Smarty Pup 2: JJ and the Giant Panther by Anh Doh

Title: JJ and the Giant Panther (Smarty Pup 2)Author: Anh DohIllustrator: Anton EmdinPublished: April 2023Publisher: Allen and UnwinReadership: Junior FictionRating: ★★★★RRP: $15.99 I received a copy of JJ and the Giant Panther from the publishers for review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.     The next PANTHER-ific adventure in this full-colour series from mega-bestselling author Anh Do! …

Friends Fur-Ever (Smarty Pup 1) by Anh Doh

Title: Friends Fur-Ever (Smarty Pup 1) Author: Anh Doh Illustrator: Anton Emdin Published: October 5 2022 Publisher: Allen and Unwin Readership: Junior Fiction Rating: ★★★★ RRP: $15.99 I received a copy of Friends Fur-Ever from the publishers for review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. The first ever full-colour adventure from mega-bestselling author Anh Do. Smarty Pup is …

New release children’s picturebook and middle grade fiction (August 30 2022)

I've been very fortunate to receive quite a few children's and middle grade titles for review recently, and I wanted to recap a few of them here. I've also talked about them in a recent Kids Books vlog if you want to hear my immediate thoughts. Thank you to Allen & Unwin for the review …

MerTales: The Mysterious Rainbow Thief by Rebecca Timmis

Title: The Mysterious Rainbow Thief (MerTales 4) Author: Rebecca Timmis Published: May 2022 Publisher: Allen and Unwin (Albert Street Books) Readership: Junior Fiction Genre: Mystery, adventure Rating: ★★★★ RRP: $14.99 I received a copy of The Mysterious Rainbow Thief from the publishers for review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Jiggling jellyfish! It's Book 4 in the fin-tastic MerTales …

Matty’s Comeback Review

Title: Matty's Comeback Author: Anita Heiss Published:   2016 Publisher: Scholastic Readership: Junior Fiction Genre: Contemporary Rating: ★★★★ RRP: $9.99 I received a copy of Matty's Comeback from the publisher in exchange for a fair and honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. ‘Go, Matty! Go!’ Matty’s mum screams at the top of her lungs from the back of …