Good-girl Kat knew drinking alcohol at school would have serious consequences. But to protect her friend from being expelled, Kat lands herself a term's worth of detentions.
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Have you ever felt like running away? In Without Me? A small child resolves to runaway but minute-by minute reasoning raises questions about the impact. Gradually reneging he begins a pied piper walk resulting in all he ran from joining him. A humorous story that confirms the message: we belong in family.
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Life is full of brightness for one polar bear cub. But then shadows fall ... and his world changes. The little cub must learn to hope again. The Whirlpool is a beautiful story about feeling sad and happy, lonely and loved, small and big. This gentle, emotive tale will help children navigate their way through the ups and downs of life. There is a whirlpool in all of us.
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A young girl visits her Grandma and ‘brightens her dreams’ whilst her little brother charms the nursing home residents with his playful antics. This is a joyful and poignant celebration of life and love with vibrant illustrations of present day and yesteryear.
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Australian teenager, Jaime Richards, returns to her dear Pakistan in the second book of the Beyond Borders series. The old world charm is still there - the villages, the bazaars and the mysterious rugs - but Jaime no longer feels safe and confident in this new Pakistan.
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Bees know exactly what they are doing. And curious children want to learn their secrets: What goes on inside a beehive? How do bees make honey? What is pollination? This book answers these questions and gives young readers comprehensive, beautifully illustrated information about humankind's greatest ally - the very clever bee. Discover the life cycle and anatomy of the honey bee, the happy relationship between bees and flowers, our many uses of honey and beeswax, and how we can all help bees.
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‘Have you ever wondered, as I tend to do Of things you can do with blue whale poo?’ ‘Never?’ Readers young and old will delight in this ridiculous rhyming story of things you can do with blue whale poo, while learning along the way about the importance of this very stinky stuff, produced by the biggest creature to have ever graced the earth!
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A 2020 CBCA notable book in the younger reader category! Sometimes I feel like the glass in my fish tank - people look right through me. Twelve- year-old Tilly dreams of becoming a marine scientist, but she doesn't even own a swimsuit. She lives in a drought - stricken town with her mum and younger brother Oliver, who is autistic.
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Hi everyone! I'm Max Crack and this awesome book is all about me and my quests and my best friend Frankie! Buried treasure, new school, doodles, peanut butter and honey toast, best friends, horrible blobs, mysteries, Meddlyslop, spelling bees (hard words, harder words), more doodles, comics, World War Undies ... this book has it ALL.
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Shiro, the daughter of a native tea-maker, cares nothing for the class distinctions of tea plantation life. She dreams of a future as a missionary doctor and wants nothing more than to play with her best friend, Lakshmi, even though Lakshmi is a coolie labourer.
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George was a day child. He loved to rollick and romp in the sunshine, but no matter how hard he played in the day, sleep never came easily at night. Until his Gran introduced him to the Dream Bird.
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One girl. One boy. And a friendship that could save them both.
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In the cold, grey city no one ever seems to notice Spider Iggy. As he spins his web into beautiful and intricate designs, he dreams of a faraway land filled with colour and light. Determined to leave his ‘hohum’ life behind, brave Iggy sets out on an adventure to find the one place he can finally fit in. Home.
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Slowly, slowly, you catch a monkey ... Bongani wants to go to school but he is too young. To prove to his family that he is big and strong just like his cousins, he tries to catch a monkey. Slowly, slowly, he must go. Luckily his family is there to school him in the lessons of patience and compassion.
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When Uncle Charlie comes to visit, Ivy keeps her distance. He seems different from other people she knows. Can Uncle Charlie find a way to show her that he is not so different after all?
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It must be Ruby's lucky day! She keeps finding coins everywhere. But there's something funny about this money. Why is it so bright and shiny and new looking? And where did it come from?
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Ruby is back with twelve new wishes! And one missing wish from last spring is still floating about in the garden somewhere ... But Ruby is wasting her new wishes trying to keep Jellybean out of mischief until she discovers the prefect way to make Jellybean do exactly what she says, But cousin Todd isn't so keen on doing what Ruby says.
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Something extraordinary is going on ... even more extraordinary than usual in the Wishfingers household! Things keep disappearing and then reappearing in the strangest of places!
