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Julie’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Julie’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Julie Murphy
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Melbourne, Australia
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What a beautiful book. Read it. A mid-grade fantasy that reads like a fairy tale, with themes so current they could be from a documentary. Lyrical, funny, interesting. Read it. I re-read this story in 2026 and upgraded my rating to five stars. It is a w ...more |
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| An entertaining and informative account of the first four woman scientists to visit Macquarie Island in the sub-Antarctic. Engaging writing and attractive illustrations tell the story of what they studied, the animals and plants they saw, and how the ...more | |
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| This fun junior fiction for new readers has some funny scenarios and likeable characters. Lots of line drawings break up the text blocks. Funny and fun! | |
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| This attractive book combines a tour of Australia with attractions you may see and do in Australia at night, such as visit the Little Penguin colony in Phillip Island, or see the 'stairway to the moon' in Broome. It's a great idea to use the southern ...more | |
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| A heart-warming story about a lonely girl seeking friendship, a lone dog seeking to do his weekly shopping and a town seeking a resolution to their pro-anti dog conundrum. Want to know more and how it all works out? Check out Pawcasso. It's a lot of ...more | |
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| Amazing for its time, this felt to me like Ursula LeGuin meets Susan Cooper. I loved the first half, but felt the second half dragged. A satisfactory ending at last. Sorry to the huge fans - this is just my take. | |
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| Part story, part inspirational, this is a beautiful book with gorgeous illustrations. If you are feeling low, you would find it comforting to open this book at any page and read. It's full of gems. You are already good enough. You have friends who lo ...more | |
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| A story about a male Australian magpie who defends the eggs in his nest by swooping all human passers by. With an uplifting ending, this story lets children know why magpies swoop. Nonfiction back matter informs about the species. | |
“A male frigate bird blows up a wild red pouch on his neck. He can keep it puffed up for hours. It is his way of impressing the girls.”
― Sea Birds
― Sea Birds
“Spiders don't chew. They send a special liquid into their prey. The prey's insides turn to mush. Then the spider sucks up its tasty lunch!”
― Arachnids
― Arachnids
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“I am dying: it's a beautiful word. Like the long slow sigh of the cello: dying. But the sound of it is the only beautiful thing about it.”
― Surrender
― Surrender
“But what she feels is sometimes hard to express...Much of what is best in her is warped on the voyage from within to without.”
― Of a Boy
― Of a Boy
“Captain James Cook's ship, The Endeavour, hit a coral outcrop in the Great Barrier Reef in 1770. Cook and his crew camped in what is now called Cooktown for nearly two months while making repairs. Then they sailed south, where Cook claimed the east coast of Australia as British territory.”
― Great Barrier Reef Under Threat
― Great Barrier Reef Under Threat
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