State Library of NSW Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Name: A Picture Book
Sandhya ParappukkaranState Library of NSWSomething for our youngest readers! 📖✨ Join us for online storytime with Sandhya Parappukkaran, author of @TheCBCA award-winning picture book 'The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Name' (@HardieGrantCP) this Wed 17 May at 10am. Register here: https://t.co/wD1xeaC3Ay https://t.co/vjHyLX9n8F
Hardcover, 2023
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Dictionary of Lost Words: Reese's Book Club
Pip WilliamsState Library of NSWThe bestselling writer of 'The Dictionary of Lost Words' has a new book! Pip Williams shares the inspiration behind 'The Bookbinder of Jericho' in #Openbook magazine. #WriterWednesday @AffirmPress Read the profile by @NicoleAbadee: https://t.co/S380P8Fjnh 📸 Image by Joy Lai https://t.co/PFNBvy9wdX
Paperback, 2022
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen
Mary NorrisState Library of NSWIn the age of #fakenews and alternative facts, proofreading has become a form of protest. Join @MaryNorrisTNY at the Library for a conversation on her time in the @NewYorker's celebrated copy department & new book 'Greek to Me'. Thurs 9 May, 6pm: https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/events/greek-me-adventures-comma-queen-mary-norris https://t.co/TOr7rTeOaq
Paperback, 2020
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Minding Your Mind
Ian HickieState Library of NSW🧠 #MindingYourMind podcast hosts @Jamesologhlin & @ian_hickie will discuss their new book at the Library tomorrow, Tue 25 Oct at 6.30pm. Come along to hear practical tips to help you understand and improve your #MentalHealth. #Free talk, book now: https://t.co/J7ZmyPWU7f https://t.co/2Y5su6eTkF
Paperback, 2023
$34.99$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Rules of Summer
Shaun TanState Library of NSWCongrats to Shaun Tan for making the BBC's 100 Greatest Children's Books with Rules of Summer & The Arrival. See his early paintings in our #free kids exhibition #Imagine https://t.co/tKZHGrDk9l #ShaunTan #bestbooks #aussieauthors #childrensbooks ©Shaun Tan https://t.co/qey4HnQLDu
Hardcover, 2014
$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book