Published 20th November 2025
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Our Recommendations
Babies/Toddlers
- Baby Business – Jasmine Seymour
- Moo – Alison Lester
- Ten on a Twig – Lo Cole
- The Big Book of Australian Nursery Rhymes – Frane Lessac
- Dig, Dump, Roll – Sally Sutton & Brian Lovelock
Preschoolers
- Lights Out, Little Dragon! – Debra Tidball & Rae Tan
- One Little Duck – Katrina Germein & Danny Snell
- Giraffes Can’t Dance – Giles Andreae & Guy Parker-Rees
- Mr McGee and His Hat – Pamela Allen
- All the Ways to Be Smart – Davina Bell & Allison Colpoys
Junior Primary
- Ella and the Ocean – Lian Tanner & Jonathan Bentley
- School of Monsters: Class Party – Sally Rippin
- Wandi – Favel Parrett
- Ducky the Spy – Tom Percival
- Tooth Fairy in Training – Briony Stewart
Middle Primary
- To and Fro – Catherine Jinks
- Silverborn – Jessica Townsend
- Runt – Craig Silvey
- Ranger’s Apprentice: The Ruins of Gorlan – John Flanagan
- Worst Week Ever: Monday – Matt Cosgrove & Eva Amores
Young Teen
- Two Wolves – Tristan Bancks
- Tomorrow, When the War Began – John Marsden
- Grace Notes – Karen Comer
- Eragon – Christopher Paolini
- One by One They Disappear – Mikhaeyla Kopievsky
Teen
- Completely Normal (and Other Lies) – Biffy James
- Scythe – Neal Shusterman
- Powerless – Lauren Roberts
- Wandering Wild – Lynette Noni
- The Inheritance Games – Jennifer Lynn Barnes