In 1901, aged just seven, tiny contortionist May Zinga was given away to Wirth Brothers Circus by her desperate mother. Imagine Miss May's horror when the first thing the Wirths did was cut off all her long hair. Poor May had lost...

Leira's family flee to the island of Crete just before a huge volcanic eruption destroys their island and sends a tsunami to where they thought they had found safety. Another thrilling adventure by acclaimed author Wendy Orr.

There's never a good time to be orphaned - or abandoned ... especially when you are twelve years old, and it's the Great Depression.

The story of a cicada who works in an office, and all the people who don't appreciate him. The new picture book from multi-award-winner Shaun Tan, author of The Arrival, The Lost Thing and Rules of Summer.

When April, Finn and Joe Peski come home from school one day to find their mother missing, they are forced to go and live with their dad. They haven't seen him in years, and to make matters worse, he lives in a small country town...

This beautiful book captures the eternal delight of young children splashing about in puddles and experimenting with language.

Trek through country with Rocky and his lizard relatives in search for a cooler habitat.

An epic adventure from the author of Song for a Scarlet Runner about a girl who finds a magical musical instrument, a boy from a travelling medicine show, and their perilous journey to a mysterious land.

It is no laughing matter when you are the most serious bird in the borough.Kookaburras love to laugh. They laugh when it is sunny, or rainy, or windy. They laugh for no reason at all. When oneserious kookaburra decides to flee the...

The city of Yorke is under attack and it's up to Rose Raventhorpe and Yorke's secret society of butlers to find the culprit! The third mystery in the Rose Raventhorpe Investigates series.

An inspiring adventure story from Young Australian of the Year 2011, Jessica Watson.