New Kids' Books
The Word Spy
$24.95 (Hardcover book / Viking )
Award-wining young adult author Ursula Dubosarsky teams up with cult illustrator Tohby Riddle to create this entertaining journey through the English language. Learn more about where the alphabet came from, find out what... More »
Audrey Of The Outback
$15.00 (Paperback book / Little Hare )
In this story about identity and independence, Audrey tries being a swagman, a man, a teacher and a pirate – all with dire consequences!
She is shadowed by the ever–loyal Stumpy – a character who will take the reader b... More »
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The Little Red Fish
$19.95 (Hardcover book / Viking )
Can a fish disappear into a book? Can a boy jump into a book to save a fish?
The answer? When a boy and a fish enter a magical library in the middle of a forest, anything can happen.
Join JeJe and his friend in this stri... More »
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The Lampo Circus: The Strangest Adventures Book Two
$20.00 (Hardcover book / Harper Collins )
The much-awaited sequel to The Shadow Thief is here! The Shadow Thief has departed, but a new horror lurks inside the Big Tent of Drabville's newest attraction. Their shadows safely restored to them, Drabville's citizens... More »
The OK Team
$14.95 (Paperback book / Allen & Unwin )
They think they're freaks, but really they're superheroes.
Hazy Retina was born out of focus, but the Australian Federation of Hero Types thinks he has what it takes to control his power and become a superhero. He can't ... More »
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Chelonia Green: Champion Of Turtles
$14.95 (Paperback book / Allen & Unwin )
There in the shimmering green water lay four big oval shapes like a giant's carving dishes. They were patterned in brownish green and had five handles. Suddenly the handles stirred and the giant's carving dishes began to... More »
Little Green Frogs
$12.95 (Hardcover book / Walker Books )
How does a tadpole become a frog? The fun format of this book encourages young minds to wonder and learn as each page opens up to reveal the next stage of development; a large flower or pond scene finally emerges. The il... More »
The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part Time Indian
$27.95 (Hardcover book / Little Brown )
In his first book for young adults, bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior... More »
I Love To Sing
$11.00 (Hardcover book / Scholastic )
Gentle, joyful and engagingly fun, this picture book is about Ollie the zebra and Fred the dog, a pair of friends who – as the titles suggest – love to sing, in many different places and many different ways. Whether it’s... More »
Big Yellow Sunflower
$12.95 (Hardcover book / Walker Books )
How does a sunflower seed grow? The fun format of this book encourages young minds to wonder and learn as each page opens up to reveal the next stage of development; a large flower or pond scene finally emerges. The illu... More »
Juicy Writing: Inspiration and Techniques for Young Writers
$18.95 (Paperback book / Allen & Unwin )
Why being a writer is good: You can stay home and work in
your pyjamas, you get paid to make stuff up, you get to travel
because it's research
Why being a writer is bad: Staring at a blank page when you
can't think of e... More »
The Shark Book: Fish With Attitude
$17.00 (Paperback book / Black Dog Books )
Sharks have been around since before the dinosaurs. Today, there are more than 370 types of sharks in the world. Some are ferocious and others are just plain shy. From the huge whale shark to the smalleye pygmy shark, th... More »
Around The World With Mouk
$29.95 (Hardcover book / Gecko )
Mouk is off on a world tour and he sends postcards back home to his friends about his trip. He learns a lot! The book comes with a set of removable stickers. More »
Girlfriend Fiction My Life And Other Catastrophes
$14.95 (Paperback book / Allen & Unwin )
Ever get the feeling your life would qualify for National
Disaster Relief? Say hello to Erin Costello.
Erin's pretty much your average teenage girl ... except that her
mother has all the maternal instincts of a black wi... More »
The Indigo Girls: Girlfriend Fiction 2
$14.95 (Paperback book / Allen & Unwin )
Zara's an alpha - the first letter of the Greek alphabet.
She's popular. I'm more like one of the obscure letters in the
middle that no one's ever heard of - an omicron or
something.
