Sign up to our emails and be the first to know about new releases, special offers and more.
Become a Readings Member to make your shopping experience even easier. Sign in or sign up for free!
Hello Readings Member! Go to the member centre to view your orders, change your details, or view your lists, or sign out.
Australian Book Retailer of the Year 2021
Bill Slavin
Blood and Fire is the stunning climax to Bill Slavin's epic Mordecai Crow trilogy. In our future, ravaged world, Crow and Podd search for Crow's long lost family. In this…
Order online and we’ll ship when availablePre-order now
100 years in our future, on a climate-ravaged world, Mordecai Crow continues to search for his long lost family. With his young friend Podd, Crow follows the trail deep into…
Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order
The secrets of the past have been lost. Knowledge is forbidden, the climate has run wild, and civilisation has devolved into post-technological anarchy. In the midst of this wasteland, Mordecai…
CDs start out as sand, and blackboard chalk comes from tiny sea creatures. Every single product in the world is made from elements found in nature. This unique book shows…
Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order
Using the typical contents of a child’s school backpack (defined as water, food, clothing, paper, plastic, metals, electronics), this book explores the life cycle of stuff, including lots of ways…
A fast-paced adventure story that doubles as a thoroughly researched historical overview of ancient Egypt.
Part of the award-winning Time Travel Guides series from the talented Linda Bailey and Bill Slavin.
Tim Beiser,Bill Slavin
A delightful rhyming tale of a little bird’s fear of water.
Linda Bailey
Monica Kulling
The story of Nikola Tesla, the man who helped pioneer modern electrical engineering.
Nathan Zimelman
Susan Olson, second-grade treasurer and reporter, here dutifully records the comical details that surround this adventurous tale under the headings, Expenses and Profit. Spurred on by a desire to visit…
Howard Whitehouse
Following The Strictest School in the World, the tale of The Faceless Fiend leaps from the woods around Lower Owlthwaite to the depths of darkest London as our fried seek…
Ted Staunton
Morgan really wants a Game Wizard like everyone else at school … but learns that sometimes gaming is more trouble than it’s worth!
Morgan promises Aldeen he’ll go to Princesses on Ice, even though he HATES skating and has plans to go to a monster truck rally with Charlie instead. Morgan must overcome…
When Aldeen ruins Morgan’s prize-worthy pumpkin at the fair, he challenges her to a bumper car war to settle the score. Instead, she dares him to ride the rollercoaster. Is…
Morgan is left out when everyone in grade three starts playing a videogame at recess. When bullies accuse his frenemy Aldeen of faking her gaming, Morgan must stand up for…
Bogbrush is a giant of a lad, who wears chain-mail underwear and a helmet with really big horns. He’s also very stupid. Along with two new-found friends, this dim-witted barbarian…
It’s back to ancient China this time for the Binkerton children in the newest in the award-winning Time Travel Guides series.
Stanley and a few friends follow the smell of ham to a small boat and find themselves rushing down the river and swept out to sea.
At the park, Stanley meets up with his old friends Nutsy, Alice, and Gassy Jack. Together they look longingly at the grand prize in the dog show: the biggest dog…
In his latest outing, Stanley’s home life goes awry when he suddenly finds himself with a new feline sister. Now Stanley must cope with feelings of jealousy and sibling rivalry…
Bill Slavin,Monica Kulling
Part of Tundra’s Great ideas easy read biography series, this extraordinary tale maps the life of an inventor who changed the face of rail travel.
Tim Beiser
The story of a whiny rabbit pushing a patient bear to the end of his tether and learning a lesson in looking on the bright side –Amazon.com.
Stanley the dog is curious about what kids do in school all day, so he and his friends decide to investigate.
It’s game time in Ancient Greece for the Binkertons in the latest entry in the awardwinning Time Travel Guides series.
Ted Staunton,Will Staunton
Morgan’s nervous about Curtis’s birthday party because a super scary movie is promised as the main event. Morgan must overcome his scary-movie-phobia to have fun at the party. An early…
Ann Love,Jane Drake,Bill Slavin
Presenting gross and grizzly details of the most gruesome pandemics, and detailing both the symptoms and bizarre superstitious behaviours that accompanied them. Sure to interest even the most squeamish of…
Shelley Leedahl
ForeWord Magazine Children’s Picture Book of the Year Award
Alberta Book Illustration Award winner,
Saskatchewan Book of the Year Award Finalist,
Canadian Library Association Children’s Book of the Year Award…
From our earliest beginnings, we have shared our lives with animals. Explores the ties that people and their pets have formed, from prehistoric times to present day.
Alannah Hegedus,Kaitlin Rainey
Our fast-paced world of fax machines, digital cameras, and cell phones is possible because of the work of inventors who paved the way for modern communications. Meet: Reginald Fessenden, who…
Ann Love,Jane Drake
Ann-Maureen Owens,Jane Yealland
The definitive guide to Canada’s flag for young readers, Our Flag explores fun facts about the national banner and its provincial ones, as well as flags from around the world…
