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What was your favourite childhood read?

April 2, 2015December 11, 2017Oxford Australia Leave a comment

Today is International Children’s Book Day.  A love of books and reading is close to all of our hearts here at Oxford Australia so we are celebrating the day by asking staff around the office to share some of their favourite childhood reads. Here are some of their answers: “I have so many but one book in […]

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Gifts to inspire a love of reading

November 18, 2014December 11, 2017Oxford Australia Leave a comment

The festive season is fast approaching, have you organised your Christmas gifts yet? If not, don’t fret, we’ve got you covered! We have a range of wonderful books for kids, from beautiful picture books to award-winning literary fiction. We’ve handpicked some gift books that will capture the imagination of young boys and girls, and will […]

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Cakes in space!

October 29, 2014December 11, 2017Oxford Australia Leave a comment

Phillip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre (author/illustrator of Oliver and the Seawigs) are a wonderfully matched creative pair who have imagined up a delicious space adventure full of robots, aliens and – best of all – cakes in their new book, Cakes in Space. The hero, Astra, is asleep onboard a spaceship that will take 200 years […]

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Oxford Book of the Month: Wendy Quill is Full Up of Wrong

August 25, 2014December 11, 2017Oxford Australia Leave a comment

This month, Steph, our Higher Education Marketing and Product Specialist, reviews the newest Wendy Quill adventure – Wendy Quill is Full Up of Wrong by Wendy Meddour and Mina May. Whoops! Wendy Quill keeps having slightly awful accidents! Like when her too-fast-bike whizzes round a corner and slightly-squishes a lady, and when the ghost in […]

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