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Annabelle & the Missing Turtles

March 18, 2014 by kyliecalwell

Rose Inserra Wombat Books Australian Girl Series ISBN: 9781921632389 RRP: $12.95 Age: 8+ Key Words: Environment, History, Friendship Published: 1st Nov 2013 Reviewer: Kylie Calwell Annabelle is very interested in turtles, in fact she is really determined to find the hatchlings that have gone missing. It’s a real mystery that no one seems to be able to figure out, not even the people at Marine World know where they went. Annabelle enlists the help of her friends Matilda, Emily, Amy and […]

Categories: Junior Novel • Tags: animals, Environment, friendship, history, Reviewer - Kylie Calwell, Rose Inserra

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Claws of the Crocodile

January 22, 2014 by kyliecalwell

Bear Grylls Red Fox Mission Survival bk 5 ISBN: 9781849418423 RRP: $14.95 Age: 10+ Key Words: Adventure, Survival, Environment Published: 1st Aug 2013 Reviewer: Kylie Calwell Beck Granger has been in some tight situations all over the world, on this trip to Australia he has promised his Uncle that he will stay out of trouble. Then somebody lures him away from his uncle with information about the accident that killed his parents. Or at least that is what he thinks he […]

Categories: Middle Grade • Tags: action, Adventure, Bear Grylls, Environment, Mission Survival, Reviewer - Kylie Calwell, Survival

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Violet Mackerel’s Pocket Protest

October 5, 2013 by kyliecalwell

Anna Branford & Sarah Davis Violet Mackerel Series Walker Books ISBN: 9781921977572 RRP: $19.95 Age: 6+ Key Words: Environment, Friendship Published: 1st July 2013 Reviewer: Kylie Calwell Violet and her best friend Rose love playing at the park. They love to collect the acorns. Then something terrible happens, people turn up to measure the tree. They say they are going to cut it down so that a carpark can be built there instead. Violet and Rose decide they need to think […]

Categories: Junior Novel • Tags: Anna Branford, Environment, family, friendship, Highly Recommended, Reviewer - Kylie Calwell, Violet Mackerel

Animal Rescue – Shark Attack

November 30, 2012 by dberger

Subscribe to Monthly Updates Now! One simple email with all the latest reviews, easy. Jackie French Scholastic Press RRP: $9.99 Release Date: August 2012 ISBN: 978142833842 Age: 6+ Years Reviewed by Vicki Griffin. BA-UNE I have to say I absolutely adore Jackie French’s Animal series and Shark Attack does not disappoint! This time Leo and Mozz are on an adventure to rescue the sharks. An old mining dam has collapsed and a grey nurse shark colony is under attack. Will Leo and […]

Categories: Children's Books, Junior Novel • Tags: 6+ Years, Animal Rescue, conservation, Environment, Jackie French, Reviewer - Vicki Griffin, Shark, Wildlife

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Tanglewood

November 28, 2012 by dberger

Subscribe to Monthly Updates Now! One simple email with all the latest reviews, easy. Margaret Wild Vivienne Goodman Scholastic Australia ISBN: 9781862915701 RRP: $26.99 (Hardcover) All Ages from 4+ Years Publication Date: April 2012 Reviewer: Angela Hall Way out in the ocean on a tiny island lives a tree called Tanglewood. It would spy seals and dolphins but no matter how it called to them no one ever came. It was lonely. It stopped flourishing and began to yellow and peel. […]

Categories: Children's Books, Children's Recommended Read, Picture Books • Tags: 4+ years, Environment, family, friendship, Margaret Wild, nature, Reviewer - Angela Hall, Scholastic Australia, Vivienne Goodman

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Meet Snugglepot and Cuddlepie

November 27, 2012 by dberger

May Gibbs Scholastic Australia ISBN: 1742836550 RRP: $19.99 (Hardcover) Publication Date: May 2012 Ages: 3+ Years Reviewer: Angela Hall For a new generation the delights of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie are here! The gorgeous gumnut babies who live in the nature of the Australian bush are guaranteed to ignite the imagination. Snugglepot and Cuddlepie are curious about humans, and brave Snugglepot wants to see one. So away on an adventure they go. They discover a possum in a cage. Are all humans […]

Categories: Children's Books, Picture Books • Tags: 3+ Years, animals, Australian, Environment, May Gibbs, Reviewer - Angela Hall, Scholastic Australia, Snugglepot & Cuddlepie

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EJ12 Girl Hero-Secret Safari

June 22, 2012 by dberger

Susannah McFarlane Scholastic Australia ISBN- 978-1-92168-426-5 RRP- $12.99 Date of Publication- March 2012 Reviewer- Kerrin Someone is hunting rare and endangered species in Africa and “Spy of the Year” EJ12 has a pretty good idea who. Unfortunately this mission isn’t at all as it seems and is one of her most challenging ones yet. How can the person responsible be 2 steps ahead of her all the time. How can she save all these poor innocent animals from being poached […]

Categories: Junior Novel • Tags: Endangered species, Environment, Reviewer - Kerrin Bagshaw, Scholastic Australia, Susanne McFarlane

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Tag: Environment

Annabelle & the Missing Turtles

Claws of the Crocodile

Violet Mackerel’s Pocket Protest

Animal Rescue – Shark Attack

Tanglewood

Meet Snugglepot and Cuddlepie

EJ12 Girl Hero-Secret Safari