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Australian Book Retailer of the Year 2021
Margaret Mahy
It’s just an ordinary, boring day - Monty’s dad is worrying about his broken-down car, Monty’s mum is honing her jigsaw puzzle skills so that she can win the National…
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Monty is allergic to ghosts: if there’s one around he sneezes. That’s how he discovers Lulu haunting an old vintage car at the bottom of the garden. And as soon…
Captain Lionel Wafer and his fellow-pirates - Toad, Brace-and-Bit and Winkle - are no ordinary ruffians. Clinging to the belief that life should be simple, free and unplanned they set…
Mr. Winkle makes himself a delicious stew one day in his big, brown pot. Not one to keep a good thing to himself, hes desperate to share his stew, so…
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Delphinium spends her tenth birthday aboard a traveling space circus, fighting against the dark forces who are bent on stamping out fun.
In a small village, a kitten has climbed the Christmas tree. First the cat goes to the kitten’s rescue, then the dog, then the goat, then the pigs–but they all…
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New edition of a classic tale from one of the 20th century’s bestselling children’s authors.
Three short stories, all featuring weird and wonderful animals with illustrations by Tony Ross.
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The Terrapin boys’ babysitter turns out to be a pirate.
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When the little boy tells his mother he has seen a big, roaring, yellow, whiskery lion in the meadow, she decides to make up a story for him too and…
‘Shall we just walk along, Dad, or shall we make some of it up?’
Join Michael and his over-worked dad as they journey home one fun-filled afternoon.
Overflowing with imagination…
Margaret Mahy's magic-filled story There's A King in the Cupboard is a wonderous picture book with illustrations from the Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize Winner Minrui Yang.
Norvin is a boy who looks like a shark. When he straps a homemade dorsal fin to his back, all the other swimmers rush to the beach. He loves having…
This is a fantasy story about a boy who is asked by a witch to look after her shadow whilst she goes on holiday. But the witch’s shadow begins to…
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Build your child’s reading confidence at home with books at the right level Brave Tim agrees to look after Rosa’s pets. He isn’t afraid of vultures or wolfhounds, or even…