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Ruby is back - and so are her wishes! With a head full of plans for the holidays Ruby’s fingertips already tingling with magic. That is, until Mum announces that Ruby’s horrible little toad of a cousin is coming to stay.
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Ruby Wishfingers is an ordinary girl with an extraordinary name. Only nobody else seems to think so. That is until Ruby Wishfingers wakes up with a strange feeling in the tips of her fingers. She soon finds out that there is far more to being a Wishfingers than having a funny name.
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Fifteen-year-old Meena has given up all hope of ever escaping the brothel. For three years she's locked away her memories - of home, of her childhood friend, of what it means to hope. But when a botched police raid offers her a chance at freedom, Meena must face the truth about her past.
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There's only one thing that Nelly dislikes more than jelly, and that's heights. In fact, she's terrified of high places!
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Tom was born earlier than expected and had the doctors worried. His big brother wasn't worried though, he saw angels outside his window and knew everything would be okay. My Brother Tom is a story for older siblings of premature babies to help them make sense of what is happening at a difficult time...
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Every day Mustara and Taj look out onto a sea of yellow-red dust and stones. The sand rolls and shifts. Taj’s father says it is like the waves of the ocean and the spinifex bushes are little boats blown about by the wind. Taj longs to take his young camel into the desert to explore, but like a storm in the ocean, the desert can turn wild. Taj and Mustara must prove their strength and courage.
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Marty loved to party. At every party, Marty was the first to arrive and the last to leave. Parties aren’t so much fun for Marty now that he keeps ending up in hospital. How can Marty and his friends make their parties safe and fun for everybody?
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Lulu had a DREAM, an ambition you know, to DANCE and to SING and to put on a show....
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Little Meerkat is a humorous, lively and adventurous picture book aimed at 3 – 7 year olds. The main character, Little Meerkat, craves independence and adventure in his life. His extended family, of Mum, Dad, Aunty, Uncle, Sister and Brother, are there to guide and protect him.
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Little Good Wolf wants to be liked and to have friends. He wants to belong, but Little Good Wolf has one HUGE problem, his dad is the Big Bad Wolf, the most feared villain in all of Fairytale Land.
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Sixteen-year-old Liana Bedford lives in constant fear. Political tensions in Pakistan are rising and terrorist attacks are becoming an everyday norm. As a Pakistani-Australian, she could be the next target.
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Jack and Mia are best friends. They stick together like paper and glue. Then the unthinkable happens... Mia’s family has to move away. How can they prove that distance is no barrier to friendship?
A heartwarming story about loneliness, acceptance and the separation of close friends.
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I found myself in a storm today and a Prince called Peace came out to play.’
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Sam is tired of waiting so long, his waiting heart is not so strong. Until patience grows down deep inside and joins him on the waiting ride.
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“There is one thing that I need most, I need it more than tea and toast.” “Love” is the first book in The Invisible Tree Series. In “Love” a little person learns about what we all need most. He learns about receiving love and giving it away. And as he learns something special is growing on the inside!
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Like streams of water in a dry land, is the gift of kindness in my hand.’ Kindness – the fifth book in the inspirational Invisible Tree Series captures a child’s journey of compassion to find the virtue of kindness.
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“I’ve lost my joy where could it be?” “Joy” is the second book in The Invisible Tree Series. In “Joy” a young girl is on a quest to find her joy! Is it under the apple tree, is it out to sea, or is it in something that we cannot see? A message for little ones and big ones – where do we go to find joy when we have lost it?
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A rhyming adventure between mummy and baby exploring the fantasy of animals and the fun times they have. Imagine we were bees and you were my baby zzz zzz zzz
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Maddie tries to be nice to everyone. Even weird, chicken-obsessed Tahlia. BUT she’d way prefer to hang out with the cool K-girls at school. The only problem is that they don’t seem interested in her anymore. And at Year 6 camp Maddie has a decision to make: how far will she go to be popular? Will she be able to live with the guilt when she finally has everything she’s been hoping for? Follow Maddie’s hilarious antics with chickens, secrets and undies in the latest adventure at Kangaroo Valley Public School.
