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The deadly fates / Dhonielle Clayton.

When Ella, Brigit, and Jason return for their third year at the Arcanum Training Institute, they discover a dark plot brewing. Secrets and deception surround the magic school's founders, and the trio will stop at nothing to find out what really happened to the Institute's enigmatic Conjure architect. As they dive deeper into the mystery, it leads them to the Underworld and the Cards of Deadly Fate - a seemingly impenetrable prison full of villains. And worst of all, their old nemesis, Gia Trivelino, awaits them, ready to wreak more havoc. With tensions between Conjure folks and Marvellers at a fever pitch, the trio must face the living and the dead to get the answers they need to protect their world.
Author: Clayton, Dhonielle
Published: Sydney, NSW : HarperCollins Children's Books, 2025.
416 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Conjureverse ; n3.
PRC 5to6

Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - CLAYTO - Available - 05095056

Warriors, changing skies : The elder's quest / by Erin Hunter

The launch of a brand-new arc in the Warriors series find the Clans navigating an ominous prophecy that foreshadows the destruction of the Moonpool, and the end of the Cats' connection to StarClan.
As Leafbare approaches, a new danger threatens the Clans. Twoleg construction has encroached on Clan territory, poisoning the stream and making prey especially scarce for SkyClan. Meanwhile, their leader, Leafstar, is struggling with a loss of vision while trying to maintain authority over a Clan that increasingly doubts her ability to lead. In ShadowClan, Tawnypelt senses peril as the Twoleg construction threatens the Moonpool, but she can’t get anycat, especially her son, TigerStar, to listen. Frustrated with the younger cats who don't respect her, she decides to take matters into her own paws. In the midst of the chaos, Moonpaw, an apprentice struggling to understand the mysterious voice in her head, thinks that she might be having visions. But the voice becomes increasingly sinister, and Moonpaw wonders if it's a sign of darkness on the horizon.
Author: Hunter, Erin
Published: New York : HarperCollins, 2025.
288 pages ; 20 cm.
Warriors, changing skies ; n1.
Warriors

Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - WARRIO n1 - Available - 05092653

Silverborn : The mystery of Morrigan Crow / Jessica Townsend.

Morrigan Crow is ready for a new adventure. In Silverborn: The Mystery of Morrigan Crow, we will travel to places in Nevermoor that we've never seen, meet people from Morrigan's past who will be very important in untangling the mystery of who she is ... and see Morrigan aligning herself with someone very dangerous to learn more of the Wundrous Arts.
Author: Townsend, Jessica Mary
Published: Sydney, NSW : Lothian, 2025.
464 pages ; 20 cm.
Nevermoor ; n4.
PRC 7to9
1 reserve

Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - TOWNSE n4 - On reserve shelf at Penrith - 05099969

Song of the Lioness. Book 1, Alanna [graphic novel] / by Tamora Pierce ; adapted by Vita Ayala ; illustrated by Sam Beck.

Alanna of Trebond may be a girl of noble birth, but she will not be sentenced to the life of a well-mannered young lady. Alanna dreams of becoming a knight of the realm of Tortall, and neither her gender nor her father’s orders will stop her. Though Alanna’s father is preparing her twin brother, Thom, for the path to knighthood, he dreams of studying sorcery. To forge their own destinies, the two hatch a cunning plan: Alanna will disguise herself as a boy and take Thom’s place while he learns the art of magic. But the path to knighthood is never easy and, on her first adventure, Alanna will find friends and enemies, sickness and sorcery, and discover the magic within her…
Author: Pierce, Tamora
Graphic novel edition
Published: New York : Abrams Fanfare, 2025.
Published: 2025
256 pages : colour illustrations ; 22 cm.
Song of the lioness ; n1
PRC 7to9

Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Graphic Novel - PIERCE n1 - Available - 05099369

The travelling bookshop : Mim and the mother muddle / Katrina Nannestad ; illustrated by Cheryl Orsini.

Mim Cohen roams the world in a travelling bookshop, with her dad and brother and a horse called Flossy. Flossy leads them where she will, to the place where they're needed most ... the place where the perfect book will find its way home. Now Mim has arrived in Salzburg -- the city of Mozart and mountains, gardens and castles, Sacher torte and sausages ... and Mum! Mim knows they're here to help Mum recover from the bump to her head. To show her love and patience until her memory returns. If only they could find Mum the right book. If only Dad would stop giving everyone the same silly book.
Author: Nannestad, Katrina
Published: Sydney, NSW : ABC Books, 2025.
Published: ©2025
240 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Travelling bookshop ; n6.
PRC 3to4

Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - NANNES n6 - Available - 05094957

Ninja kid 15 : Ninja talent! / Anh Do ; illustrated by Anton Emdin.

