Alternative title: New Books for Boys and Girls
Issue Details: First known date: 1995... vol. 39 no. 2 May 1995 of Reading Time est. 1956 Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1995 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Judges, single work column (p. 2-4)
The Children's Book of the Year Awards - 1995 Shortlist, single work column (p. 4)
The Nine Lives of Aoi Kashima, Duncan Ball , single work prose
In this essay, Ball discusses some of the problems that translators encounter when they try to translate his works. He also describes the translation of his books into Japanese by 'Aoi Kashima', who is not actually a single translator, but rather a group of nine Japanese women who translate as a team, working under a pseudonym of their own construction; the name 'Aoi Kashima' is 'made up of letters from the names of the actual translators', Ball writes.
(p. 5-7)
The Watertower, Steven Woolman , single work criticism
Artist Steven Woolman discusses the imaginative processes of picture book illustration, particularly in his approach to The Watertower, aimed at older readers.
(p. 7-8)
Compiling a Horse 'Classic', Mary Small , single work criticism
Mary Small discusses the genesis of the works Saddle Up and Saddle Up Again, anthologies for children of the "very best of Australian horse literature".
(p. 8-9)
Ted Ottley [by Himself], Ted Ottley , single work criticism (p. 10-11)
Marion E. Robertson, Margaret Hamilton , single work obituary (p. 14)
Untitled, Joan Zahnleiter , single work review
— Review of Days with Gran Catherine Farthing-Knight , 1995 single work picture book ;
(p. 15) Section: Picture Books
Untitled, Sue Clancy , single work review
— Review of The Deliverance of Dancing Bears Elizabeth Stanley , 1994 single work picture book ;
(p. 15) Section: Picture Books
Untitled, Barbara Dobson , single work review
— Review of The Drover's Dog David Cox , 1995 single work picture book ;
(p. 16) Section: Picture Books
Untitled, Elspeth Cameron , single work review
— Review of A Problem with Possums Cecily Cox , 1994 single work picture book ;
(p. 16) Section: Picture Books
Untitled, Chris Dayman , single work review
— Review of Every Child Edna Casler Joll , 1995 single work picture book ;
(p. 16) Section: Picture Books
Untitled, Rosemary Buchanan , single work review
— Review of The Australian Mother Goose II Colin Thiele , 1994 selected work poetry ;
(p. 17) Section: Picture Books
Untitled, Sophie Masson , single work review
— Review of Letters from Felix Annette Langen , Michael Dugan (translator), 1994 single work picture book ;
(p. 17) Section: Picture Books
Untitled, Margot Nelmes , single work review
— Review of Zoltan the Magnificent Bob Graham , 1994 single work picture book ;
(p. 18) Section: Picture Books
Untitled, Judy Moss , single work review
— Review of A Donkey Did It! Merril Haeusler , 1994 single work picture book ;
(p. 18) Section: Picture Books
Untitled, Julie Taylor , single work review
— Review of The Werewolf Knight Jenny Wagner , 1972 single work picture book ;
(p. 21) Section: Picture Books
Untitled, Beatrice Fincher , single work review
— Review of Schnorky : The Wave Puncher!! Jeff Raglus , 1994 single work picture book ;
(p. 21) Section: Picture Books
Untitled, Linnet Hunter , single work review
— Review of Fairies Leonie Young , 1994 single work picture book ;
(p. 21-22) Section: Picture Books
Untitled, Lee Finkelstein , single work review
— Review of Musical Harriet Meredith Costain , 1994 single work children's fiction ;
(p. 22) Section: Picture Books
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