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Mr Chicken arriva a Roma

August 22, 2016 by mstuart720

Leigh Hobbs Allen & Unwin ISBN 9781925266771 RRP $24.99 Age 4 – 8 Date of publication August 2016 Reviewer Megan Stuart Mr Chicken is travelling again and “flying business class for the fine food and extra leg room” of course. This time Mr Chicken heads for Rome where with his guide Frederica and her Vespa he sees everything he has ever dreamt about seeing in Roma. This includes Il Colosseo, the Pantheon, the Trevi Fountain and the Vatican and he continues […]

Categories: Allen & Unwin, Children's Books, Miscellaneous, Picture Books, Reviewer - Megan Stuart • Tags: Allen and Unwin, Australian Children's Laureate, Picture Book, Reviewer - Megan Stuart

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Tunnel Rats vs the Taliban

September 3, 2015 by dberger

Jimmy Thomson and Sandy MacGregor Allen and Unwin ISBN: 9781760113544 Publication Date: 29th July 2015 RRP: $29.99 This is the powerful story of the Army engineers in Afghanistan – the sappers – and the war against the Taliban. They are the soldiers who are everywhere, and who do everything, from building schools to assisting the disadvantaged local Afghan people in rebuilding their lives as war wreaks damage on their country. Starting with a history that describes the best it can […]

Categories: Military, Non-Fiction, War • Tags: action, Allen and Unwin, Reviewer - Debbie Berger

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Love, sweat and tears

August 13, 2015 by dberger

Zellie Bullen with Freda Marnie Nicholls Allen and Unwin ISBN: 9781743311516 RRP: $22.99 Publication date: March 2015 Reviewed by Donna Clark This is an inspirational true story of Zellie Bullen, a young Australian woman who came from an underprivileged family who followed her dream to work with animals. She was deserted by her father when she was young, has faced more tragedy than the average person and overcame depression from the personal loss she had suffered. Realising she had an […]

Categories: Autobiography • Tags: Allen and Unwin, Australia, Australian animals

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The Best Australian Yarns: and other true stories

August 5, 2015 by dberger

Jim Haynes Allen and Unwin ISBN: 9781760113063 Publication date: August 2015 RRP: $22.99 Reviewed by Debbie Berger Looking for good dose of Aussie culture? Look no further than this excellent collection of Aussie yarns by Jim Haynes. Broken into sections such as Aussie Humour, Aussie Myths and Mysteries, Yarns From our Past and Racing Yarns there is something here for everyone. The introduction explains the history of yarn telling in Australia. For example, the expression ‘spinning a yarn’ comes from […]

Categories: australian, Short Stories • Tags: Allen and Unwin, Australia, Reviewer - Debbie Berger

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Prince of Afghanistan

May 12, 2015 by dberger

Louis Nowra Allen and Unwin ISBN 9781743314821 Published: April 2015 RRP: $16.99 Reviewer: Debbie Berger Set in war time Afghanistan in Taliban territory, this book tells the story of Australian soldier, Corporal Mark Hollis and an army sniffer dog, Prince. They are involved in a bomb raid that goes wrong that sees Mark’s best friend, and Prince’s handler, killed in a suspenseful start to the story. The book then takes us on their journey to find safety, all the way […]

Categories: adventure, Suspense, War stories, Young Adult • Tags: Allen and Unwin, Reviewer - Debbie Berger, War stories, Young Adult

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Let’s Go, Baby-o!

August 2, 2011 by dberger

Janet McLean Illustrator- Andrew McLean Allen & Unwin Date of publication 1 August 2011 RRP- $24.99 ISBN- 978-1-74237-564-9 Lets Go, Baby-O! After a nap, it’s time to play and explore the world for this little baby. With his big cousin by his side the dance and sing and look to see what is happening out the window. What do they see? A garden full of busy people and animals playing and working in the garden. I had fun reading […]

Categories: Children's Recommended Read, Picture Books • Tags: Allen and Unwin, Andrew McLean, Janet McLean, Reviewer - Kerrin Bagshaw

Good Morning Mr. Pancakes

July 9, 2011 by dberger

Chris McKimmie Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781742377193 Australian Pub.: July 2011 RRP $29.99 Format Hard Cover Suitable for ages: 3-6 If you were to enter the mind of a super busy kid with a fun nature and a love for all critters big and small, and then send her off for a week long holiday, you may come up with something like this. Chris McKimmie did. It is fun and quirky, unique and could well be his daughters homework. 😛 Good Morning […]

Categories: Picture Books • Tags: Allen and Unwin, Chris McKimmie, Reviewer - Angela Hall

That’s not a Daffodil!

May 16, 2011 by dberger

Elizabeth Honey Allen and Unwin You have to love a child’s imagination. Tom sure has plenty of it. When Mr. Yilmaz from next door visits with a daffodil bulb Tom is convinced it is merely an onion. So they plant it to find out. Mr. Yilmaz visits regularly and always asks “How’s the daffodil?” Tom always has an imaginative reply which is everything but a daffodil. First it is a desert, but gradually it becomes a beak, then a hand with five fingers, then […]

Categories: Children's Recommended Read, Picture Books • Tags: Allen and Unwin, Elizabeth Honey, Reviewer - Angela Hall

Bizzy Bear – Fun on the Farm

April 21, 2011 by dberger

Benji Davies http://www.nosycrow.com Allen and Unwin Here is a great book for 1 – 3’s! From a parents perspective it is great value because it is bright and colourful, has cute rhymes, farm animals characters, pulls and slides for curious fingers and it is built tough! This little board book has great entertainment value. My daughter loves it (was hard to get it back to review actually). She is happy to “read” it too herself, she quickly picked up most […]

Categories: Children's Recommended Read, Picture Books • Tags: Allen and Unwin, Benji Davies, Nosy Crow, Reviewer - Angela Hall

Press Here

April 5, 2011 by dberger

Press Here – Herve Tullet http://www.allenandunwin.com Now here is something different! Press Here is unlike any picture book I have ever seen before and in its simplicity and originality it is brilliant! Press Here pretends that it is an interactive book so much so that toddlers may even believe it. So what is so different about Press Here? Well, it is all in the dots. Like the title says Press Here, then turn the page and see what has happened. […]

Categories: Picture Books • Tags: Allen and Unwin, Herve Tullet, Reviewer - Angela Hall

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Mr Chicken arriva a Roma

Tunnel Rats vs the Taliban

Love, sweat and tears

The Best Australian Yarns: and other true stories

Prince of Afghanistan

Let’s Go, Baby-o!

Good Morning Mr. Pancakes

That’s not a Daffodil!

Bizzy Bear – Fun on the Farm

Press Here