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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Pollution is accelerating, climate change is threatening and we live in a world where not only do we want everything...but we want it now - regardless. What is all this doing to our planet? Dumpi and the gang have uncovered a way to stop world-wide waste and create an eco-friendly 21st Century.
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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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Follow Goobie, a very unusual piece of poo, as he takes us on a fascinating journey from the beginning of time! And you thought that Poo was something we didn't talk about!
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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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Weather is one of the most talked about subjects in the world. There is no better time to join in the conversation and find out what the weather is really up to. Join Muzbar, intergalactic weather detective, Storm Front and Weather-Pod. They have hooked into the weather grid to explain why the climate is changing.
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Water covers 70% of our planet and is always on the move. Meet Wasu, our favourite water droplet and discover water's view on life. Follow the water cycle, travel through the ages and discover things you never knew. Why is water so important? Where does it go? What does it do in its spare time?
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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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Seasons of Love is the second book in the international award winning "Love Series." The continued experiential reminder this time is that Love is found in all four seasons is a heartwarming tale for both reader and listener.
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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.
