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13 February, 2009 This charming book is an excellent introduction to the basics of ballet for girls. Julia, our guide through the book, is 11. 
18 December, 2008 Mark Rowlands is a professor of philosophy with a sense of humour, a passion for making others aware of "the wonders of philosophy" (as he calls them) and, for a decade or so, he shared his life with a wolf. 
17 December, 2008 It was, as Alan Bennett tells us, the fault of the dogs: the "bloody dogs" as Prince Philip was famously overheard calling them. 
15 December, 2008 So, Victor Frankenstein had now given us another account of his life and it is rather different to the version he gave to Robert Walton in Mary Shelley's book. 
10 December, 2008 Over the past two centuries most citizens of affluent countries have gained unprecedented freedom and economic independence. 
10 December, 2008 Tim Birkhead's The Wisdom of Birds arrived on my doorstep at the same time as Esther Woolfson's Corvus and I read Woolfson's book first (see my review of Corvus, November 2008). 
10 December, 2008 Esther Woolfson shares her home with a rook named Chicken. 
15 November, 2008 This is a clever idea; a book that troubleshoots on any issue or problem to do with food and cooking. 
15 November, 2008 See Me Move is a board book for ages up to three. It is, as books for this age range should be, very colourful and bright. 
15 November, 2008 Remember when you didn’t know the story of Ned Kelly? The perfect introduction to the man and the myth is the short, pictorial book Outlaw Son: The Story of Ned Kelly. 
15 November, 2008 Humans belong to the Great Ape family, along with gorillas, orangutans and chimpanzees. 
15 November, 2008 It’s Wombat’s birthday and he has written, ‘a list of wild and dangerous things to do between now and [his] next birthday’. 
15 November, 2008 Hall’s lift-the-flap book Guess Who? had illustrations from John Gould’s famous books, The Birds of Australia and The Mammals of Australia. 
15 November, 2008 The fast-paced, soccer-themed Way to Play, Sammy! is the second book in a series by former New Zealand international footballer and FIFA Committee for Women’s Football member Michele Cox. 
15 November, 2008 I have a confession, I wasn’t wholly convinced with the strength of the first book, Victor’s Quest, which I reviewed for a previous issue of Bookseller+Publisher. 
15 November, 2008 Uncle Eddie has a dilemma--the grass around his house has grown dangerously tall. 
15 November, 2008 A major focus of educators at present is tackilng the problem (and yes, it's a big one) of bullying and harassment at school level. 
15 November, 2008 This is the final book in Williams’ young adult trilogy. 
15 November, 2008 Mal has to prove she’s as bad as her big sister Sal, because it’s up to merfolk (as part of the fairy race) to maintain balance in the world. 
15 November, 2008 Sydney-born author Kathy Helidoniotis published the first book in her ‘Totally Horse Mad’ series in 2006. Since then there have been five more, including this novel, Horse Mad Heights, due for publication in February 2009. 
15 November, 2008 Jenna-Belle and her family are comfortably affluent. 
15 November, 2008 This twisted story about a bad fairy is the first in the ‘Little Horrors’ series and will interest young girls aged six to 10. 
15 November, 2008 Ellis Rowan was a self-taught Australian botanical artist who travelled the world and painted wildflowers, insects and birds, working from the 1870s to the 1920s. 
15 November, 2008 Brian Fletcher is emeritus professor of history at the University of Sydney and the author of several books on colonial Australia. |
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