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Australian Book Retailer of the Year 2021
Author Michael Dahl
When Darren gets a homework assignment that leads him to the spooky room, he finds surprises around every corner and behind every shelf.
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Ty needs to solve a magical mystery at the Abracadabra Hotel, so he asks Charlie Hitchcock for help.
Young Prince Arel has been imprisoned by his evil brother, Kalban, who seeks to steal the throne. Arel must use his wits and his sword to battle through the Dungeon…
A game of tag turns monstrous one night in the forested village of Pine Bluff. When little Mateo goes missing, the kids begin to worry who the next victim will…
In this scary story anthology, Kareem and Amina find zombie-like cupcakes devouring one another in their kitchen.
From the opening kickoff to the final goal, a young girl says goodnight to her most beloved sport: soccer. With delightful, rhyming text and energetic art, this bedtime book captures…
A young fan cheers on his hometown hockey team, and then returns home to snuggle into bed.
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Michael Dahl (Author)
A girl wakes and hears people shouting. Two strangers have forced her father out of the house. The girl follows the men as they head inside the giant Library of…
Someone has broken into the Library of Doom! While searching for the intruder, the Librarian is struck down by a flying metal book. When he awakes, a shadowy figure stands…
Destroyer of Evil. Champion of Good. Full-Time Librarian. Meet the mysterious Librarian. Keeper of the world’s most dangerous books, sworn enemy of monsters made of paper and ink, crusader of…
Destroyer of Evil, Champion of Good, Full-time Librarian. Enter the Library of Doom, where the librarians exploits merge heart-pounding tales for less-confident readers with high quality illustrations. Includes discussion questions…
The Page Turners, two powerful books from the Library of Doom, have fallen into the hands of the Spellbinder, an evil magician. He transforms the books into two terrible tornadoes…
One evening, a young boy gets locked inside the library. A pair of creepy lizard bookends begin to glow. Then suddenly, they come alive! The boy watches as the reptiles…
The old shopkeeper stares at the golden hinges on a strange book. Is that fur on the cover? He looks at the title, Claws. Is that a clue? Why does…
One night, a boy has a terrible dream. He wakes and heads out on his bike. He feels pushed in one direction. Soon he arrives at a mysterious cave. Inside…
Little Whale worries about everything, and that’s okay. Mother Whale is always there to make Little Whale feel better. No more worries, Little Whale!
A shadowy thief haunts the Library of Doom. One by one, the villain is outsmarting all the Library’s ancient traps. Nothing can stop him. And what’s worse, the thief is…
A young woman finds a bizarre book on a crowded bus. After reading a few pages, she becomes trapped inside the book itself. The pages spread out like an endless…
Some books are too evil to be ignored. They cannot be thrown away or burned. They must be buried deep in the ground. So when the Librarian tries to bury…
The Library of Doom’s secret chamber holds a book that drains the Librarian’s life away. Now, the book has been stolen - and only another Librarian could be the thief…
A strange book is left on an empty street. The wind blows its pages. The pages keep moving. And they are hungry! Only the Librarian can save a young boy…
The wind howls on a cold winter night. A young boy trudges through the snow to deliver a book, but something horrible lurks in the bookshop … terrifying, inky monsters…
The most fearsome book in the Library of Doom contains a single sentence. It’s so horrible that anyone who reads it will vanish into nothingness. The book is now loose…
When two friends open the door to a library, a clawed hand pulls them inside! They awaken in a strange nest that is filled with giant eggs. When one of…
An explosion shakes the Library of Doom, ripping a hole through 70 floors! Now, one of the young workers - a Page - is missing, and it will take two…
Slate is a cliffhanger. His job is to guard the most dangerous books in the Library of Doom. But one day, Slate’s curiosity gets the better of him. He opens…
Birds chirp. A dog barks. Thunder claps. We hear sounds all around us. But how? Sound waves travel through the air, but we don’t see them. With engaging, at-level text…
It’s time to get dressed, which is no easy task for Little Turtle! But Little Turtle will not give up. Keep on trying, Little Turtle!
A huge creature unfolds itself from the pages of a thesaurus into an origami monster! Now, a young student is face to face with Thesaurus Rex, a dino-sized villain of…
Kid’s favourite super hero comics turned into easy-to-read chapter books. New stories with original art by DC illustrators, these books are colourful, attractive and accessible.
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In the heart of the Library of Doom, within the Librarian’s secret chamber, is a sealed, invisible vault. It contains a single book – a book so poisonous that it…
Slate is a cliffhanger – a person who tracks down specific books on the skyscraper-like shelves deep within the Library of Doom. Slate boasts that he can find any book…
One night, a young student’s thesaurus disappears from her bedroom. A trail of slimy footprints leads to the bedroom window, so she looks outside and sees the thesaurus down below…
With the Blue Diamond of Russia on display, Batman and Robin know a super-villain’s on the way. But when the Penguin drops into the Gotham City Museum, the Dynamic Duo…
Batman and Robin split up to investigate a pair of crimes, only to discover they’re in for double the trouble. Two-Face has teamed-up with a partner to deal out monetary…
A young man gets a splinter from a strange, silver book. That night, beneath the eerie glow of a full moon, the man transforms into the Word Eater. This hideous…
Jason wishes he were taller. He wishes his arms were longer. He wishes his nose were shorter. So when Jason discovers a bottle of so-called Skeleton Lotion in a strange…
How many ways do we move around? Explore five different kinds of Creative Movement in Locomotion! March, Hop, Skip, Gallop, Run.
Who’s there?, Ding dong, Door knockers, Nutty neighbors, and Open up and laugh were previously published by Picture Window Books c2004 –T.p. verso.
Captured by the sadistic guards of the prison planet Alcatraz, the two teenage friends, Zak, and the alien Erro, are placed in bottomless cages hovering over a sea of poison…
When Superman uncovers a meteor of red kryptonite, the Man of Steel transforms into half-man, half-ant, complete with antennae! Daily Planet photographer Jimmy Olsen must find a way to stop…
Diego and Martin decide to skip school and head to a nearby beach. But soon clouds begin to dot the sky, purple lightning strikes, and when tendrils emerge from a…
Two friends decide to sneak into an abandoned science laboratory. When they try to leave, they realize the place is more like a labyrinth, and this maze has a monster…
Pursued by a killer cyborg tank and surrounded by snakes that spit fire, teenage friends Zak and Erro the furling from the planet Quom, must figure out a way to…
Teenagers Zak and his alien friend, Erro, are trying to make it across the Plateau of Leng before the rising sun reveals them to the robot guards of Planet Alcatraz…
