroo paws, Tracey Gibbs vividly counts you from one to ten with …
Read moreWhat Do You Call a Baby?
Reviewed onDid you know that a baby echidna is called a puggle? Or that a baby goanna is a hatchling? Featuring soft pastel colour illustrations of Australian animals moving alongside their …
Read moreHow to Make a Bird
Reviewed onMeg McKinlay and Matt Ottley’s exquisite collaboration How to Make a Bird will not equip you to create an avian creature. But through the hypnotic poetry of McKinlay’s text and …
Read moreShore Leave
Reviewed onFans of David Whish-Wilson’s crime fiction will be over the moon to discover that former detective Frank Swann is back in Whish-Wilson’s latest offering, Shore Leave. It is 1989 and …
Read moreSkyglow
Reviewed onLeslie Thiele’s debut short story collection Skyglow gracefully explores an array of issues that will sit with you long after closing its cover. From the miraculous to the mechanical, Skyglow delves into the …
Read moreEssentially, Many Maps explores the interaction between Western Australia’s First Nation peoples and their European colonisers. Across six chapters, and over 170 years, it ‘maps’ a history that draws upon …
Read moreYornadaiyn Woolagoodja
Reviewed onYornadaiyn Woolagoodja’s commitment to representing his “Country and Culture … to help people understand” is the premise of this extraordinary book. In Yornadaiyn Woolagoodja, the senior West Kimberley artist takes …
Read moreNgaginybe Jarragbe: My Story
Reviewed onShirley Purdie comes from a long line of Gija artists from the remote community of Warmun in the East Kimberley. Ngaginybe Jarragbe: My Story is her story. The author/illustrator tells …
Read moreAt the Dog Park
Reviewed onDog lovers especially will adore this new book from Moira Court, and anyone who has ever passed a dog park is certain to recognise the canine personalities depicted in these …
Read moreWe Love You, Magoo
Reviewed onMeet Magoo – a loveable family dog with a larrikin streak. Pet owners will recognise our hero’s exuberant behaviour as he gets into everything he shouldn’t. Poor Magoo wants to …
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