It’s time for the Tip-Top Talent Quest! And, thanks to their secret Super Spray, Nelson and Kenny have the best act ever. They can dance, do backflips ... and they look like rock stars! Until the Super Spray suddenly fails and all they can do is fall over! Can the boys find a way to save Duck Creek ... and their dignity?!
Author: Do, Anh, 1977-
Published: Lindfield, NSW : Scholastic Australia, 2025.
192 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Ninja kid ; n15.
PRC 3to4

Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - DO n15 - Onloan - Due: 27 Jul 2025 - 05092194
Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - DO n15 - Onloan - Due: 19 Jul 2025 - 05092193
Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - DO n15 - Onloan - Due: 26 Jun 2025 - 05092192
Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - DO n15 - Onloan - Due: 20 Jul 2025 - 05092191
Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - DO n15 - Onloan - Due: 20 Jul 2025 - 05094592

A wizard of Earthsea : a graphic novel / Ursula Le Guin ; adapted and illustrated by Fred Fordham ; foreword by Theo Downes-Le Guin.

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin was first published in the UK in 1971 and has been considered a classic of children's fantasy ever since. It follows the story of Ged, a poor smith’s son, who discovers a magical talent and is sent away from home to a wizard school. During a duel with a fellow student, he summons a terrible shadow creature which he tries to banish, but it continues to haunt him long after he finishes his magical training. Finally he seeks advice from his old master Ogion, who tells him to confront the creature rather than flee it – that fears and shadows are to be faced, and that darkness is as much a part of us as the light.
Author: Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-2018
Published: London : Walker Books, 2025.
288 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cm.
Earthsea Cycle ; n1.
PRC 7to9

St Clair - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Graphic Novel - LEGUIN - Available - 05094100

Weir Do (or) WeirDo 24 : Weird power! / by Anh Do ; illustrated by Jules Faber

Dad’s at it again, helping Weir and his friends train for the athletics carnival! Weir’s not sure he’ll win anything, but maybe he’ll find another calling! Would that be so bananas? It won’t be easy ... but it will be funny!
Author: Do, Anh, 1977-
Published: Gosford, N.S.W. : Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Australia Pty Limited, 2025.
160 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
WeirDo ; n24.
PRC 3to4

Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - DO n24 - Onloan - Due: 05 Aug 2025 - 05095257
Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - DO n24 - Onloan - Due: 29 Jul 2025 - 05095258
Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - DO n24 - Onloan - Due: 31 Jul 2025 - 05094524
St Marys - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - DO n24 - Onloan - Due: 17 Jun 2025 - 05095256
St Marys - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - DO n24 - Onloan - Due: 17 May 2025 - 05094521

Bin Chicken goes for gold / Kate and Jol Temple ; illustrated by Ronojoy Ghosh.

With a wobbly dive and a gangly leap, here comes Bin Chicken in a feathery heap! ‘Shoo!’ say the kids as she flaps on her way. ‘Bin Chickens aren’t welcome at school sports day!’ Go Team Ibis! It’s sports carnival time and Ibis has teamed up with some friends. But they aren’t running to the finish line ... they’re racing to lunch!
Author: Temple, Kate
Published: Gosford, NSW : Scholastic Press, 2025.
Published: ©2025
26 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 26 cm.
Bin chicken
PRC 3to4

Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - TEMPLE - Onloan - Due: 30 Jul 2025 - 05094681
St Clair - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - TEMPLE - Onloan - Due: 16 Jul 2025 - 05094680
St Marys - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - TEMPLE - Available - 05094703

Daisy and the trouble with shopping / by Kes Gray ; illustrated by Nick Sharratt.

Daisy is SO excited! She's been picked to look after the class hamsters, Pickle and Pops, over the Easter holidays - AND her mum's taking her to Chocolate Land! Trouble is, the two things probably shouldn't mix...
Author: Gray, Kes
Published: London : Red Fox, 2025.
256 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
A Daisy book
PRC 3to4

St Marys - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - GRAY - Available - 05099375

Frog Squad : Sink or swim / Kate and Jol Temple ; illustrated by Shiloh Gordon.

