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Jack And The Box
Art Spiegelman

$25.95 (Hardcover book / )

Jack’s parents gave him a new toy and he can't believe how silly it is! Sometimes it’s funny and other times it’s scary. Sometimes it talks to him and other times it hides. After a while, Jack starts to think his toy has... More »

I Love To Sing
Anna Walker

$10.99 (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 »


Mr Big
Ed Vere

$14.95 (Paperback book / Puffin )

Mr Big is strong, Mr Big is tough, Mr Big is ...well ...big! He has just one small problem - because of the way he looks he just can't get people to stick around. How can he show them that although he may look a little s... More »

Ten Little Fingers And Ten Little Toes
Mem Fox

$24.95 (Hardcover book / Viking )

As everyone knows, nothing is sweeter than tiny baby fingers and chubby baby toes...

From two of the most gifted picture book creators of our time, here is a celebration of baby fingers, baby toes and the joy they - and ... More »


Dream Machines
Mark Rogalski

$24.95 (Hardcover book / Running Press )

With vibrant, magnificent, and simply irresistible illustrations, "Dream Machines" combines storytelling with a mysterious "I Spy Book" and a unique dust jacket which unfolds to reveal a stunning board game. At first gla... More »

Peka Boo: The Smallest Bird In All The World
Eliza Feely

$24.95 (Hardcover book / Allen & Unwin )

Being the smallest bird in all the world is no skip in the bush. Everything's BIG. Big egg. Bigger nest. Big whopper brothers.

But the biggest twig-snapper of all is, what is Kapecki on about? More »

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Emily And The Big Bad Bunyip
Jackie French and Bruce Whatley

$24.99 (Hardcover book / Harper Collins )

It's Christmas Day in Shaggy Gully.

The kangaroos are feeling bouncy, the echidnas are being prickly, the emus are feeling peckish and the possums are just hanging around.

Only the Bunyip is gloomy. 'I'm mad and I'm mean... More »

Monsieur Rat
Federica Mossetti

$14.99 (Hardcover book / Black Dog Books )

Monsieur Rat is a little rat with a big problem. When a moustache experiment goes wrong, Monsieur Rat sets off on a journey that leads him to an unexpected destination. More »


We Are All Born Free
Amnesty International

$34.95 (Hardcover book / )

An illustrated celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, stunningly brought to life by internationally-renowned artists. We Are All Born Free makes the 30 articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Ri... More »

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Angelo
David Macaulay

$17.95 (Paperback book / Andersen Press )

When Angelo is restoring an old church in Rome, he finds a small bird, barely breathing. Not being able to find somewhere safe to leave her, he has no choice but to take her home with him. Despite Angelo's 'professional ... More »

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Goldilocks And The Three Bears
Lauren Child and Polly Borland

$29.95 (Hardcover book / Puffin )

Once upon a time, on the edge of a big dark forest there lived a little girl called Goldilocks. You have probably heard of her? If so, you will know three things: she was small, she had lots of golden curls and she had f... More »

Peanut (with mini plush toy)
David Lucas

$27.95 (Hardcover book / Walker Books )

Peanut, a monkey as small as a nut, has just come into the big, wide world. But the tiny monkey has one big problem: he's afraid of everything. When the petals on his tree start to droop and fall, Peanut thinks it's the ... More »


The Lying Carpet
David Lucas

$29.95 (Hardcover book / Andersen Press )

Imagine a typical living room in a large house. It has a tiger rug on the floor, a statue of a little girl on the window sill, and an armchair. And they talk. The tiger cannot see anything except the base-board because h... More »

Tom Tom
Rosemary Sullivan and Dee Huxley

$24.95 (Hardcover book / Working Title Press )

Tom Tom is always busy. He goes to pre-school, where he likes to paint pictures and make damper with playdough. He visits his Granny Annie and Granny May and Grandfather Joe. Every day he swims with his brothers and sist... More »


Spells
Emily Gravett

$24.99 (Hardcover book / Macmillan )

A love-lorn frog and some very mixed-up spells! More »

Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport: Book And DVD
Rolf Harris

$24.99 (Hardcover book / Scholastic )

Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport was a hit song in the 1960s for Rolf Harris in Australia, Britain, Canada and the United States, and remains strong in the memories of all who have heard it then and since. Now, with this self... More »


The Water Babies
Kingsley Charles Holloway Zena

$34.95 (Hardcover book / Pan Macmillan )

Join Tom on his magical journey of discovery, aided by unforgettable characters like Mrs Bedonebyasyoudid, the beautiful dragonfly, the frightening otter, and the lovely Ellie, then ask yourself if there really are no su... More »

Home And Away
John Marsden and Matt Ottley

$28.99 (Hardcover book / Lothian )

April 26, Dad burns the toast, yells at Toby, thanks me for cleaning the cab of the truck, kisses Mum and Toby, then he's gone.

