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14 March, 2008 There’s not much to say about honey is there? It’s sweet. It’s sticky. Bees like it. If, like me, you thought honey was little more than something to spread on your toast in the morning then Grace Pundyk’s The Honey Spinner will make you think again. 
13 March, 2008 Anzac Day is fast approaching. Anzac: An Illustrated History 1914-1918 by Richard Pelvin will be released in paperback this year to coincide with the day (Hardie Grant). 
12 March, 2008 The Stone Crown by Malcolm Walker makes an intriguing use of Arthurian legends to frame a modern adventure fantasy. Emlyn and Max teal a wooden figure of a mounted knight from an ancient burial site, not only setting in motion their own adventure but also awakening an ancient curse that has dogged both of their lives. 
12 March, 2008 Genius Squad is Catherine Jinks’ second novel featuring Cadel Piggot, the now-reformed title character of Evil Genius. Following the events of that story, Cadel is in foster care in the suburbs, bored, frustrated and bullied, as his complex legal situation is resolved. 
12 March, 2008 The Brain Full of Holes by Martin Chatterton is an enjoyable absurdist adventure. Picking up the story after the events of The Brain Finds A Leg, Sheldon and The Brain are now living in Switzerland and some very unswiss oddities are occurring. 
12 March, 2008 Celeste Walters has built a reputation for writing novels that challenge our perceptions and understanding of teenage life and the effect institutions have on our society. In her new novel At Seventeen we see the world through the eyes of Catherine as she enters boarding school for her final two years while her parents move to Spain. 
12 March, 2008 White Crane is the first book in a new series, ‘Samurai Kids’, by Sandy Fussell. In it, we are introduced to a unique school (ryu) for young samurai. 
12 March, 2008 Nathan Nuttboard, surfer, loyal friend, and likeable lad returns for a third time in his new book Nathan Nuttboard: Upstaged from celebrated author Anthony Eaton. When Sally-Anne Anderson, the most popular girl in Year Seven, dumps Nathan in front of his mates he’s confused. 
12 March, 2008 Escape by Sea is the new historical novel from L S Lawrence, author of Eagle of the East. Sara lives in Carthage, a city of the northern coast of Africa, and an enemy of the newly rising power, Rome. 
12 March, 2008 Audrey lives in the sandy scrubby outback, with her mother, two brothers, and an imaginary friend named Stumpy. Her dad is away most of the time, riding camels and selling dingo scalps to the government. 
12 March, 2008 Henry is an overly methodical boy, preferring sums and order to playing or daydreaming. Luckily, he catches a fortuitous case of ‘Imaginitis’, a condition where silly thoughts invade one’s head in a random manner and beg to be acted on. 
12 March, 2008 Harley has bred Lofty to be a champion racing pigeon, but the army needs strong pigeons to help them win the war. Krista Bell’s heart-warming story of a pigeon sent to join the army and be trained as a messenger pigeon is based on true events during the Second World War. 
12 March, 2008 A beautifully balanced colour palette of red, mint green and sepia adds a wistful, slightly nostalgic flavour to this book, marrying nicely with the poignancy of the text as a little boy searches to rediscover his connection to his dead grandfather. 
12 March, 2008 Opening with a lovely celebration of imaginative play, The Firefighters follows a group of small children deeply involved in a pretend game of rushing to put out a shop fire. Vivid and highly effective pictures and text successfully communicate the energy and excitement of the game. 
12 March, 2008 Spare on words but strong on pictures, this delightful picture book for young readers is full of life, joy and warmth, and has obviously been a labour of love. 
12 March, 2008 Janeen Brian is an expert at rhyming text, which never sounds forced and is always fresh, lively and full of rhythm. She is also an expert on camels, having written the award-winning book Hoosh! Camels in Australia. 
12 March, 2008 Rose and Olive are best friends. They live in the Top End of the Northern Territory of Australia. Collecting Colour depicts the girls as they accompany live’s (Indigenous) family on a special trip to collect pandanus leaves, which they then dye and weave into coloured baskets, mats and bags.
Living in Maniototo by Janet Frame
3 March, 2008 Nothing in this story is what is seems. Mavis Furness, Mavis Barwell, Mavis Halleton, a woman who has buried two husbands (which, she believes, entitles her to special attention in neighbourly conversations at the bus-stop) is also Alice Thumb or Aurelia Lokinia, or Maui's sister...or, even, Violet Pansy Proudlock, ventriloquist. 
23 February, 2008 The Young Widow’s Book of Home Improvement: A True Story of Love and Renovation is a beautiful memoir by Virginia Lloyd about beginning a relationship with, and her marriage to, John, and her life after he dies. Lloyd is only in her mid-30s when she is widowed, 
23 February, 2008 Australian Paula Constant has written a lifeaffirming, positive, inspiring and informative narrative of her emotional and physical journey to give up a teaching job in London and walk for three years with her husband 
23 February, 2008 Modern-day feminists, if they exist at all, look very different to the crinoline wearing, bra-burning feminists of old. They come in the form of pouting, Paris Hilton wannabes and Brazilian-waxed pole dancers 
23 February, 2008 This is the inspiring and uplifting story of the determination, dedication and sacrifice of a mother, and her unwavering quest to help her 12-year-old son, Jonathan, after he was hit by a car and left brain-damaged. 
23 February, 2008 Weiss is marriage-less, childless and of Czech origin, so decides to abandon her life in Sydney and spend a year in Prague. She goes because there is nothing to stop her, but finds it isn’t as easy as she first thought. 
23 February, 2008 David Stratton is a big name in cinema in Australia. As co-presenter of film review shows on the ABC and SBS, and with regular columns in The Australian, Stratton’s position as a first-grade reviewer is undeniable. 
23 February, 2008 South Africa was a tumultuous place at the end of apartheid. As a community aid worker in the townships, Sydneysider Sandy Blackburn-Wright was uniquely placed to observe the effects and after effects of apartheid and its demise. |
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