Monday, 15 July 2024

Weekend reading: 14 July

  • Big babies written and illustrated by Patrick O'Brien. Charlesbridge, 2024. 
    • Dinosaurs! 
  • Oh my oh my oh dinosaurs! written and illustrated by Sandra Boynton. Boynton Bookworks, 2023. 
    • Opposites AND dinosaurs. 
  • The real cowgirl written by Isabelle Duff, illustrated by Susannah Crispe. EK Books Aust, 2024. 
    • Self confidence. 
  • The garden at the end of the world written by Cassy Polimeni, illustrated by Briony Stewart. University of Queensland Press Aust, 2023. 
    • The Global Seed Vault. 
  • New Zealand title: Ruru, night hunter written by Katie Furze, illustrated by Ned Barraud. Scholastic NZ, 2024. 
  • New Zealand title: Nanny Rina's amazing nets written by Qiane Matata-Sipu, illustrated by Isobel Joy Te Aho-White. Puffin NZ, 2024. Translated from te reo Māori. 
    • Matariki. 
  • You make me sneeze! written by Sharon G. Flake, illustrated by Anna Raff. Astra Young Readers, 2024. 
  • Are you small? written and illustrated by Mo Willems. Union Square Kids, 2024. 
  • Two turtles written by Kiah Thomas, illustrated by Jake A Minton. Little Book Press, 2024. 
  • Hope is the thing written by Johanna Bell, illustrated by Erica Wagner. Allen & Unwin Aust, 2023. 
  • No dancing please written by Charlie Leahy, illustrated by Darcy Prendergast. Little Hare Aust, 2024. 
  • Good hair written by Yvonne Sewankambo, illustrated by Freda Chiu. Walker Books Aust, 2024. 
  • We're having a party (for everyone!) written and illustrated by Katie Vernon. Abrams, 2024. 
    • LGBTQIA+ representation. 
  • Unflappable written by Matthew Ward, illustrated by Scott Magoon. Clarion Books, 2023. 
  • New Zealand title / Pasifika: Mataali'i written by Dahlia Malaeulu, illustrated by Darcy Solia, designed by Liz Tui Morris. Mila's Books, 2024. 
    • Matariki
  • What's the point of science? writers: Edward Aves, Ben Ffrancon Davies, A.M Dassu; illustrator Clarisse Hassan. Dorling Kindersley, 2021. 
  • The moon is a ball: stories of Panda & Squirrel written by Ed Franck, illustrated by Thé Tjong-Khing; translated by David Colmer. Gecko Press, 2023.