Kids Book Recommendations
Children Make Terrible Pets
$28.99 – Hardcover book / Little Brown
A New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book for 2010
Check out this rollicking, humorous, and heartwarming twist on the classic "first pet" story about a young bear and her favorite pet boy!
When Lucy, a young bear... Buy or find out more →
The Ugly Truth: Diary Of A Wimpy Kid #5
$14.95 – Paperback book / Puffin
Greg heffley has always been in a hurry to grow up. But is getting older really it's cracked up to be?
Greg suddenly finds himself dealing with the pressures of boy-girl parties, increased responsibilities, and even the ... Buy or find out more →
Star Wars Lego Brickmaster
$39.95 – Pack / Dorling Kindersley
Become a LEGO Brickmaster!
If your child loves LEGO bricks, they'll enjoy this book complete with 140 fantastic LEGO bricks and 2 mini-figures which make 13 models - great value for money. Watch as they find out all abou... Buy or find out more →
Noni The Pony
$24.99 – Hardcover book / Allen & Unwin
A delightful rhyming pony story for young children by popular author and illustrator Alison Lester - Noni is the nicest pony any little child could ever hope to meet. Buy or find out more →
EJ12 Girl Hero: My Top Secret (Gift Box Books 1-4)
$29.99 – Slipcase / Lemonfizz Media
Fully-foiled and in full colour, the giftbox will be on every girl's wish-list this Christmas. Special Agent EJ12 cracks codes and foils evil plans all over the world. Emma Jacks worries about mean girls, swimming carniv... Buy or find out more →
When You Reach Me
$16.95 – Paperback book / Text Publishing
Winner of the 2010 Newbery Medal for best US children's book
Four mysterious letters change Miranda’s world.
Miranda and Sal are best friends, but when Sal gets punched by a new kid for no apparent reason, he shuts Mir... Buy or find out more →
Terry Denton's Bumper Book Of Silly Stuff To Do
$16.95 – Paperback book / Puffin
Packed full of hours of holiday fun, the Bumper Book is a must-have for every child! This fantastic activity book is full of fun drawing activities, cartoons, maps, lists and games to entertain children, take on holidays... Buy or find out more →
Sophie's Misfortunes: The Fleurville Trilogy Book One
$17.99 – Paperback book / Simon & Schuster
The first book of The Fleurville Trilogy: Sophie is a naughty little girl, she delights in disobeying her mother and engaging in mischievious pranks. Sophie unintentionally melts her favourite wax doll and gets into trou... Buy or find out more →
Camille and Madeleine: The Fleurville Trilogy Book Two
$16.99 – Paperback book / Simon & Schuster
Camille and Madeleine are perfect little girls, beautifully behaved and very wise. They live with their mother at Chateau Fleurville. When another little girl Margeurite and her widowed mother come to stay and Sophie, wh... Buy or find out more →
The Holiday: The Fleurville Trilogy Book Three
$17.99 – Paperback book / Simon & Schuster
Camille and Madeleine along with their friends Marguerite and Sophie are waiting excitedly for their cousins to arrive for the Summer holidays.
The children fill their days building cabins, having picnics and games of hi... Buy or find out more →
The Clockwork Three
$24.99 – Hardcover book / Scholastic
Three ordinary children are brought together by extraordinary events. . .
Giuseppe is an orphaned street musician who sees no way to escape from his ruthless master, until the day he fi nds an enchanted green violin.
Fre... Buy or find out more →
Greek Myths
$37.95 – Hardcover book / Walker Books
This is a beautifully written and illustrated collection of Greek myths containing seventeen famous tales full of love, loss, greed, envy and bravery. Beautifully written by Ann Turnbull and illustrated by Sarah Young, t... Buy or find out more →
Guess How Much I Love You Board Game
$39.95$19.95 – Boxed set / Walker Books
Contains a game board, a spinner, 4 character stands and pieces, 30 activity cards and a hardback edition of the picture book, and an animated DVD of the story. Buy or find out more →
H.O.U.S.E.
$34.99 – Hardcover book / Gecko
Presents the different architecture of 35 contemporary houses designed by the leading architects of the world from New York, Copenhagen, Tokyo, Iran to Australia. Explains the inspiration behind each design and the mater... Buy or find out more →
The Last Dragonslayer
$22.99 – Paperback book / Hodder Headline
In the good old days, magic was powerful, unregulated by government, and even the largest spell could be woven without filling in magic release form B1-7g. Then the magic started fading away. Fifteen-year-old Jennifer St... Buy or find out more →
Maudie And Bear
$29.95 – Hardcover book / Little Hare
Maudie's world revolves around Maudie. Bear's world also revolves around Maudie - he is as patient and solid as a rock. Maudie is so confident of Bear's love that she makes demands, throws tantrums, lays down rules and l... Buy or find out more →
The Robot Book
$24.95 – Hardcover book / Andrews Mcmeel Publ.
This robot has two eyes, two arms, and two legs, but what really makes him tick? Inside The Robot Book, Heather Brown answers that question within an interactive story that features actual working - and moving - parts. G... Buy or find out more →
A Giraffe In The Bath
$24.95 – Hardcover book / Viking
A giraffe in the bath - does that make you laugh? Or a frog in the flour? Or a sheep in the shower? An owl with the flu? Or a roo on the loo? A crocodile with style - does that make you smile?
What makes you laugh? This ... Buy or find out more →
Kimonos
$24.95 – Hardcover book / Hardie Grant
Alexa Dretzke's Picture book of the Week, Childrens Book buyer,Readings Hawthorn Buy or find out more →
Trick Rider: Little Else Book One
$13.99 – Paperback book / Allen & Unwin
Little Else has joined Ma Calico's circus and she's a big hit! But will her hard work pay off with mean Ma Calico in charge?
