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My Dad Used To Be So Cool by Keith Negley

Just in time for Father’s Day! Did your dad used to be cool? Wondering what happened to his rock band playing, skateboarding days? This funny and relatable story shows children how their parents are still cool after all, even if it’s not in quite the same way!

Parents and children will both enjoy engaging with this book, presented in Negley’s unique style where words are minimal and the emotive illustrations really carry the story along. Flying Eye Books RRP from $16.99 softcover

The boy who burped by Felicity McVay

Meet Barnaby, a little boy from Bondi who loves to burp. Barnaby can burp on demand and even entertain his friends by burping the alphabet. But when Barnaby tries to stop burping, he can’t! Barnaby tries everything from changing his diet to standing upside down and walking backwards. This debut book by Sydney based Felicity McVay will be a delightful addition to your child’s bookshelf. You’ll laugh out loud as you read the rhyming text and travel along with Barnaby Published by NEW HOLLAND RRP $17.99

Little Lon by Andrew Kelly

Little Lon is the story of community in early Melbourne, revealing the city’s rich multicultural history. It is a joyous story of growing up in an area that others thought of as a slum, but that locals adored, with the area’s rich multiculturalism already in abundance back in the 19th and early 20th century. Marie recalls all the people from different countries who lived, worked and operated shops in the area, the street food, the hawkers, fairy floss from Queen Victoria Market, playing in the street, her school, and her family’s weekend activities. Published by Wild Dog Books RRP $24.95

How Do You Make a Baby? by Anna Fiske

A funny, forthright non-fiction picture book book about how babies are made and different ways to be a family. In How Do You Make a Baby? Anna Fiske answers the questions all children are curious about: How does a baby get into the mother’s stomach? Who can make a baby, and how is it actually done? With comic illustrations and a playful tone, this is a funny and factual book about an eternally relevant topic, giving parents and children a starting point for discussion. Informational, funny and warm, How Do You Make a Baby? is suitable for children aged 4 and up. Published by Gecko Press RRP $29.99

Flawsome by Georgia Murch

We’re so damn hard on ourselves, no wonder mental health problems are at all-time highs. Georgia Murch’s answer is to accept our imperfections and learn to be ourselves - flaws and all.

You are not called an accountant, or a speaker, or a writer. You are called by a name - your name. You are you. To know what that means and who you are requires work. Just like growing into a new pair of sneakers, you need to grow into who you really are. To do this, you have to accept your flaws. In this fascinating book, author and feedback expert, Georgia Murch, teaches you that being flawsome is not just about accepting your flaws, your inadequacies, the things you hide - it’s understanding where they come from and rewriting how you see yourself, so you can live as you are. Major Street Publishing, RRP $29.95

Everyday creative

Upend your personal status quo and reclaim your natural creativity in every single action you take. Everyone claims to value creativity, and businesses are clamouring for disruptive thinking and innovation. Yet we often feel creatively stifled at work, because business processes seem to leave no room for real originality. In this climate, it takes a heroic effort to reclaim our status as independent thinkers, to bring meaning and joy to our work lives and to make lasting changes that will bring value to everyone around us. In Everyday Creative, culture and creative leadership expert Mykel Dixon reveals what’s holding us back from our full creative potential and explains how we can reclaim our original, vibrant selves. Published by Wiley RRP $29.95

Thriving Mind by Dr Jenny Brockis

We all feel it sometimes—all of us, we really do. Tired, hopeless, stretched too thin, a little scared about the future, a sense that something important is missing. Modern life is unbelievably stressful, and it comes at us from all sides. But there’s also an upside to the modern world: in our age of better information, technology, nutrition, and healthcare, we’re using our smarts to develop a science that can help us feel happier and more connected to our lives—and it really does work. In Thriving Mind, Dr. Jenny Brockis draws on deep research and 30+ years of helping people solve persistent and serious problems to provide science-based strategies for overcoming them—as well as the habits to help avoid them in the future. Walking you through common issues such as loneliness, stress, relationship breakdown, loss of social connection, and mental health issues, Dr. Brockis shows that there are practical ways to alleviate or even banish these difficulties—and to reclaim a sense of meaning and vitality you might not have felt in years. Published by Wiley RRP $27.95