I had lots of reading fun in March. I’m currently immersing myself in collections of children’s poetry, which has given me a chance to rediscover some old favourites and discover some new (to me) gems. Of course, I’ve read lots of prose, too, but it may be the first month ever that the amount of poetry I’ve read outweighs the prose – and I like it. Hopefully it will reflect in my own poetry writing.
So, as always, here’s my list for the month just gone, with links to those that are reviewed here on Aussiereviews. Have a great April 🙂
| The Hypnotiser | Michael Rosen | Lion | Children’s Poetry |
| The Dog’s Just Been Sick in the Honda | Colin Thompson | Hodder | Children’s Poetry |
| Great Anzac Stories | Graham Seal | Allen & Unwin | Adult NF |
| Wouldn’t You Like To Know | Michael Rosen | Andre Deutsch | Children’s Poetry |
| A Very Unusual Pursuit | Catherine Jinks | Allen & Unwin | Children’s |
| Flower Moon Snow: A Book of Haiku | Kazue Mizumura | Thomas Y Crowell | Children’s Poetry |
| Water Bombs: A Book of Poems for Teenagers | Steven Herriick | UQP | Children’s Poetry |
| The Romance Diaries: Ruby | Jenna Austen | ABC Books | Young Adult |
| Troy Thompson’s Excellent Peotry Book | Gary Crew | Lothian | Children’s |
| Muster Me a Song | Anne Bell | Triple D Books | Children’s Poetry |
| City | James Roy | UQP | Young Adult |
| Honey Sandwich | Elizabeth Honey | Allen & Unwin | Children’s Poetry |
| Man Drought | Rachael Johns | Harlequin | Adult Romance |
| Songs for My Thongs | Colin Thiele | Rigby | Children’s Poetry |
| Aunts Uncles Cousins and All | Michael Dugan | McMillan | Children’s Poetry |
| Behind the Sun | Deborah Challinor | Harper Collins | Adult |
| A Paddock of Poems | Max Fatchen | Omnibus Puffin | Children’s Poetry |
| In the Garden of Bad Things | Doug Macleod | Puffin | Children’s Poetry |
| Been to Yesterdays | Lee Bennett Hopkins | Wordsong | Children’s Poetry |
| This is Just to Say | Joyce Sidman | Houghton Miffling | Children’s Poetry |
| We’re Going on a Croc Hunt | Laine Mitchell | Scholastic | Picture Book |
| I Love You Too | Stephen Michael King | Scholastic | Picture Book |
| Bureau of Mysteries & the Mechanomancers | HJ Harper | Random House | Children’s |
| Paper Chains | Nicola Moriarty | Random House | Adult |