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Australian Book Retailer of the Year 2021
Alan Trussell-Cullen
Young readers will be exposed to blogging and the importance of nurturing wildlife in this fun and informative Spanish-translated reader.
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Building off of the popularity of social media, the story of Palaki the penguin’s blog posts relates to the reader. Young readers will be exposed to blogging and the importance…
Sam is a young girl who hates chores but loves to invent machines to do them for her! Along with quirky illustrations, this story will help children learn that it…
Toby lived on Park street and one day a cat came and rubbed up on Toby’s leg and they decided to keep the cat and call it whiskers. But Nina…
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Maria’s Nonna lives far away in Italy and Maria misses her. She writes her letters and talks to her on the phone but it’s not the same. Until Maria sees…
Sam has a very messy room now that his mum has started a new job. But Sam has no time to clean it because he has to get his mum…
Tony was a normal boy apart from his really big feet. At school, the bully Barney, called him duck feet and teased him and made Tony upset, making him hate…
Everyone said Mandy was a dreamy child. She spent days just dreaming. But when it came to school work she was always the last to finish and she wouldn’t write…
There are more than one thousand national parks around the world. Each national park is different and has things that make it special.
All over the world, one billion aspirin tablets are taken each week! What is aspirin made from? How did it become the most widely used medicine in the world?
Peacekeepers are sent to places where there has been fighting. They help people so they can feel safe, and live together in peace.
The heart is one of the most important organs in the human body. It’s a muscle that works like a pump, and can be found in the middle of the…
The late 1800s was the time of the great gold rushes. The first big gold rush took place in California.
Natural partners are animals or plants that live or work together to help themselves and each other.
In the next 100 years, the Earth’s temperature may go up by as much as six degrees. Having warmer weather might sound good, but many scientists who study the Earth’s…
Wheels are a big part of our everyday lives. They have been with us for more than 5000 years…
A dam is a structure built across a river or other body of water. There are four kinds of dams and they can be made of many different things.
People create a lot of garbage. In Australia, people send about a tonne of garbage per person a year to landfill. But there are simple things people can do to…
The Amazon Jungle is home to more different species of plants and animals than any other place on earth.
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The world’s first antibiotic, called penicillin, was discovered in October 1928 by a doctor, Alexander Fleming. Fleming’s discovery would change medicine forever, and save millions of lives.
Twins are two people or animals that are born together, to the same mother. There are three kinds of twins - identical twins, fraternal twins and conjoined twins.
Most animals rely on sight for survival. Being able to see enables animals to hunt for food, to find their way around, and keep themselves safe from predators and other…
Trains have changed a lot over the years. Hundreds of years ago, trains ran on steam, they were very slow. Today some trains can go as fast as 300km per…
Sand is more than just a fun thing to play with at the beach. Sand is also an important material for making things, such as glass, roads and houses.
People from different cultures like different kinds of food. They eat and cook in different ways, too. Eating food together is a good way to find out about other cultures.
In 1911, two teams began a race to the South Pole. Captain Robert Scott’s team came from Britain, and Roald Amundsen’s team came from Norway. Both teams did their best…
Cars have changed a lot since the first ones were made. Today’s cars are built to be safer and better for the environment. What will the cars of the future…
Burning fossil fuels to make energy produces carbon dioxide. Too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere causes global warming. Carbon trading is one of the ways people can slow down…
It was time to start getting ready for the end-of-year school concert. Everyone was excited, including Abby and Zoe. They couldn’t wait to find out who their partners would be…
Coral reefs are found in warm ocean waters all around the world. When coral reefs are healthy, they keep the ocean environment balanced. But many things that humans do are…
Many kinds of plants and animals live in the African grasslands. Food links all living things in this habitat, and together all these links make up a food chain.
Animals are amazing travellers. Some animals leave one place and travel to another place during the year.
This morning, as I was getting on the school bus, I saw smoke. The bus driver said there was a small fire at Butterfly Creek, about ten kilometres from where…
Abby and Zoe are identical twins. When their family moves to a new city, their new teacher starts a competition to see who can tell them apart.
When Abby and Zoe go to Pirates Bay to visit Mrs Patterson, their mother’s old school teacher, they hope to find treasure in her attic. But the treasure they find…
It used to be very difficult to travel between England and France. When the Cannel Tunnel was finished in 1994 that all changed. The Channel Tunnel makes travel between England…
Donna eats with her left hand, throws a ball with her left hand. In fact, Donna does everything with her left hand - except shake hands. That’s because everyone else…
Many years ago in a town in India, There were six men who were sure they were very wise. In fact, they called themselves the ‘Six Wisest Men in the…
When Brad heard his dad yelling ‘Time to get up! We’ve all slept in!’ he just knew today was going to be a bad day. Brad gulped down his breakfast…
How do things move? It takes a push to move some things. It takes a pull to move some things. Find out which things need a push or a pull…
The food we eat today can come from a country a long way from where we live.
Bridges help people cross over land or water. There are lots of different kinds of bridges. Bridges must be strong so that they don’t fall down.
I remember the Second World War. War made life hard for all of us.
Sounds are made when something vibrates. Tap an empty can, pluck a rubber band, or blow air over the top of a bottle… all of these make sounds.
Voting is when people choose something or someone they like. You can vote for the leader of your country, or even your favorite singer on TV!
Plastic has changed the world and how people live. It helps people in lots of ways. But we need to look at what we do with plastic so that we…
Late one night while Jenny was in bed, she hears something from the house next door where no-one has lived in for years. She points her torch in the window…
