Category: Young Adult
In this beautiful love story from the author of "Graffiti Moon, " two teens find their way back to each other in a bookstore full of secrets and crushes, grief and hope--and letters hidden between the pages./16.
Category: Children's
Dad came home one day with one of those old cameras, the kind that use film. But Dad didn't take photos of the regular things people photograph . . . Told in stunning prose, with creative heart-warming illustrations, this book is a celebration of what we hold closest to our hearts.
Category: Children's | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 2-3, Age 7-8
A powerful, moving story based on a true story about one heroic horse who saved others during a bushfire. Fabish had once been a racehorse. Now he lived in a paddock with the frisky young horses and showed them how to behave. But one hot summer day, a wild wind blew up, and the horses were nervous and f ...Show more
Category: Young Adult
Winner of the CILIP Amnesty Honour 2017. Shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2017. Perfect for fans of THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS. This is a beautiful, vivid and deeply moving story about a refugee boy who has spent his entire life living in a detentio ...Show more
Category: Picture Books (Hardback) | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 1-2, Age 6-7
At Canteen Creek where we live, there are cheeky dogs everywhere. But when the cheeky goats, donkeys, buffaloes and camels make mischief in the camp, the dogs just lie there - until those pesky animals really go too far. Then the cheeky camp dogs roar into action!..'A funny, uplifting and beautifully wr ...Show more
Category: Reference
Genes are the blueprint for life. They are found inside the cells of all living organisms, and are responsible for how a plant or animal looks and grows. Welcome to the gigantic book of genes!
Category: Picture Books (Hardback)
An Australian Christmas is threatened when drought takes hold. A little girl has only one wish-for rain. Will her wish come true?
Category: Reference
This beautifully illustrated full-colour picture book is packed with interesting facts and is perfect for young conservationists and students with a keen interest in the world around us. A 2017 CBCA Honour Book. This beautifully illustrated full-colour picture book is packed with interesting facts and i ...Show more
Category: Reference
With its enticing and colourful design and its fascinating information, this is a book that children will want to pore over-either at home, in the classroom or on a road trip. This book brings together 55 national parks, selected across all Australian states and territories, and over 120 animals. It is ...Show more
Category: Children's | Series: The Official Pokemon Ear | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 2-3, Age 7-8
Winner of the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Crichton Award for Debut Illustrator 2017 Selected as a CBCA Honour Picture Book 2017 Shortlisted for PATRICIA WRIGHTSON PRIZE FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE 2018 'Beautifully written and incredibly powerful.' Books + Publishing When you live in a v ...Show more
Category: 9-12 Years Middle Readers | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 4-6, Age 9-11
From the author of Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy comes the story of a friendship between two girls set in Victorian England, with magical machines, wizards, witches, a mysterious underworld, and a race against time. Annabel Grey is primed for a proper life as a young lady in Victorian England. ...Show more
Category: Picture Books (Hardback) | Series: Mechanica
Beautiful picture books for older children that explore a possible future of our world as the effects of global warming spread. Set in the twenty-third century, the book describes how Earth could no longer support wildlife. The warnings had been ignored. Corporations continued to expose the envir ...Show more
