The Big Backyard Plan Kirsten Ealand & Laura Stitzel Affirm Press: 2025 ISBN: 9781922992444 Age: 3-7 Reviewed by Genevieve Young-Evans The Big Backyard Plan is an energetic rhyming story about kids with a creative plan to join their backyards together. They run into some hurdles as they set about their plan but ultimately, by proving […]
Tubowgule: A Sydney Opera House History Melissa-Jane Fogarty & Dylan Finney Hachette: 2025 ISBN: 978073442335 Age: 5+ Reviewed by Genevieve Young-Evans Tubowgule (pronounced tube-uh-gahlee) is the story of a place with a long and rich history that has most recently become world-renowned through the construction of the Sydney Opera House. It is a thoughtful story […]
Gustav Glows with Gold Kathy Creamer & Patricia Ward Little Pink Dog Books, 2025. ISBN: 9780645418477 Review by Genevieve Young-Evans Gustav Glows with Gold is a creative non-fiction picture book that introduces young readers to the famous Austrian artist, Gustav Klimt. The lyrical wording imbues the discussion of Klimt’s methods, his materials, inspiration and subject […]
Billie Rooney (author) Anke Noack (illusrator) CSIRO publishing: 2025. ISBN: 9781486318100 Reviewed by Genevieve Young-Evans Creature Corridors is a fascinating non-fiction book for young people that provides a clear and concise definition of wildlife corridors as well as examples of specific animals and the types of crossings used to solve particular problems caused by human […]
