Category: Picture Books (Hardback) | Series: Claris Collection
The second delightful rhyming tale about courage, compassion and a stylish little mouse, from acclaimed fashion illustrator Megan Hess. It's Fashion Week in Paris and there is no way Claris is missing the show of her favourite designer But when a fashion emergency occurs, will Claris and Monsieu ...Show more
Category: General
The new novel from the best-selling author of The Bastard of Istanbul. 'In the first minute following her death, Tequila Leila's consciousness began to ebb, slowly and steadily, like a tide receding from the shore. Her brain cells, having run out of blood, were now completely deprived of oxygen. But the ...Show more
Category: General | Reading Level: 1 Fiction
Odette Brown has lived her whole life on the fringes of a small country town. After her daughter disappeared and left her with her granddaughter Sissy to raise on her own, Odette has managed to stay under the radar of the welfare authorities who are removing fair-skinned Aboriginal children from their f ...Show more
Category: 9-12 Years Middle Readers | Series: Polly and Buster | Reading Level: 8 Kids Middle Readers
Is being best friends enough to save a whole town? Polly and Buster have always believed that witches and monsters can be friends, but it seems no-one else agrees. With the witches furious and the monsters in uproar, their whole town is heading for a war ... and yet no-one realises tha ...Show more
Category: Picture Books (Hardback) | Series: Tiger and Friends
Featuring one of the key characters from the bestselling Tiger's Roar, Rabbit's Hop is Rabbit's 'origin story' - a celebration of recognising your strengths, accepting help, encouraging others and enjoying friendships and sport. Another funny and inspiring picture book by AFL Premiership player, Alex Ra ...Show more
Category: Reference
I tattooed a number on her arm. She tattooed her name on my heart. In 1942, Lale Sokolov arrived in Auschwitz-Birkenau. He was given the job of tattooing the prisoners marked for survival - scratching numbers into his fellow victims' arms in indelible ink to create what would become one of the most po ...Show more
Category: Board Books | Series: Little Creatures Ser.
Little Llama is having a very odd morning. Can you help him look for his pyjamas? With interactive lift-the-flap pages and gorgeous illustrations by Jedda Robaard, join Little Chicken on her adventures as she searches for her missing egg.
Category: 6-9 Years Younger Readers | Series: Narwhal and Jelly
Hilarious and charming. The most loveable duo since Frog and Toad' - Dav Pilkey, bestselling author of Dogman and Captain Underpants. Narwhal is a happy-go-lucky narwhal. Jelly is a no-nonsense jellyfish. The two might not have a lot in common, but they do they love waffles, parties and adventures. Joi ...Show more
Category: Young Adult | Reading Level: 9 YA
From award-winning Jenn Bennett comes a swoon-worthy story with a compelling mystery at its heart Raised in isolation and home-schooled by her strict grandparents, the only experience Birdie has had of the outside world is through her favourite crime books. But everything changes when she takes a ...Show more
Category: 9-12 Years Middle Readers
To climb a tree, always think in threes and you'll never fall. "Two feet, one hand. Two hands, one foot," Cora's father told her when she was a little girl. Now Cora is in middle school, her father is gone, her family is homeless, and Cora has to look after her younger sister, Adare, who needs a lot of ...Show more
Category: 9-12 Years Middle Readers | Series: Alice-Miranda
And a one, two, three, hit it! With the arrival of a new teacher and a tussle for power between some of the existing staff, there's tension in the air at Winchesterfield Downsfordvale School for Proper Young Ladies. Alice-Miranda and her friends are surprised, but with a disaster in the village that's l ...Show more
Category: Military/War | Reading Level: 4 Non Fiction
In 1945, as the army retreated, the German people were surrendered to the enemy with no means of defence. A wave of suicides rolled across the country as thousands chose death-for themselves and their children-rather than face the defeat of the Third Reich and what they feared might follow. Drawing on ...Show more