Little Else is a trick rider and a horse whisperer, and sometime bushranger. She's gutsy and bo... Buy or find out more →
Ghost Hunter: Little Else Book Three
$13.99 – Paperback book / Allen & Unwin
Join Little Else and her gang of bushrangers as they head into unknown territory in search of the mysterious the Lost Herd. Little Else is a trick rider and a horse whisperer, and sometime bushranger. She's gutsy and bol... Buy or find out more →
Seasons
$27.95 – Hardcover book / Gecko
A stunning book exploring the cycle of seasons, the passage of time, the way people live, play, forget, remember ... Through objects, places and actions, the world is revealed as both permanent and ever-changing. Buy or find out more →
There's Going To Be A Baby
$32.95 – Hardcover book / Walker Books
A young boy imagines what life will be like when his new sibling arrives. Day by day, month by month, question by question, the baby's arrival comes closer and closer. Buy or find out more →
Up And Down
$24.99 – Hardcover book / Harper Collins
In this much-anticipated sequel to the internationally best-selling picture book Lost and Found, we re-visit the boy and the penguin after their trip to the South Pole…
A heart-warming story about friendship, love and ... Buy or find out more →
The Three Loves Of Persimmon
$17.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books
Persimmon lives a solitary life, pouring her passion into the florist shop she owns in the underground railway station. Her only companion is Rose, a talking cabbage. Intriguing young men come and go but Persimmon has ye... Buy or find out more →
Outside Over There
$19.95$7.95 – Paperback book / Red Fox Books
While Ida is busy playing her wonder horn faceless goblins come in through the bedroom window and kidnap her baby sister. So Ida puts on her mother's yellow rain cloak and sets off on a mystical journey into outside over... Buy or find out more →
In The Night Kitchen
$19.95 – Paperback book / Red Fox Books
Sendak's hero Mickey falls through the dark into the Night Kitchen where three fat bakers are making the morning cake. So begins an intoxicating dream fantasy, described by the artist himself as "a fantasy ten feet deep ... Buy or find out more →
The Complete Adventures Of Blinky Bill
$40.00$39.95 – Hardcover book / Harper Collins
Blinky Bill, the mischievous little koala, has been a favourite with children since his first appearance in 1933. His shenanigans at Miss Pym′s shop and in Farmer Smifkins′s vegie patch quickly earned him a devoted follo... Buy or find out more →
Trash
$29.95 – Paperback book / David Fickling
Raphael is a dumpsite boy. He spends his days wading through mountains of steaming trash, sifting it, sorting it, breathing it, sleeping next to it.Then one unlucky-lucky day, Raphael's world turns upside down. A small l... Buy or find out more →
Mr Badger And The Missing Ape
$13.99 – Paperback book / Allen & Unwin
For longer than anyone can remember, Algernon has been standing absolutely still in his own special spot at the Boubles Grand Hotel. Everyone is shocked when he disappears. Can Mr Badger solve the mystery of the missing ... Buy or find out more →
All Through The Year
$24.95 – Hardcover book / Viking
A personal almanac of a little girl and her family that opens a window onto each month of her year. Each spread is devoted to one month and we are taken on a journey through the Australian seasons as well as this girl's ... Buy or find out more →
Noah Barleywater Runs Away
$27.95 – Hardcover book / David Fickling
Noah runs away from home to escape reality - and finds himself on a fantastical and life-changing journey.
Description of book
Noah Barleywater left home in the early morning, before the sun rose, before the dogs woke, b... Buy or find out more →
Otto: The Autobiography Of A Teddy Bear
$24.95 – Hardcover book /
A powerful and beautiful book told first-hand by Otto, a German-born teddy bear who is separated from his Jewish owner, lives through World War II, and is reunited with his original owner 50 years later. Buy or find out more →
The Quiet Book
$17.99 – Hardcover book / Houghton Mifflin
There are many kinds of quiet:
Quiet can be delicate. Quiet can be thundering! Quiet can be sweet,and cozy,and can most definitely help you fall asleep.
Alexa Dretzke's Picture book of the Week, Childrens Book buyer,Read... Buy or find out more →
The Night Before Christmas (Book And CD)
$26.99 – Hardcover book / Koala Books
From the team who brought you Puff, the Magic Dragon comes a beautiful hardback edition of the famous poem, ''Twas the Night before Christmas'. With beautiful illustrations by Eric Puybaret, the best-selling illustrator ... Buy or find out more →
Mr Badger And The Big Surprise
$13.99 – Paperback book / Allen & Unwin
Introducing another lovable character from the creator of Mr Chicken and Old Tom. Mr Badger is the Special Events Manager of London's Boubles Grand Hotel and is in charge of parties, weddings, balls - anything, really, t... Buy or find out more →
Stew A Cockatoo: My Aussie Cookbook
$24.95 – Hardcover book / Little Hare
Not only is this book jam-packed (no pun intended) with good ol' Aussie recipes but it's full of anecdotal stories about how our cuisine came to be and fair dinkum definitions for words and phrases like 'bush tucker' and... Buy or find out more →
Violet Mackerel's Brilliant Plot
$19.95 – Hardcover book / Walker Books
Violet Mackerel thinks she would QUITE LIKE to own the blue china bird at the Saturday markets. This is not just a SILLY WISH. It is instead the start of a VERY IMPORTANT idea. But what she needs is a PLOT. A BRILLIANT p... Buy or find out more →
Zog
$27.99 – Hardcover book / Scholastic
Zog is the keenest dragon in school. He's also the most accident-prone. Luckily, a mysterious little girl always comes by and patches up his bumps and bruises. But will she be able to help him with his toughest test: cap... Buy or find out more →