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Michelle Kadarusman

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Michelle Kadarusman is originally from Australia and Indonesia and often shares her cultural background in her work. She is twice-nominated for a Governor General’s Literary Award and her work has been translated into Spanish, German, Japanese and Turkish. Her middle-grade novels have earned many nominations and honors, including the Freeman Book Awards, Green Earth Books Awards, USBBY Outstanding International Books and Malka Penn Award for Human Rights in Children's Literature. She lives in Australia and Canada. ...more

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	Music for Tigers 4.09 avg rating — 635 ratings — published 2020 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Girl of the Southern Sea really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 435 ratings — published 2019 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Theory of Hummingbirds 4.01 avg rating — 327 ratings — published 2017 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Berani 4.31 avg rating — 259 ratings — published 2022 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Room for More by Michelle Kadarusman (Goodreads Author), Maggie Zeng (Illustrator) 3.99 avg rating — 81 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We the Sea Turtles 4.21 avg rating — 58 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seabird 4.14 avg rating — 43 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Out of It 4.43 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Güney Denizinin Kızı 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	BERANI - Malias mutige Mission: Ein inspirierender Kinderroman über Umweltaktivismus by Michelle Kadarusman (Goodreads Author), Silvia Schröer (translator), Felicitas Horstschäfer (illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Off to the Toronto Metro Convention Centre today to the Ontario Library Association Super Conference. My publisher, Lorimer, will be giving away FREE books! I'll be signing Out of It from 11.30 a.m. I'm so looking forward to meeting the amazing librarians who work tirelessly to inspire kids to read. See you at Booth #522!

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I simply adore this body positive picture book. The Bear Fairy will unabashedly leave a trail of crumbs as he wins your heart.
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“The first sound I hear in the forest at the bottom of the world is Vivaldi's 'Spring' from *The Four Seasons”
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