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Inspire a love of reading with ReadPlus, a collection of over 16,000 selected books and films arranged under themes for librarians, teachers and parents about books for young people aged 5 to 18.
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Search ArticlesArchie can't sit still by Dani Vee and James Layton. Illus. by Davilyn Lynch
Larrikin House, 2026. ISBN: 9781923345348. (Age: 3+) Recommended. Archie is full of beans; he jumps and runs, zip lines across the sky, fights dragons and has a head full of ideas that make his days full of adventure. He taps, shakes, moves, turns, drums and twitches. His classmates call for him to calm down, worried that they are often at the end of his activities, one getting struck in the head with a ball kicked by Archie, while others call for him to be quiet, and talk less.
What if you could by Jacinda Ardern
Penguin, 2026. ISBN: 9781776953448. (Age: 12+) Highly recommended. Madeleine Chapman’s 2020 biography of former New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Adern, provided insight into her compassionate and kind leadership style, along with details of her early life and career, but may have left readers longing for a more intimate revelation about the person herself.
The farmer's pyjamas by Ruth Paul
Walker Books, 2026. ISBN: 9781760659912. (Age: 3+) The farmer has a long, tiring day. She milks the cows, counts the sheep, and sings the piglets to sleep. She gets the horses into the stable, follows the llamas into the shed, and finally has time to tend her garden. She pats the dog and leaves a saucer of milk out for the cat, brushes her teeth and climbs into her pyjamas for bed. But they are not there. She cannot sleep without her sheep pyjamas.
Based on a true story by Sarah Vaughan
Simon & Schuster, 2026. ISBN: 9781398502093. (Age: 17- Adult) Recommended. With a Shakespearean foreshadowing, this story begins with a body, found during a party to honour Eleanor Kingman and her life of 70 years. Eleanor is a wealthy author of children’s books whose own life story is about to be revealed in a documentary, with interviews from family and colleagues, and others from her past. But Eleanor has carefully curated her past and her daughters are not always in awe of her.
The creature's guide to caring by Elizabeth Preston
Scribe, 2026. ISBN: 9781761380792. (Age: Adult) Science journalist Elizabeth Preston explores the biology, brain circuitry, and behaviours we share with species across the animal kingdom that care for young. In the field and in the lab, readers also meet scientists who have dedicated their lives to understanding these animals, often while juggling families of their own.
The butterfly man by Heather Rose
Allen & Unwin, 2025. ISBN: 9781761472244. (Age: 16+) Highly recommended. Originally published in 2005, The butterfly man was winner of the 2006 Davitt Award for Best Crime Novel. Now Allen and Unwin’s 2025 edition makes this intriguing novel readily available again. It is a reimagining of the story of Lord Lucan, the man notorious in 1974 for killing his children’s nanny, supposedly mistaking her for his intended victim, his wife.
We all love by Julie Flett
Greystone Kids, 2026. ISBN: 9781778403279. (Age: 3+) Recommended. Showing, reflecting, giving and receiving love is at the forefront of this story as Flett reveals the supportive relationships that exist between animals and between humans. It starts with a mother bear, watching her offspring clutching the end of a branch falling to the ground, followed by a mother duck and her ducklings, and over the page a tortoise and her baby.
I’m not afraid of spiders by Caitlin Henderson.Illus. by Annie Henderson
CSIRO Publishing, 2026. ISBN: 9781486318551. (Age: 4-9) Highly recommended. Spiders are not the most popular of creatures and often children are fearful of coming into contact with them. This fear comes about through children’s perceptions of how busily spiders move, how they can appear when you least expect them, how they are portrayed in books and film, and perhaps the most influential reason is how older children and adults model their reaction to them.
Greedy frog by Gregg Dreise
Magabala Books, 2026. ISBN: 9781922864475. (Age: 4+) Highly recommended. Way back before time began, the sun, Yirray, drank all the water. Tjidalih, the green frog tells the animals that the sun has taken all the water through evaporation. He tells them that he has a deal for them. He can store the water that has been left, in his pouch. Yamin the wombat is not so sure, and tells Tjidalih that he is not keen to drink water stored in the frog’s stomach.
Again! Said Rabbit by Marjoke Henrichs
Scallywag Press, 2026. ISBN: 9781836300625. (Age: 3+) Highly recommended. The third in the books about Rabbit and his family, deals with the big emotions that many children feel in early childhood. In this story, Rabbit goes to the beach with his parents. The parents are carrying bags with things they might need at the beach and Rabbit pulls a trolley of play things. He is very eager. He begins to kick the ball with Dad but when the game finishes, Rabbit wants to keep going; 'Again' he calls out.