Abbey's children's and young adult section contains thousands of books for kids of all ages, from baby to teenager. The collection is lovingly curated by Lindy Jones, Buyer and Senior Bookseller at Abbey's. Lindy was also on the judging panel of the Miles Franklin Literary Award, Australia's premier accolade for fiction writing.
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Award-winning cartoonist, journalist and editor Eleri Harris says her vibrant picture book is "A 42 page toilet joke". But like every good joke there's an underlying truth.
A Loo of One's Own tells the bizarre true story of how the first women elected to the Australian Parliament arrived to find Parliament House's official corridors devoid of women's toilets.
ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- A year after Shannon, Grace, Akira and James were trapped in the Penrith Plaza, they once again find that the universe has played another trick on them. Somehow each of them has turned up in 1985 – though it takes a little while before they find each other. Their biggest fear is that the baby they named Juno may also have been hurtled back in time, and how is she going to survive? Shannon has met – and befriended – the girl who will be her mother, and that's certainly a jolt for her, seeing her mum as a teenager!
Set in Newtown predominantly, Tegan Bennett Taylor's clever time-slip novel is enjoyable and certainly has a quiet way of saying that some things don't change, but some do – and that's both curse and blessing... Ages 12+ Lindy
Suzanne Leal brings us an adventure story of four kids on the run in World War II. Written for middle grade readers, it is a story that will nevertheless appeal to all ages.
Friday Barnes hits New York City in this latest instalment of R.A. Spratt's bestselling detective series.
When Princess Ingrid is kidnapped, along with her fiance, Binky Pelly, it's all over the international news. The King of Norway is distraught. The people of Norway are bewildered. And Ingrid's bodyguard is fired. So, he calls on his least favourite Interpol agent for help – Friday Barnes.
Lucie Stevens has a ghostly story for middle grade readers ...
When Nanny Tobbins fell off a horse and broke her neck, the grown-ups told nine-year-old Albertine she'd never see her beloved governess again. But every night, when the clock strikes twelve, Nanny returns to the nursery. In her new ghostly state, Nanny Tobbins causes chaos in the household -- and the timing couldn't be more inconvenient. Albertine's stepmother is struggling to settle in, and Papa is much occupied working with Prince Albert on the Great Exhibition.
There are no words in Caroline Margerl's gem of a picture book but there is a lot of food. Slow food.
This is a book that you and your little ones need to pore over and digest slowly. It's about relationships, being sensitive to others and finding your way through. It also answers the burning question: Can you slingshot a tomato sandwich?
This is the 'best book ever' because it's about every family being valued, whatever its form or formation.
Susanne Gervay delivers one from the heart and it's heartwarming.
In Deb Fitzpatrick's Tawny Trouble Tessa's family accidentally hit a tawny frogmouth while driving through the bush at night, and they feel terrible. But the tawny is alive and needs their help. What Tessa doesn't know is where that help will lead ...
Hold your breath, this is a wild ride in a marvellous submarine! Clayton Zane Comber and Conor McCammon have written an adventure story about two kids who live on Monkey Island with their mum (a famous inventor) and a bunch of animals that have washed up from around the world.
When their mum gets kidnapped by dastardly fugitives, they embark on a mission with their animal crew in the marvellous submarine to save her.
Dianne Wolfer brings us the story of Robin Miller – The Sugarbird Lady – who single-handedly flew life-saving vaccines in her own plane to remote communites, which was just the beginning of her real life-adventures.
Ange Crawford's Young Adult novel won the inaugural Walker Books Manuscript Prize.
Astrid is about to start her last year at high school. And her first. When her dad loses his job, Astrid’s homeschooling comes to an end. Until now, she has lived within the confines of a tightly controlled, contracted world where there's no room for anything … except following her father’s rules and pretending that everything is normal. As Astrid, and her mum, tentatively expand their world, they struggle to break free of their ingrained wariness and self-doubt.
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The ILF was founded in 2004 by Suzy Wilson, a former teacher and education consultant who owns Riverbend Books in Brisbane. The ILF is a not-for-profit charity with a focus on reducing the disadvantage experienced by children in remote Indigenous communities across Australia by lifting literacy levels and instilling a lifelong love of reading.
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