2021 Kids' Reading Guide

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Terciel and Elinor
Nix Garth
Social Queue
Kay Kerr
Self/less
Aviva
Take Me with You When You Go
David Levithan; Jennifer Niven
How to Repaint a Life
Steven Herrick
Exo-Dimensions
Seraphina Newberry

Indigenous Stories

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Main Abija My Grandad
Karen Rogers
Somebody's Land: Welcome to Our Country
Adam Goodes; Ellie Laing; David Hardy (Illustrator)
Today's Sun
Gregg Dreise
Sharing
Aunty Fay Muir; Sue Lawson; Leanne Mulgo Watson (Illustrator)
Born to Run (picture Book Edition)
Cathy Freeman; Charmaine Ledden-Lewis (Illustrator)
Heroes, Rebels and Innovators
Karen Wyld; Charlotte Allingham (Illustrator)

Young Adult

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Not Here to Be Liked
Michelle Quach
You'll Be the Death of Me
Karen M. McManus
All These Bodies
Kendare Blake
Cytonic
Brandon Sanderson
Roxy
Neal Shusterman; Jarrod Shusterman
Within the Ward
Emily Larkin

Advanced Reader

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Idol Gossip
Young Alexandra Leigh
Out of My Heart
Sharon M. Draper
Medusa
Jessie Burton; Olivia Lomenech Gill (Illustrator)
Get What They Deserve
Colfer Eoin
Boy in a White Room
Karl Olsberg
How to Repaint a Life
Steven Herrick

Middle Reader

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The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Kelly Barnhill
My Brother Ben
Peter Carnavas
Freeze
Chris Priestley
Animal Train: Wolf Girl 6
Anh Do; Lachlan Creagh (Illustrator)
143-Storey Treehouse
Andy and Dento Griffiths
Space Detectives: Extra Weird Creatures
Mark Powers; Dapo Adeola (Illustrator)

Early Reader

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A Whole Lot of Lemonade Jones
Davina Bell; Karen Blair (Illustrator)
Willa the Silver Glitter Dragon (Dragon Girls #2)
Mara Maddy
Rainbow Magic: Christmas Sparkle Collection
Daisy Meadows
A New Knight: Sam Kerr: Kicking Goals #2
Sam Kerr; Fiona Harris
Tiny Timmy #13: Sports Carnival!
Cahill Tim
Real Pigeons Spy High
Andrew McDonald; Ben Wood (Illustrator)

Bestselling Books

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The Great Garden Mystery
Renee Treml
Slinky Malinki's Christmas Crackers
Lynley Dodd (Illustrator)
Australia under the Sea 1 2 3
Frané Lessac (Illustrator)
Rudie Nudie Christmas
Emma Quay
There's a Ghost in This House
Oliver Jeffers (Illustrator)
Animal Train: Wolf Girl 6
Anh Do; Lachlan Creagh (Illustrator)
Fireborn: Twelve and the Frozen Forest
Aisling Fowler
Big Love
Megan Jacobson; Beck Feiner (Illustrator)
Wombat Divine 25th Anniversary
Mem Fox; Kerry Argent (Illustrator)
Somebody's Land: Welcome to Our Country
Adam Goodes; Ellie Laing; David Hardy (Illustrator)

Graphic Novels

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My Own World
Mike Holmes
Mason Mooney, Paranormal Investigator
Seaerra Miller
We Will Find Your Hat (Archie & Reddie, #2)
James Candy
I Really Dig Pizza (Archie & Reddie, #1)
James Candy
Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong
Prudence Shen; Faith Erin Hicks (Illustrator)
Just Pretend
Tori Sharp

Australian Picture Books

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Australia under the Sea 1 2 3
Frané Lessac (Illustrator)
Rudie Nudie 10th Anniversary Edition
Quay Emma
Tomorrow Is a Brand-New Day
Davina Bell; Allison Colpoys (Illustrator)
Plume: World Explorer
Tania McCartney
The Boy and the Elephant
Freya Blackwood
We Found a Cat
McKinnon Heidi

International Picture Books

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Change Sings
Amanda Gorman; Loren Long (Illustrator)
Frankie and the Fossil
Jess McGeachin
Scissorella
Clare Hel WELSH
I'm a Feel-O-saur
Lezlie Evans; Kate Chappell (Illustrator)
Once upon a Silent Night
Dawn Casey; Katie Hickey (Illustrator)
The Story of the Nativity
Geraldine McCaughrean; Laura Barrett (Illustrator); Hans Christian Andersen

Board Books

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The Very Noisy Baby
Alison Lester (Illustrator)
My Sunbeam Baby
Quay Emma
I Can Be a ... Mechanic
Spencer Wilson
Aussie Water Babies
Julia Murray (Illustrator)
Sing along with Me! We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Yu-Hsuan Huang
Listen to the Music by Mozart
Marion Billet

Activity, Fact & Reference Books

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Wiradjuri Country
Larry Brandy
Boss of Your Own Body (Teeny Tiny Stevies)
Stephen Beth
Britannica First Big Book of Why
Symes Sally
Fantastically Great Women: True Stories of Ambition, Adventure and Bravery
Kate Pankhurst (Illustrator)
Sister Secrets
Cate Campbell; Bronte Campbell
Boss Ladies of Sport
Phillip Marsden

Bluey

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Bluey: Christmas Swim
Bluey
Bluey: Sleepytime
Bluey
Bluey: Bluey and Friends
Bluey
Bluey: Giant Activity Pad
Bluey
Bluey: Let's Play Outside!
Bluey
Bluey: Charades
Bluey

Mindfulness and Me

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Be More Batman
Glenn Dakin; DK
Race Cars
Jenny Devenny; Charnaie Gordon (Editor)
It's Cool to Be Kind
Sophie Beer
Feelings #3: The Worried Elephant
Gwynne Phillip
You Matter
Christian Robinson
The Big Book for Happy Hearts
Maggie Hutchings

LGBTQIA+

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The Monster of Her Age
Danielle Binks
Anything but Fine
Tobias Madden
Henry Hamlet's Heart
Rhiannon Wilde
The Outrage
William Hussey
One Last Stop
Casey McQuiston
Love Is for Losers
Wibke Brueggemann

STEM Books

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Amazing Earth
DK; Anita Ganeri
Rock and Mineral
DK
Dinosaur
DK
Beginner's Step-By-Step Coding Course
DK
Ready, Set, Code!
Heather Catchpole; Nicola O'Brien
How to Be a Coder
DK

Classics

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Awesomely Austen - Illustrated and Retold: Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey
Églantine Ceulemans (Illustrator); Jane Austen; Steven Butler
Anne of Green Gables (Knickerbocker Children's Classic)
L. M. Montgomery; M. A. Claus (Illustrator); W. J. A. Claus
Letters from Father Christmas: Centenary Edition
J.r.r. Tolkien
First Fairy Tales
Margaret Mayo; Helen Stephens (Illustrator)
The Magic Faraway Tree: Silky's Story
Enid Blyton; Jeanne Willis; Mark Beech (Illustrator)
Naughtiest Girl Is a Monitor
Enid Blyton