DIM'S re VIEWS

Welcome to this special place. It is whatever, wherever you wish it to be: a quiet nook beneath a sunny window, a cosy armchair swathed in your favourite throw, a hushed corner in a stately library, a shady patch under an apricot tree...It doesn't matter where you read as long as you do.

Here you will find some of my favourite reads, reviewed with open-hearted sincerity and a passion to not just share great children's stories but experience them as they were written to be - as a child.

Share them with any young people you know. Recommend them to those young at heart. Treasure them for yourself. Feel free to leave your impressions, too. After all, reading is subjective. Your interpretation of a story is what colours it with joy and purpose. Enjoy.

Please note that I am forever teetering atop a veritable Mt Everest of books and although I'd love to share every interesting story ever written, my disappointingly short human lifespan renders this impossible. Thus, I'm currently closed to unsolicited review requests. For full details, please visit, here. To read a review, simply click on any book cover image below. To enjoy the many dozens of books I've featured on Boomerang Books Blog over the years, visit my reviews at Boomerang Books.

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Fiction:






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Non-Fiction / Biographies:
Book Bites:

    
Keep 'Em CountingEaster Basket GoodiesToo Cool For SchoolAustralia All Over
    
Nurturing NatureDiscovering ScienceEndearing and Emboldening BiographiesStories Stories Everywhere
    
Mother's Day Magic MomentsWorlds of Pure ImaginationFun & FamilyFather's Day Fun
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Board Books with HeartEnvironmental EmpathyMothers' Day MagicKindness and Compassion
 
 



 
 Space OdysseysI Am Me Cute Canines More Father's Day Fun 
  

 

 
Natural Disasters Fire Spooktacular Hallowleen Tales Love and Loss in Picture Books Hauntingly Good Halloween Reads 
 

 

 

 

Christmas Countdown Collection 2020Under the Sea Picture BooksMother's Day Moments  Picture Books to Soothe and Comfort
 


 

 



 
Picture Books celebrating World Oceans Fathoming FriendshipsBird Novels to Twit AboutDouble Delight Verse Novels
 




 



 



Fabulously Funny DadsSharing the Merry Christmas Picture BooksNon-Fic Surviving The Terrible TeensBook List: Lions and Tigers and Bears


 

 
Feeling HungryBook List: Enthralling Entomology  Book List: Beyond the Sea
 
Book List: Bush Babies Galore










 







Hippity Hoppity Easter TreatsA Detective's Guide to Marvellous MysteriesDouble Whammy Whodunnits?All You Need Is Love







 




 






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