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Sally Murphy

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Children's, Poetry, Fiction

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Sally Murphy is an Australian author of over 30 children's books. She's also the slightly crazy mother of six beautiful kids. You'll find bits of her buried somewhere in every one of her books. She loves reading, writing, and speaking about reading and writing.

PEARL VERSES THE WORLD won the 2010 Australian Family Therapists’ Award for Children’s Literature as well as the 2010 Australian Speech Pathology Book of the Year Award for Best Book for Language Development. It was also an Honour Book in the CBCA Children's Book of the Year Awards.

TOPPLING won the children's book category of both the Queensland and Western Australian Premier's Book Awards, and was short-listed in the CBCA Children's Book of the Year Awards.
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What I Read in September 2025

What did I read in September? A LOT of manuscripts for a prize I’m a judge for and which, though book-length, don’t count for my total here. So, only four books to report.

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Stuff I’m (Not) Sorry For: 99 more poems for young people, by Maxine Beneba Clarke (Hardie Grant, 2025). The world needs more poetry, and fresh poetry for young people. This book delivers that in spades. Read more of this blog post »

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	Pearl Verses the World by Sally Murphy (Goodreads Author), Heather Potter (Illustrator) 4.17 avg rating — 449 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Worse Things 4.13 avg rating — 202 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Toppling by Sally Murphy (Goodreads Author), Rhian Nest James (Illustrator) 4.01 avg rating — 200 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	1915 (Australia's Great War, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Roses Are Blue by Sally Murphy (Goodreads Author), Gabriel Evans (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.27 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Australian Story: Bushfire 3.61 avg rating — 72 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Queen Narelle by Sally Murphy (Goodreads Author), Simon O'Carrigan (Illustrator) 4.19 avg rating — 36 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Riding Gallery by Sally Murphy (Goodreads Author), Martina Heiduczek (illustrator) 4.10 avg rating — 21 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Looking Up 4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Do Not Forget Australia by Sally Murphy (Goodreads Author), Sonia Kretschmar (Illustrator) 3.47 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Sally Murphy wrote a new blog post What I Read in September 2025 What did I read in September? A LOT of manuscripts for a prize I’m a judge for and which, though book-length, don’t count for my total here. So, only Read more of this blog post »
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“In the library
I search for a good book.
We have many books,
says Mrs. Rose, the librarian,
and ALL of them are good.
Of course she says that. It's her job.
But do I want to read about
Trucks
Trains and
Transport?
Or even
Horses
Houses and
Hyenas?

In the fiction corner
there are pink boks
full of princesses
and girls who want to be princesses
and black books
about bad boys
and brave boys
and brawny boys.

Where is the book
about a girl
whose poems don't rhyme
and whose Granny is fading?
Pearl, says Mrs. Rose, the bell has rung.

I go back to class
empty-handed
empty headed
empty-hearted.”
― Sally Murphy, Pearl Verses the World

tags: grief, libraries

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“It's a shame my dad had to die,
before you realized how mean you were.”
― Sally Murphy, Worse Things

tags: thought-provoking

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