Once a month I will be posting the new books I have received for review, won and purchased over the previous month.
The books from right to left:
The Garden of Lost Girls by A. L. Tait
Publisher: Scholastic Australia
Publication date: 1st September 2026
About the book:
In a quiet, coastal town, eighteen-year-old Jessica lets out a gasp, then walks out of the opening night her own play, ‘The Garden of Lost Girls’. She is never seen again.
What did she see? Where did she go? And why did she never come home?
Thirty years later, Jessica’s nephew, fourteen-year-old Sam, is still asking the same questions. With the town planning an anniversary performance of ‘The Garden of Lost Girls’, Jessica’s family hopes that it will help to jog memories and, perhaps, finally solve the puzzle of Jessica’s disappearance. And Sam’s mum wants Sam and his cousins, Gracie and Archie, to be in the production to keep an eye out for new information.
At least, that’s the plan.
But as the play goes into rehearsal, a series of accidents makes it clear to Sam and his cousins that not everyone is happy about the performance―and they’ll do anything to stop it.
And when one of them goes missing on the night of the performance, the cousins realise that sometimes history doesn’t always stay in the past.
Literally Hilarious! Families Gone Wild
Publisher: Just Write For Kids
Publication date: 22nd August 2026
About the book:
In this bumper collection of hilarious family short stories, poems, jokes and other fun activities, you'll find the funniest, most embarrassing, yet purely heartwarming tales to literally keep your eye peeled and your ribs cracking for hours.
Families will go wild for this anthology - created by a sensational community of talented authors and illustrators!
Duck, Duck, Bruce! by Dannika Patterson
Publisher: EK Books
Publication date: 13th October 2026
About the book:
Bruce looks like a duck.
Bruce walks like a duck.
Bruce quacks like a duck.
But Bruce does not think like a duck.
Thank goodness!
A story that celebrates different ways of thinking, being and doing.
A Tie For Barry by Aneta Cruz
Publisher: EK Books
Publication date: 4th February 2027
About the book:
Barry has been accepted to the finest Brontosaurus Academy in the Jurassic world.
All he needs to fit in is a bright tie.
There's just one problem....
His neck is too short!
Little Blue, Where Are You? by Sally Morgan
Publisher: Fremantle Press
Publication date: 1st October 2026
About the book:
When Rocky Road Jack spies a tasty snack,
it will take all Skippy Gillespie's courage - and some help from an old friend - to rescue little blue.
Joey gets His Wings by Catherine Bauer
Publisher: Big Sky Publishing
Publication date: 29th September 2026
About the book:
Inspired by the real stories of Australian soldiers who carried small mascots from home to bring comfort during the First World War.
Beneath the vast blue skies of Australia’s outback, a young boy named Art dreams of flying, with his small toy kangaroo, Joey, never far from his side. When Art leaves home to join the Australian Flying Corps, Joey is tucked into his bag — a small reminder of home.
Together, they travel far beyond the red earth, Joey strapped to the front of Art’s plane as he soars through unfamiliar skies where courage is tested and home feels very far away. But when Joey is lost during the war, his journey becomes one of waiting, remembering and hoping.
Alone in a distant field, Joey waits and hopes, holding onto the memory of the boy who carried him there.
Inspired by true stories, Joey Gets His Wings is a gentle and heartfelt tale of friendship, courage and the enduring ties that lead us home.
Captain Elliot “Tab” Pflaum, an Australian Flying Corps pilot from South Australia, carried his leather kangaroo mascot, Joey, through WWI skies. Perched on his aircraft, Joey symbolised courage and companionship, enduring aerial missions and later preserved as a treasured keepsake, connecting past sacrifice with remembrance.
Publisher: Post Wave Children's Books
Publication date: 15th September 2026
About the book:
In the deepest Dense forest,
where the trees twist gnarled and wild,
along a winding path we find
a deep asleep Green Child...
A magical tale that will inspire every human heart to treasure our natural world.
Because what begins as just a whisper,
just a ripple on the breeze, can bring about a positive change forever.
Bernie Thinks in Boxes by Jess Horn
Publisher: Affirm Press
Publication date: 24th July 2024
About the book:
A beautiful story about thinking differently and navigating change in a neurotypical world.
Bernie thinks in boxes. She has boxes for everything: for home, for school and even for the park.
Bernie likes boxes. When things fit into boxes, they make sense.
But one day, Bernie's boxes collide, and she must find a way to make sense of her world again.
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