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Australian Book Retailer of the Year 2021
Kaye Umansky
"Friendship wins the day in this heartwarming quarrel between two hilariously stubborn frogs"--
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The fourth installment of Elsie Pickles’ adventures from much-loved author of the Pongwiffy series!
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Features over 60 jokes and rhymes, each with their own hilarious illustration - suitable for playground comedians. This title offers silly rhymes, crazy crossbreeds and a whole library of joke…
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Kaye Umansky’s witty tale of Lincoln Green tights, girl power and boy-band hero, Robin, is sure to delight and entertain audiences and performers alike. Perfect for upper primary school performances…
Pongwiffy finds an old magic spell when she is forced to spring clean her hovel. But old-fashioned ingredients and a vulture’s feather and a cat’s whisker are hard to come…
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Pongwiffy is a happy witch - until the day the gruesome gang of goblins move in next door and make her life miserable. So she goes to live with her…
Tim is spending half term cleaning cars, and screaming toddlers have taken over his home. Luckily his friend Flora is there to help out and have a joke with. Things…
A new adventure featuring the irrepressible Pongwiffy. A holiday of a lifetime at Sludgehaven organized by Pongwiffy for her coven of witches, is doomed to chaos, when it appears that…
Pongwiffy is certain a pantomime is just the thing to liven up Witchy Wood. She even says she will write it! With a little help, the panto is soon written…
You probably know the story of the Frog Prince. Doesn’t it all seem rather unlikely? Why did the Princess play with an expensive golden ball when a tennis ball would…
Wilma’s older sisters are not only bossy, but are wicked queens too. Wilma is too young to be a wicked queen, but she does have her Grade Three Magic certificate…
Solomon Snow and his friends, Prudence and the Infant Prodigy, return in a second comic mock-Victorian extravaganza. This time, Prudence’s dad is in prison, awaiting transportation to a rotting convict…
Even the most delightful ducks can have a bad day … What’s the matter with Dick the Duck? He’s usually so kind and friendly! But today Dick got out on…
Can a feisty fairy outwit the rampaging monster?
Wilma goes to do work experience with her great-aunt Angria, the faerie who put Sleeping Beauty to sleep for 100 years. The spell is coming to an end in a…
In this comic story, set in mock-Victorian times, Solomon Snow finds, to his amazement, that he is a foundling. A silver spoon was left with him as a baby, but…
Prince Dandypants is constantly admiring himself in the mirror. When the Masked Avenger causes trouble though, he is thrown out of his palace and told to find a bride. But…
When witch Pongwiffy finds Granny Maladour’s famous recipe for wishing water, she thinks she has found the spell of the year, but first she has to find the ingredients. Her…
Get ready to read! LITTLE RED ROBINS are ideal for sharing and reading together. Buster Gutt is the biggest, baddest pirate who ever sailed the seven seas … but Buster’s…
Take a great story and lots of silly sounds, mix with a happy helping of children, and you have a recipe for a Kaye Umansky Noisy Picture Book. Riotously funny…
Brand new red Early Reader by Kaye Umansky, author of the bestselling Pongwiffy books, about The Three Bears (yes, the same ones) and a clever little girl called Belinda.
A brand new red Early Reader featuring everyone’s favourite fairy tale bears, from bestselling author, Kaye Umanksy, and illustrator, Chris Jevons.
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A brand new bind-up edition of three classic Pongwiffy stories including Pongwiffy and the Pantomime and The Spellovision Song Contest and Back on Track!
A rhyming picture book in which a group of children prepare for a party. The bright, action-packed illustrations feature all kinds of delicious food.
Hilarious re-telling of Snow White - from the evil stepmother’s point of view! Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers of 8+
Side-splitting retelling of Sleeping Beauty from the point of view of the wicked (or not so wicked) fairy. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 8+
Hilarious fairytale-with-a-twist take on the popular frog prince motif.
Friendship wins the day in this fabulously funny quarrel!
Two frogs sit on a rock - and both of them think it's theirs. They fight and squabble furiously over it…
Stomp! Stomp! Stomp! This is the way we stomp our feet. This is the way we like to eat, Chomp! Chomp! Chomp! Stomp! Chomp! Big Roars, Here come the dinosaurs…
Vi the Giantess has a thing for all things tiny, so she’s putty in Jack’s hands when he climbs up the beanstalk and appears in her kitchen. A laugh-out-loud fractured…
A hilarious retelling of Cinderella from the perspective of her horrid stepsisters, brilliantly brought to life by Kaye Umansky.
An unconventional princess meets a rather reluctant prince as queen of comedy Kaye Umansky returns with another hilarious twist on fairy tale tradition.
