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ANOTHER BOOK A MONSTER ABOUT BEARS IN MY HOUSE Laura Bunting & Umbilical Brothers & Philip Bunting Johan Potma (Illus) Hardback RRP $17.99 Hardback RRP $24.99 Bears are tired. Sick There's a Monster in my and tired. Too many Bedroom. Keep very, very storybooks mean they still. Tell me you can see it. have to stop what they It's giving me a chill… are doing, that is, sleeping, and get up and be part A funny, charming rhyming of a story. Every story. Well, the bears have had picture book about a house full of monsters with enough. They are going on strike. Age: 4+ an unexpected twist from internationally acclaimed comedy duo The Umbilical Brothers, with gorgeous, THE MAGIC BOOKSHOP rich illustrations by Berlin artist, Johan Potma. Age: 4+ Natalie Jane Prior & Cheryl Orsini Hardback RRP $19.99 On rainy afternoons, when it's too wet to play CHERRIES TRICKY'S outside after school, Ben goes to his grandfather's Carrie Gallasch & BAD DAY bookshop. But with secret doors and passages, Sara Acton (Illus) Alison Lester and tigers under the floorboards, there's much more going on than Ben could ever have imagined. Hardback RRP $24.99 Hardback An enchanting new collection of fully illustrated RRP $19.99 In this beautiful picture stories from two much-loved Australian creators, book, time stretches Australia’s favourite and the perfect gift for any young booklover. Age: 4+ endlessly ahead as we’re picture-book creator, transported to an idyllic Alison Lester, taps summer of swinging from into the chaotic and funny world of young families trees, running with kites with Tricky’s Bad Day, a delightful rhyming picture and gazing at stars. With wistful illustrations by book about one of those days when nothing seems award-winning Sara Acton, Cherries is a story to go right – until an outdoor adventure saves the about the freedom of childhood and the magic of day. Age: 3+

Age: 3+ Ben hunted the tiger through the chapter books that first bite of summer fruit. and into science fiction.

It was hiding somewhere amongst the shelves.

Its striped coat rippled across the books. In the gardening section, he almost caught it by the tail. The tiger needed something to eat. There was a large lady browsing the cookery shelves and two little girls with nice sturdy legs looking at picture books. Any one of them would have made a delicious meal.

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