April 27, the war starts. Everyone wants a place of safety, a place to share with the people... More »

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Nobody Owns The Moon
Tohby Riddle

$24.95 (Hardcover book / Viking )

Clive Prendergast is a fox with a regular job and a place to call home. His friend Humphrey is a struggling donkey with no fixed address. Life in the city is a mixed bag for these two, but a special-looking blue envelope... More »

Planet Yawn
Toni Collette and Emma Magenta

$24.99 (Hardcover book / Macmillan )

Planet Yawn is a charming and imaginative bedtime story which can be read on many levels. On one level it is a whimsical story about Naughty Yawn, a boy who won't share, and on another it is a gentle, non-didactic explor... More »


Lord Of The Animals: A Native American Creations Myth
Fiona French

$15.95 (Paperback book / Frances Lincoln )

Coyote has created the world and its creatures, and now he gathers a council to decide how they will make the being who will rule over them all. As the animals start to disagree fur and feathers begin to fly - until Coyo... More »

The Foggy Foggy Forest
Nick Sharratt

$24.95 (Hardcover book / Walker Books )

A unique rhyming read-a-loud; see through the foggy pages and discover the magical creatures of the forest.

What can that be in the foggy, foggy forest? A bear in a chair? An elf by himself? Peer through the foggy pages ... More »

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Fartiste
Kathleen Krull and Paul Brewer

$22.95 (Hardcover book / Simon & Schuster )

One day a baker with butter and yeast, And the next—voila! –he was JOE, the Fartiste.

The Fartiste doesn’t sing, he doesn’t dance, and he doesn’t act. But that doesn’t stop him from taking the stage at Paris’s famed ... More »

The Cloudchasers
Steve Hunt and David Richardson

$39.95 (Hardcover book / Abc Books )

In the streets of Bankertown, where children are threatened with the grey and forbidding walls of The Institution, a young girl called Alice rebels by daring to show imagination. Is she the child destined to save Bankert... More »


Bubble Trouble
Margaret Mahy and Polly Dunbar

$27.95 (Hardcover book / Frances Lincoln )

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Not Like Georgie
Scott Hatcher

$27.95 (Hardcover book / Walker Books )

There’s only one thing better than having a good friend, and that’s having a best friend -- just like Georgie.

A boy is having a birthday party but everyone he knows is apparently too busy to come. They all have excu... More »


Hello Tilly
Polly Dunbar

$24.95 (Hardcover book / Walker Books )

Tilly lives in a little yellow house with her best friends. In this first book of the series, meet Tiptoe and Hector, Doodle, Pru and Tumpty as they play the trumpet, bang the drum, eat a feast and dance the Wiggle Wiggl... More »

Happy Hector
Polly Dunbar

$24.95 (Hardcover book / Walker Books )

From inspired picture-book creator Polly Dunbar comes a colourful and charming new series following the escapades of Tilly and her friends.

Hector is so happy sitting on Tilly’s lap -- until Tiptoe and Pru, Tumpty and Do... More »


Possum In The Wattle: My Big Book of Australia Words
Bronwyn Bancroft

$24.99 (Hardcover book / Little Hare )

Possum and Wattle is a lavishly illustrated word book of Australia. With over 100 words about Australian animals, plants and landscapes and aimed specifically at children, this book is definitively the first of its kind.... More »

I Could Be A Superhero
Chris Hornsey and Gwyn Perkins

$24.99 (Hardcover book / Little Hare )

When I grow up I might be a tennis player.

And so begins Murphy’s flight into the fantasy of what he might be when he grows up. He contemplates being a chef, a tightrope walker, a dinosaur hunter and, eventually, a super... More »


Wabi Sabi
Mark Reibstein and Ed Young

$24.99 (Hardcover book / Little Brown )

Written in lyrical, spare text and haiku and accompanied by breathtaking collage art by Caldecott Medalist Ed Young, this book follows a little cat in Japan as she searches for the meaning of her name but who finds much ... More »

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