When do you talk about it? I mean, when do you explain to your child that differences are treasures? I work with little ones and their famil...

After a whopping nine years of dedication to Kids’ Book Review, our Managing Editor, Dimity Powell, is moving on from KBR.  We want to thank...

The newest edition of the first Mr McGee book is now in board book form.  Originally published in 1987,  Pamela Allen again brings to lif...

Children face everyday worries long before they have the language or confidence to name them, and how those moments are met can shape the wa...

The SS Admella was shipwrecked off the coast of South Australia in1859.  It is one of the worst disasters in Australian maritime history. ...

With it’s happy yellow cover adorned with primary colours, embossed stars, people, animals, doves and little floaty things, this book is imp...

Everything changes for Quinn from the moment she is told her mum is having baby Otto. Ultrasound photos and baby talk irritate her.  Her...

My Wild Garden Zoo is a rhyming picture book that invites children to view a garden as a shared habitat rather than a controlled space.  Th...

No memory is an exact copy of the original event. It is always slightly distorted.   What is memory? It is a storage place for all the t...

Maisy Hayes Is Not For Sale is a fiercely insightful coming-of-age novel by Allayne L Webster. It delves into the judgement teens face and ...

Those interested in the history, mythology and legends surrounding aviation will be impressed by this publication; this journey through av...

‘Oooooo … doo-doo-doo-whipp!’ ‘Pew pew .’ That's the call of an eastern whipbird, one of the many wonderful birds I hear living in the B...

Observology: the process of carefully watching and analysing the world around you.   This is a Handbook for Mounting Very Small Scientif...

The AR in Sydney Harbour is a new book from Judith Barker and Janie Frith who won a Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Award in 20...

This book is one of those middle grade reads that this (ahem) middle-aged reviewer could not put down. Just when Lottie thought life might b...

I was fortunate enough to see the drafts and incomplete storyboard of Once I Was A Giant when meeting Zeno Sworder  in person for the first...