Kristy Nita Brown is a Western Australian author writing junior fiction books and delivering creative writing, independent publishing and film making workshops at libraries and schools. Today we’re pleased to be chatting to Kristy about the second book in her Mavey and Beth’s Double Act series: The Hole Truth, illustrated by Alison Mutton. The author provided Alphabet…

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02.09.2025

Book review: D-Day Dog

D-Day Dog by Tom Palmer, illustrations by Clohosy Cole, HarperCollins, ISBN 9781781128688 REVIEWED BY Arjan, 11, NSW Arjan reviewed his own copy of this title. D-Day Dog is a book that teaches kids about the D-Day landings on 6th June 1944. Eleven-year-old Jack has an admiration for war heroes, particularly men on D-Day. But his…

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12.09.2025

Book review: Wonder

Wonder by RJ Palacio, Random House UK, ISBN 9780552565974 REVIEWED BY EMILY, 10, New York, USA Emily reviewed her own copy of this title. Wonder by RJ Palacio is an incredible book. It is about the main character, Auggie Pullmen and the challenges he has to face at a real school because of a facial…

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17.09.2025

Zana Fraillon on Song of a Thousand Seas

Zana Fraillon is an award-winning author of books for children and young adults. Her work has been published in over 15 countries and is in development for stage and screen. Today we're chatting to Zana about Song of a Thousand Seas, her latest verse novel, with illustrations by Aviva Reed. The publisher provided Alphabet Soup…

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Kristy Nita Brown on The Hole Truth

Book review: D-Day Dog

Book review: Wonder

Zana Fraillon on Song of a Thousand Seas

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