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If you were a child in the 1980s, or indeed if you had a child in the 1980s, you would certainly remember Grug. If you still have any of the Grug books, they would be collectors’ items by now because the series by Ted Prior has been out of print since 1992.
Well the world has changed since the 1980s. Grug is on Facebook and he has more than 50,000 friends (and a couple of videos). And he has entered the world of flash mobbing.
And September will see the first new Grug book in 30 year’s as Ted Prior’s lovable character will be the official face of the children’s campaign for Books Alive.
Meanwhile, at Booktopia, we have another one of those great exclusive deals for you.
We have put together four Grug packs, each one with 6 of these very appealing books. That’s $30 worth of Grug for $22.95, not that you can buy the packs anywhere else.
Of course, the books retail individually for $4.99 (our price $4.46) but once you have one you will definitely want the lot. So for little ones, or the little one still inside you, click on the packs below the re-enter the joyous world of Grug.
Pack 1
Grug, Grug and his Garden, Gurg and the Big Red Apple, Grug and the Rainbow, Grug in the Playground, Grug and the Green Paint.
Pack 2
Grug Goes to School, Grug Meets Snoot, Grug Learns to Swim, Grug Goes Fishing, Grug Has a Birthday.
Pack 3 PRE-ORDER FOR JULY
Grug Plays Soccer, Grug at the Zoo, Grug at the Snow, Grug and His Bicycle, Grug Plays Cricket, Grug and His Music.
Pack 4 PRE-ORDER FOR JULY
Grug Builds a Car, Grug Learns to Cook, Grug Builds a Boat, Grug and His Kite, Grug Learns to Dance, Grug Goes Shopping.
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Known as The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest in the English speaking world, Stieg Larsson fans will be lining up on October 1 to get the final installment of phenomenally popular Millennium Trilogy.
August will see the release in this country of 
The latest celluloid make-over is Audrey Niffenegger’s marvellous imagining, 
Australians have responded in droves to the Harper Collins bushfire fundraiser through their purchases of Black Saturday: Stories of Love, Loss and Courage from the Victorian Bushfires. In fact, more than $300,000 has been raised through this initiative.
Congratulations to Tim Winton who last night picked up the Miles Franklin Award for the fourth time for his novel Breath.
As far as the award judges were concerned, Breath is “a searing document about masculinity, about risk, and about young people’s desire to push the limits. Winton is at the height of his powers as a novelist, and this is his greatest love letter yet to the sea, to the coast of West Australia, and a compelling testimony to the role of surfing in Australian culture.
Yes, Jordan Belfort aka the Wolf of Wall Street himself is coming to Australia. He will be arriving mid August and will be doing a series of high profile corporate and public events (details to follow). It will be a media mash up – everyone wants a piece of this guy. And he is currently the bestselling author in the business category in Australia with both books.
We profiled Jordan Belfort in 
Neil White’s memoir 
Every now and then I get to fall into a book so completely that I can’t help feel delighted that the gods have somehow conspired to allow me to read and write about books for a living.
Well, there is only one place to go after an opening like that and that is head on into the story with the diminutive Toby whose whole universe is described by the giant oak tree in which he, and his crisis riven people, live.
Worldshaker
