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Paul Jennings
A Different Dog The forest is dense and dark. And the trail full of unexpected perils. The dog can’t move. The boy can’t talk. And you won’t know why. Or…
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Paul Pumpian
Terry Nolan, young and ambitious, rejects college scholarships to enter the world of organized crime. Soon, he's employed by Arnold Rothstein and Lucky Luciano, while being involved in the murders…
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Paul George Jennings Phd
The three-year period since 2016 has seen global political upheaval; arguably unprecedented, since the end of the ‘Cold War’ nearly three decades ago.The resurrection of ‘globalization’ - spurred by the…
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Rascal the Dragon, Rascal in Trouble, Rascal’s Trick,Rascal Takes Off, Rascal at the Show, Rascal and the Cheese, Rascal and Little Flora, Rascal and the Hot Air Balloon
‘Flap your wings, Rascal’, says Ben. But Rascal’s wings don’t work. What else can he use? In Ben’s world, dragons exist like dogs and fulfil all the doggy functions with…
‘You must scare Big Bad Cat,’ says Ben. Rascal is such a small dragon. Can he do it? In Ben’s world, dragons exist like dogs and fulfil all the doggy…
Four great Rascal stories in one audiobook. Great for boosting the confidence and interest of beginner readers when used in conjunction with the print edition.
Includes:
Rascal at the Show…
Another classic Un title from much-loved childrens author Paul Jennings. A perfect audio book for enticing reluctant readers particularly boys. Winner KOALA Award, 1994. Winner W.A. Young Readers Book Awards…
‘Out you go,’ says Dad. It is cold outside. How can a little dragon get in? In Ben’s world, dragons exist like dogs and fulfil all the doggy functions with…
Trevor knew that the man in the white coat was going to stick a knife into him. He was going to cut open Trevor’s belly and take out his appendix…
Stare if you dare, into Paul Jennings’ wild world. What happens when you grow younger? Where do ghosts sit their exams? How would you cope if a million birds did…
TRADE EDITION. The Paw Thing - Oh yuck. The mice were running up my trousers. They wriggled under my shirt. They were even inside my underpants. Mice, madness and mayhem…
Paul Jennings,Andrew Weldon
Book 2 in the fantastic four book series about taking risks and flying high, from the children’s book legend Paul Jennings and brilliant cartoonist Andrew Weldon.
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Book 4 in the fantastic four book series about taking risks and flying high, from children’s book legend Paul Jennings and brilliant cartoonist Andrew Weldon.
‘Get the doctor,’ said Dad. ‘The poor thing is green.’ ‘Give it to me,’ said Mum and took the baby away from Chris. At once it screwed up its nose…
In this sequel to The Cabbage Patch Fib , Chris is only eight years old and in the middle of a war. A war, that is between her father and…
TRADE EDITION: When the neighbours are forced to sell the farm, Chris is desperate to own the cows he has been milking. But Chriss Dad cannot cope with the idea…
For ages 7+. Winner BILBY Award, 1995 / COOL Awards, Primary, 1995 / KROC Award, 1995. Stephen’s bra is starting to slip. His pantyhose are sagging. His knickers keep falling…
For ages 7+. Winner YABBA, Fiction for Younger Readers, 1996. The girl sucks Jack’s eye. Her tongue is huge and spongy and dribbly. The tip of it goes up one…
Cal and Ricky both stare at the one-eyed seagull. You wanted food, Ricky whispers. There it is. A seagull? You’d eat a seagull? I’d eat anythng, says Ricky. Anything. When…
Children’s writing phenomenon Paul Jennings brings his famous Un books together as one collection of stories that end with a twist. Stare, if you dare, into Paul Jenning’s wild world…
From the magic pen of Paul Jennings, featuring the fantastic and amazing gizmo, four complete stories in one book. Stephen’s bra is starting to slip. His pantyhose are sagging. His…
Chris has planted cabbages again, and he’s trying to encourage them to grow big by …er…showering them with his attentions. But the cabbage patch mothers don’t approve of his methods…
‘Tongue-Tied!’ is a collection of eight hilarious and bizarre tales that will leave you lost for words from one of the world’s foremost living storytellers.
Stare, if you dare, into Paul Jenning’s wild world. Can your dog fly? Could a tatoo run away? What’s it like inside a dead whale? How could a remote control…
TRADE EDITION: ‘Can I have a dragon please dad?’ The answer is no. Or is it? In Ben’s world, dragons exist like dogs and fulfil all the doggy functions with…
SIMULTANEOUS RELEASE The first full-length novel from Australias bestselling childrens author! Hedley Hopkins has a few problems: he is the new kid at school, straight off the boat from England…
Stare if you dare, into Paul Jennings’ wild world. How will you stop a thousand rabbits breeding in your bedroom? Who would want to collect toilet rolls? Could you do…
Another Un title from much-loved childrens author Paul Jennings. Winner Best Childrens Book, Queensland Premiers Literary Award, 1999. Winner Dymocks Childrens Choice Awards 2000. A great audio book for enticing…
Honest, insightful, funny - a brilliant memoir about writing and teaching and life from one of Australia’s most loved children’s authors.
Robin lives in a hut in the alps with his father, a crude and unpleasant man. Robin is terrified by his own internal demons, which frequently urge him to kill…
A highly original, gripping and surprising story of a boy who can’t speak, a dog, and a daring rescue. Beautifully crafted, this story will draw the most reluctant of readers…
Anton escapes from an orphanage and successfully stows away on a boat headed for the land of ‘sunshine and steaks’. A heartbreaking and heartwarming tale of loss, guilt, mistaken identity…
Book 3 in the fantastic four book series about taking risks and flying high, from children’s book legend Paul Jennings and brilliant cartoonist Andrew Weldon.
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For ages 7+. The dog sniffs Jimmy’s legs. Jimmy sniffs the dog’s legs. The dog sniffs Jimmy’s bottom. Jimmy sniffs …aaargh. Horrible, horrible, horrible. It’s a dog’s life for Jimmy…
The final part of a series which started with ‘A Different Dog’, followed by ‘A Different Boy’, published by Old Barn Books in August 2018. ‘A Different Land’ continues to…
Paul Jennings,Morris Gleitzman
Something very weird is happening to Dawn and Rory. And it’s not just their new step-family. Slurping slobberers want to suck their bones out. Strange steel sheep want to smash…
Even before all this happened I had never been like the other kids. I tried not to be seen. If I climbed a tree or hid among the bins, no…
A twisting tale from Australia’s master storyteller.
Paul Austin Jennings
Poverty and war form the historical backdrop for a stunningly sweet and joyous account of one boy's youth in wild and unusual places.
The Indian communities of the 1930s and…
We understand the world to be a weave, a skein of spirit, that is how we see its ways and recognise its flows. We walk the threads and know the…