Zara, Tilly and Mieke go to differen... More »
Minton Goes Driving And Trucking
$12.95 (Paperback book / Allen & Unwin )
Cars, trucks, boats, planes, submarines - Minton loves anything that moves and he's always ready for action. His friend Turtle is not so brave but together they have wild adventures. Find out what happens when they zoom ... More »
Minton Goes Underwater And Home At Last
$12.95 (Paperback book / Allen & Unwin )
Cars, trucks, boats, planes, submarines - Minton loves anything that moves and he's always ready for action. His friend Turtle is not so brave but together they have wild adventures. Find out what happens when they explo... More »
Minton Goes Sailing And Flying
$12.95 (Paperback book / Allen & Unwin )
Cars, trucks, boats, planes, submarines - Minton loves anything that moves and he's always ready for action. His friend Turtle is not so brave but together they have wild adventures. Find out what happens when they set s... More »
Thank You Bear
$19.95 (Hardcover book / Viking )
Sometimes a box is just a box.
Sometimes it is much much more.
That is what Bear thinks. But not everyone agrees. Until Bear finds
someone who sees it differently. Sometimes finding a friend who
sees things as you do is ... More »
Noodle Pie
$17.00 (Paperback book / Omnibus Books )
Andy is an Australian of Vietnamese parentage and he and his dad go to Vietnam to meet all his relatives. What a cultural shock it is for this Aussie kid to meet them all. He thinks they are greedy and grasping. More »
The Undys: Let The Games Begin
$14.95 (Paperback book / Puffin )
At last, a pair of Undys we can all enjoy!
Is your Dad silly? Does he muck around too much? Is it annoying when he wins?
If you said "yes" to any of these questions, your Dad is just like mine. That means you will love t... More »
Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
$14.95 (Paperback book / Puffin )
Whatever you do, don't ask Greg Heffley how he spent his summer holidays, because he definitely doesn't want to talk about it.
As Greg enters the new school year, he's eager to put the past three months behind him... and... More »
There's Money In Toilets
$12.95 (Paperback book / Puffin )
Every night, Peter and Nick sneak out to dig up really old bottles, which they sell for heaps of money. But with a snooping sister, two kids from school and now a policeman on their tail, will they be able to keep it a s... More »
Parents Are Revolting: Aussie Bites
$12.95 (Paperback book / Puffin )
Terry and Harry always get whatever they want. Right? Wrong!
Young readers will love these mouthwatering bite-sized stories from their favourite authors and illustrators. More »
The Clockwork Forest
$16.95 (Paperback book / Puffin )
Nothing is how it seems in the forest. Your best friend may turn out to be your worst enemy. A deadly poison might save your life. And two smiling children could become the most horrifying monsters of all.
Morton is sure... More »
Diegos Pride
$15.95 (Paperback book / Allen & Unwin )
After the cruelty of the coca pits, the Ricardo's farm seems like a blissful haven to Diego. He works hard with the family to harvest their coca crop and earn money to go home. But then come the soldiers, with orders to ... More »
If A Tree Falls At Lunch Break
$15.95 (Paperback book / Bloomsbury )
Kirsten's world is crumbling. Her parents are barely speaking to
each other and her 'best-friend' has fallen under the spell of
queen bee, Brianna.
For new boy Walker the goal is simply to survive in the private
school ... More »
Danny Da Vinci: The Flying Machines Of Lombardy
$11.95 (Paperback book / Abc Books )
Danny and his best friend Mick Angelo are apprentices in an art studio run by Danny's Uncle Leo. When the Duke of Milan issues a challenge to build a flying machine, Danny and Mick, with more than a little bit of help fr... More »
Island Of The Phantoms
$15.95 (Paperback book / Bloomsbury )
The book is called 'The Compleat Necromancer', and when three
children read an incantation from its pages, they have no way of
knowing they are about to raise the dead.
But the ghosts that they conjure aren't your avera... More »
The Fire Of Ares
$15.95 (Paperback book / Bloomsbury )
Lysander is a Helot - a slave in ancient Sparta. He struggles on
a daily basis to survive and to protect his desperately ill mother,
and dreams of a day when the Helots might rebel.
When a chance meeting reveals his nob... More »
The Mousehunter
$15.95 (Paperback book / Faber )
One dark night, a pirate is washed ashore with a box tied around his lifeless neck. It bears a warning to Isiah Lovelock, the town's most prominent mouse collector. The message comes from Mousebeard, the most feared pira... More »
Genius Squad
$18.95 (Paperback book / Allen & Unwin )
Cadel Piggott has had a hard time lately. He's living with a teenaged thug. He doesn't know where he was born. He doesn't know who his father is. All he knows is that he's under constant threat from Prosper English - the... More »