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PICTURE Books DUE LATER 2020 GIRL FROM THE SEA Margaret Wild, Jane Tanner RRP $24.99 Maree Mccarthy Yoelu, Samantha Fry RRP $24.99 Great-Grandpa Liman lives in a small house by the sea. There are no lights — just stars as far as the eye can see. Brother Moon is a powerful story lovingly told by a great-grandfather to his great-grandson. LANDING WITH WINGS Trace Balla RRP $27.99 OUR PRICE $24 99 Landing with Wings is a story about spreading your wings and putting down roots in an ancient land. From the creator of Rivertime and Rockhopping comes another celebration of the world around us. RRP $26.99 OUR PRICE $23 99 This book celebrates Mark Wilson’s lifelong passion for endangered wildlife and the preservation of habitat.  A New Prayer for the Animals is a message of hope for animals across the world. ANISA’S ALPHABET 28 Mike Dumbleton, Hannah Sommerville RRP $29.99 BY THE BILLABONG Maura Finn, Cate James RRP $24.99 NEVER FORGET Inspired by the extraordinary works of Australian artists painting the First World War, this evocative book commemorates and explores the sacrifice of soldiers, the nurses who served and the families at home waiting for their return.  Mark Wilson DUE APRIL Who lives in that cottage by the sea? I wish. I wish. I wish it was me. Girl from the Sea is a poetic ghost story with stunning images from two of Australia’s finest children’s book creators. Clare Hallifax, Simon O'Carrigan RRP $19.99 A NEW PRAYER FOR THE ANIMALS BROTHER MOON A wisdom of wombats, a passel of possums, a cluster of spiders knitting socks... Who else might you meet on a trip to the billabong? By the Billabong this delightful romp through a much-loved Australian landscape. THE BOY AND THE WHALE Linde Faas RRP $19.99 In dreamlike images, Linde Faas tells the story of a chance meeting between a boy and a giant whale. The encounter makes the boy realise how wonderful it is to have a friend like a whale. DUE MAY 1 DUE MAY OUR HOME, OUR HEARTBEAT Adam Briggs, Kate Moon, Rachael Sarra RRP $24.99 Readers will recognise Briggs’ distinctive voice and contagious energy within the pages of Our Home, Our Heartbeat, signifying a new and exciting chapter in children’s Indigenous publishing.  Give a gift card 1 RESPECT Our Way is old. Older than the red earth. Older than flickering stars. Our way is respect... A tender, thoughtful story reminding us to respect others and respect ourselves.  Aunty Fay Muir, Sue Lawson, Lisa Kennedy RRP $24.99 Anisa takes the reader though the alphabet, describing her journey from an unnamed war- torn country to a refugee camp, then on to an overcrowded boat towards supposed freedom and security. Stories C AN CONQUER FEAR, YOU KNOW. THEY CAN MAKE THE HEART BIGGER. ―  Ben Okri, Songs Of Enchantment feature TITLES TO THE BRIDGE Corinne Fenton, Andrew McLean RRP $26.99 Corinne Fenton and Andrew McLean tell the story of Lennie Gwyther and Ginger Mick, a boy and his pony who crossed Sydney’s Harbour Bridge on 19th of March, 1932 and marched into history. Available in-store and online collinsbooks.com.au