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Australian Book Retailer of the Year 2021
Author Michael Dahl
One day, an alien orphan crash-lands on Earth and is adopted by a human couple, the Kents. Many years later, the baby inside that starship becomes Superman, protector of Earth.
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Superman builds a robot that looks just like his loyal dog Krypto. The real Krypto isn’t impressed. But when the evil Lex Luthor show ups with Kryptonite, the robotic Super-Pet…
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It’s time for bed, Goat! Get ready for sleepytime with this lighthearted board book that toddlers will love.
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Hooray! Woohoo! Yay! Sentences and all sorts of pastries get injected with a little sweetness by the playfully illustrated interjection bakers. Informational text flavoured with storybook whimsy provides young readers…
A young fan cheers on his hometown basketball team, and then returns home to snuggle into bed.
After detention, a young boy steps aboard the late bus. When the bus takes an unexpected turn toward a graveyard, his long day suddenly goes from bad to worse! The…
Introduces counting by twos by counting the number of legs coming out of eggs. Readers are invited to find hidden numbers on an illustrated activity page.
Batman created by Bob Kane with Bill Finger.
Zak has been captured and sent to Planet Alcatraz’s Monster Zoo where the inmates are forced to fight for the entertainment of the Overseers–but Erro is still free and he…
Introduces counting by fives by counting the number of spots on the shell of a ladybug. Readers are invited to find hidden numbers on an illustrated activity page.
A young girl slides into the first-row seat of her school bus. The cool kids won’t let her sit in the back. Row by row, the seats in the back…
Can the Librarian help three students trapped in the Puzzler’s maze-like park full of dangerous riddles and twisted storybook creatures?
A thunderstorm rocks a strange-looking bus on its way to school. With each blast of lightning, the bus ripples with shock waves. With each ripple, a boy sees his bus…
During a school trip, a school bus takes students on a detour due to roadworks. Then another. And another! The bus seems to be driving in circles, as if the…
During a field trip, a school bus takes students on a detour due to road construction. The addictively creepy SCHOOL BUS OF HORRORS from Michael Dahl, the bestselling author of…
On a morning like any other, a young boy gets on his school bus, but the passengers are anything but ordinary. One pupil has an extra eye! Another has a…
An ancient curse sends a stone silo crashing across the countryside. Houses, barns, and cars are crushed in its path. The silo contains a giant scroll, sent by the foul…
While researching animals in the library, a boy is gobbled up by a beastly book.
The Librarian helps a girl defeat the horrors lurking in the basement of her favorite bookstore.
A young girl slides into the first-row seat of her school bus. The cool kids won’t let her sit in the back. But today, she’s glad to sit at the…
After detention, a young boy steps aboard the late bus. When the bus takes an unexpected turn towards a graveyard, his long day suddenly goes from bad to worse! Will…
Little Lion needs a haircut! Follow along as he and his dad go to the barber shop –
On a morning like any other, a young boy gets on his school bus, but the passengers are anything but ordinary. One student has an extra eye! At least his…
Introduces counting in fives by counting fingers from hand art designs. Readers are invited to find hidden numbers on an illustrated activity page.
Erro and Zak Nine are hiding in the Phantom Forest, a dark wood filled with giant, towering trees and dangerous beasts. The boys hide high above the ground, climbing and…
As Zak Nine and his friend Erro make their way around a strange lake, they discover an ancient golden building. The boys decide to go inside to take a closer…
Travelling by night, Zak Nine and Erro are following a shadowy figure until the mysterious stranger disappears into a cave. The boys decide to follow. Inside they find a maze…
Zak Nine and his Quom friend, Erro, are desperate to get off planet Alcatraz. The boys believe they’ve finally found a way to freedom when they join up with another…
Zak Nine has been captured and placed in Planet Alcatraz’s Monster Zoo . But this isn’t any ordinary zoo. This zoo holds dozens of alien monsters who are forced to…
Zak Nine and Erro have escaped! But now they find themselves lost in a vast forest of alien birds and deadly plants. Things get even worse when they hear strange…
Zak Nine and Erro have come up with a brilliant plan to escape. They’ll simply hide on board a prison ship and ride it to freedom on another planet! Unfortunately…
Young Quom Erro and his human friend Zak Nine are in trouble. They’re stuck in Planet Alcatraz’s most infamous jail cell: a huge metal cylinder that’s sunk into the ground…
A school field trip. A pit filled to the brim with fossils. A valuable shark tooth over a million years old. And one bad boy who doesn’t know better than…
Welcome to Professor Igor’s lab. Take a look at the unsettling specimens he keeps here and find out how he came to have them. Each one is a clue to…
Two brothers and their father plan a hunting trip deep in the woods when a bizarre legend about a werewolf rears its head. Is that dark shape lurking among the…
Pea pods, cucumbers and strawberries provide plenty of opportunities for counting in the garden! Follow Dad, Grandma and other family members as they pick and count. Hidden numbers on every…
Kevin is tired of being ignored. No one in school ever seems to notice him, so he decides to win the school science fair prize–no matter what it takes. But…
Learn to count by tens in this fun beach story.
After an away game victory, a bus full of American football players heads back home. Suddenly, all of the players receive the same message on their phones - an image…
After a long school day, a young girl falls asleep on her bus, only to be awakened by a monstrous creature. The beast claws at the bus’s bonnet! It rips…
After play rehearsal, schoolchildren board a bus that no one recognizes. Soon, the sky grows darker, the moon and stars arrive early, and the students see something they didn’t expect…
After a play rehearsal, schoolchildren board a bus that no one recognizes. Soon, the sky grows darker, the moon and stars arrive early and the pupils see something they didn’t…
After school, a boy boards an odd-looking bus. Inside, the floor, the seats and even the ceiling are covered with used up chewing gum. Soon, the sticky gum grows thicker…
When high-stakes hijinks grip Gotham City, Batman and Robin jump into action. They soon learn the Joker is pulling off high-rise heists with the help of a giant flying playing…
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Young Quom Erro and his human friend Zak Nine are in trouble. The boys are certain they can climb out, but they quickly discover the cunning secret of the pit…
