The Love That I Have by James Moloney
$27.99 AUD
Category: Young Adult
For fans of The Book Thief, a powerful and heartbreaking story set during WW2 that stays with you long after the final page is read. Margot Baumann hasleft school to take up her sister's job in the mailroom of a large prison. But this is Germany in 1944, and the prison is Sachsenhausen concentration ca ...Show more
All the Ways to be Smart by Davina Bell
$24.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books | Reading Level: very good
Smart is not just ticks and crosses,smart is building boats from boxes.Painting patterns, wheeling wagons,being mermaids, riding dragons … From the award-winning creators of The Underwater Fancy-dress Parade and Under the Love Umbrella comes this joyful ode to all the unique and wonderful qualities that ...Show more
The Pigeon HAS to Go to School! by Mo Willems
$16.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books | Series: DONT LET THE PIGEON DRIVE THE BUS | Reading Level: 7 Kids Picture Books
Mo Willems’ Pigeon is BACK in a hilarious story perfect for those about to start school or nursery. The Pigeon is about to get SCHOOLED. Do YOU think he should go? Why does the Pigeon have to go to school? He already knows everything! Well ... almost everything. And what if he doesn’t like it? What if ...Show more
Young Dark Emu: A Truer History by Bruce Pascoe
$24.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books | Reading Level: Eve Pownall Award
Bruce Pascoe has collected a swathe of literary awards for Dark Emu and now he has brought together the research and compelling first person accounts in a book for younger readers. Using the accounts of early European explorers, colonists and farmers, Bruce Pascoe compellingly argues for a reconsiderati ...Show more
Land of Fences (#3 The Winter Trilogy) by Mark Smith
$19.99 AUD
Category: Young Adult | Series: Winter Trilogy | Reading Level: very good
Finn and Kas are surviving on the coast—more than surviving: they’re enjoying the surf, the summer and being together. And now, the lights of Wentworth mean life could soon be back to normal. Finn is cautiously optimistic, but Kas knows she can never escape her status as a Siley, and that a return to sl ...Show more
Ada Twist, Scientist (HB) by Andrea Beaty
$24.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books | Series: The Questioneers | Reading Level: near fine
A #1 New York Times Bestseller A Wall Street Journal Bestseller A USA Today Bestseller The creators of the New York Times bestselling picture books Rosie Revere, Engineer and Iggy Peck, Architect are back with a story about the power of curiosity in the hands of a child who is on a mission to use scienc ...Show more
The Internet is Like a Puddle by Shona Innes
$14.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books | Series: A Big Hug Book | Reading Level: near fine
The internet can be amazing - it helps you talk to friends and family that live far away, and you can also play games and learn all sorts of fun things. The internet can also be a bit like a puddle - there are some puddles that are fun to play in, but others are much too deep and aren't safe. It is impo ...Show more
In the Dead of the Night by Arthur McBain
$19.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books
It's a cold, rainy night and a storm is outsideRain beats on the window by Lily's bedsideShe's scared of the dark so she shuts her eyes tightShe hates nothing more than the dead of the nightTap. Tap. Tap. Comes a noise from the hallway ...Will Lily conquer her fears? Will she conquer her fright? Will sh ...Show more
The Bogan Mondrian by Steven Herrick
$19.95 AUD
Category: Young Adult
'There are worse things than school.' Luke sleepwalks through his days wagging school, swimming at the reservoir and eating takeaway pizza. That is until Charlotte shows up. Rumour is she got expelled from her city school and her family moved to the Blue Mountains for a fresh start. But when Luke's invi ...Show more
The Slightly Alarming Tale of the Whispering Wars by Jaclyn Moriarty
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Category: Advanced Reader 10+ | Series: Kingdoms and Empires | Reading Level: very good
I was taken by Whisperers at 2pm, so I never pulled the lever for the laundry chute. That's what bothered me most. This is way ahead in the story, though. A lot happened before that. The town of Spindrift is frequented by pirates, Shadow Mages and charlatans. It's also home to the Orphanage School, whe ...Show more
Leave Taking by Lorraine Marwood
$14.95 AUD
Category: Middle Reader 8-12
Leave taking nounthe act of saying goodbye. What if you had just one week left to say goodbye to everything you've ever known? Toby and his mum and dad are leaving their family farm after the death of Toby's younger sister, Leah. Together, they sort through all their belongings and put things aside to s ...Show more
The Peacock Detectives by Carly Nugent
$16.99 AUD
Category: Middle Reader 8-12 | Reading Level: very good
Shortlisted for the 2017 Text Prize Today would have been an ordinary Saturday, except that two things happened: 1) The peacocks escaped and 2) I started writing this story. Dad says if you want to write a story you should start by choosing a topic that you know a lot about. That's why this is a story a ...Show more