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Morris Gleitzman
A young Aussie soccer genius and his 10-year-old manager take on the world. And win. For a time. A funny and moving story from one of Australia’s most entertaining authors.
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Limpy has a dream. A dream where cane toads and humans live happily together. Surely, this time Limpy will be able to show humans how nice cane toads can be…
A collection of stories that lets you save ten lives with a paperclip, discover how a big banana can ruin your sister’s holiday, make a new friend with a garbage…
Then is the second story of Felix and Zelda. They escaped from the Nazis, but how long can they now survive when there are so many people ready to hand…
A little hope goes a long way. I had a plan for me and Zelda. Pretend to be someone else. Find new parents, be safe forever. Then the Nazis came…
What do you do when your mum, your dad and sixteen camels are in trouble and only you can save them? The sometimes sad but mostly funny story of a…
Europe is in ruins. Millions of people dream of finding happiness somewhere else.
Fourteen year old Felix is one of them. When he’s offered a journey to Australia, he seizes…
I hoped the Nazis would be defeated. And they were. I hoped the war would be over. And it was. I hoped we would be safe. But we aren’t. Soon…
The jaw-dropping details of one slightly squashed cane toad’s adventures on TV. And his shock when he discovers what’s cooking ..
Very Yummy Stories.Stop your mum picking her nose, read the secret diary of a dog, catch a bus and then let it go, discover how one slice of toast can…
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For 3 years & 8 months Felix has lived in a convent orphanage high in the mountains in Poland. But Felix is convinced his parents are alive & will come…
While her physician-parents are working in Africa, eleven-year-old Zelda is living with her grandfather, eighty-year-old Holocaust-survivor Felix Salinger, in Australia, when a disaster leads them both to deal with unresolved…
In the fourth part of Felix’s story, continuing his adventures in World War Two, he faces perhaps his greatest challenge - to find hope when he’s lost almost everything, including…
Europe is in ruins. Millions of people dream of finding happiness somewhere else. Fourteen-year-old Felix is one of them. When he’s offered a journey to somewhere far away, he seizes…
After the Nazis took my parents I was scared. After they killed my best friend I was angry. After I joined the partisans and helped defeat the Nazis I was…
A story of friendship, courage and a bit of crime. Bridget wants a quiet life. Including, if possible, keeping her parents out of prison. Then a boy called Menzies makes…
For use in schools and libraries only. In early 1940s Poland, ten-year-old Felix and his friend Zelda escape from a cattle car headed to the Nazi death camps and struggle…
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Thomas has very itchy nipples. It’s really embarrassing. It’s the most embarrassing secret he’s ever had. So the question is - why are his nipples so itchy? Is it a…
It’s not easy being part of Ginger’s family when you’re allergic to cats - three of them love cats and five of them are cats. Ginger tries to be good…
Jamal and Bibi have a dream. To lead Australia to soccer glory in the next World Cup. They know it won’t be easy. They’ll have to beat some really good…
In 2014 Morris Gleitzman promises to captivate his fans yet again with another heart-rending and compelling novel set in wartime. Once, Then, After and Now took us inside young people…
Following a heartbreaking struggle to survive as a Jewish child in Germany, Felix faces perhaps his greatest challenge - to find hope when he’s lost almost everything. As Europe goes…
Brilliantly funny short stories for middle school listeners from the ever-popular Morris Gleitzman, in the hilarious style of Give Peas a Chance, Pizza Cake and Snot Chocolate! These short stories…
Once I escaped from an orphanage to find my Mum and Dad. Once I saved a girl called Zelda from a burning house. Once I made a Nazi with toothache…
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Limpy is fed up of seeing his relatives run over and when he hears of a place in the Amazon, where human and toad live together in harmony, he resolves…
Oliver’s parents own a bank. Oliver, on the other hand, is terrible at maths and aspires to nothing more than owning the puppy that he frequently visits at his local…
Limpy has a dream. A dream in which cane toads and humans live happily together. Surely this time Limpy will be able to show humans how nice cane toads can…
‘What do you take to Pets Day at school when youre allergic to cats and the new principal? A very large stray dog of couse. Answering that question is much…
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Pearl’s life is decidedly wonky. Her dad’s run off, her mum doesn’t love her, her cousin Mitch is mad and her guinea pig’s in the freezer. The only thing she…
Colin Mudford is on a quest. His brother Luke has cancer and the doctors in Australia don’t seem to be able to cure him. Sent to London to stay with…
Give Peas a Chance .
Limpy - the heroic and slightly squashed cane toad, is back! Limpy sets off in search of a nature reserve for him and his friends and family to stay. Accompanied…
In the beginning there was me and Mum and Dad and the twins. And talk about happy families, we were bountiful. But it came to pass that I started doing…
Mark and his friends discover they’ve lived before. Not only that, they were famous people. But when they find out they’ve been responsible for several of the world’s big problems…
There are some things Ben doesn’t understand. His unwilling father is sent to explain the facts of life to him - only to find the questions Ben asks are far…
Wilton has no tendrils, no friends and no idea why he’s so different to all the other microbes in his stretch of the intestine. So, he’s going where no microbe…