Step into a top-secret world where frogs don't just eat flies, they eat danger! This is FROG SQUAD! Frog Squad dives into the treacherous waters of the Bermuda Triangle to find Captain Froggy Longbottom's shipwreck. It's filled with stolen treasure, including the world's largest pearl! But The Organisation of Amphibious Devious Scoundrels (TOADS) is hunting for the treasure, too. Will the brave rescue frogs reach it first, or will they be swallowed by quicksand? Streaming now on Frogflix!
Author: Temple, Kate
Published: Sydney South, NSW : HarperCollins Children's Books, 2025.
144 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Frog Squad ; n3.
PRC 3to4

Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - TEMPLE - Onloan - Due: 22 Jul 2025 - 05099936

Ming and Maria explore the universe / Jackie French.

Ming has travelled through history to meet girls who have changed the world. However, this time is different as Herstory, History's sister, promises to reveal to Ming something of her own past: her long-lost mother. When Ming washes up on the icy shores of Nantucket Island in 1836 she is saved by the elderly Mrs Sloe and the wealthy Miss Reynolds, but there is no sign of a woman who might be her mother. The island is home to Maria Mitchell, who at seventeen has already published her first papers on astronomy and will go on to inspire scientists around the world for generations to come. Maria's future holds extraordinary promise and fame. But what about Ming? And who is her mother?
Author: French, Jackie, 1953-
Published: Sydney, NSW : Angus&Robertson, 2025.
272 pages ; 19 cm.
Girls who changed the world ; n5.
PRC 5to6

Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - FRENCH - Available - 05099597

Hotdog! : Robot time! / by Anh Do ; illustrated by Dan McGuiness.

Hotdog and his friends are off to the Robot Museum! They’re buzzing to see the amazing Gorilla Bots! But what happens when the bots go batty?! Those robots need a re-boot!
Author: Do, Anh, 1977-
Published: Lindfield, NSW : Scholastic Australia Pty Limited, 2025.
128 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Hotdog ; n18.
PRC 3to4

Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - DO n18 - Onloan - Due: 13 Jul 2025 - 05099469
Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - DO n18 - Onloan - Due: 19 Jul 2025 - 05099471
Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - DO n18 - Onloan - Due: 26 Jul 2025 - 05099322
St Clair - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - DO n18 - Onloan - Due: 24 Jul 2025 - 05098823
St Clair - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - DO n18 - Onloan - Due: 30 Jul 2025 - 05099325
St Marys - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - DO n18 - Onloan - Due: 17 Jun 2025 - 05099470
St Marys - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - DO n18 - Onloan - Due: 19 Jul 2025 - 05098822
St Marys - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - DO n18 - Onloan - Due: 27 Jul 2025 - 05099324
St Marys - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - DO n18 - Onloan - Due: 05 Aug 2025 - 05099323

My mum is the best! / Nic McPickle ; illustrated by Tommy Doyle.

My mum is a Super Mum, the best I've ever known. She loves her trackies and her uggs, her coffee and her phone. She comes to my concerts, and pins up my art. She helps me be brave and follow my heart. My mum is the best! A hilarious and warm-hearted picture book that's a richly deserved celebration of mothers everywhere.
Author: McPickle, Nic
Published: Crows Nest, NSW : Albert Street Books, 2025.
Published: ©2025
32 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 29 cm.
PRC Kto2

Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - MCPICK - Onloan - Due: 31 Jul 2025 - 05094578

Friday Barnes : In plain sight / R.A. Spratt.

When Princess Ingrid is kidnapped, along with her fiance, Binky Pelly, it's all over the international news. The King of Norway is distraught. The people of Norway are bewildered. And Ingrid's bodyguard is fired. So, he calls on his least favourite Interpol agent for help - Friday Barnes. The trail soon leads them to New York City, where finding a princess is harder than finding a tiara in a haystack. Can Friday unravel the mystery of the disappearing lovebirds? And when a Manhattan rockstar's book of handwritten lyrics goes missing, it's up to Friday to restore this priceless artefact to its rightful home.
Author: Spratt, R. A.
Published: North Sydney, NSW : Random House Australia, 2025.
Published: ©2025
256 pages ; 20 cm.
Friday Barnes ; n13.
PRC 7to9
2 reserves

Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - SPRATT n13 - Onloan - Due: 21 Jul 2025 - 05098450

Wolf girl : New friends / Anh Do ; illustrations by Jeremy Ley ; additional illustrations by Annie Ji.

When Gwen and her pack fall from Castle Winter into the churning sea, she wonders if this might be the end of their adventures... but then they are rescued by an unlikely group - a boy, a girl and two dolphins. Together the new alliance sets out to Rocky Bay to search for their lost families and are met by a strange sight - prisoners hauling glowing rocks from the ocean under the watch of Braxan guards. But soon the group are spotted... Will they survive this battle against enemies on sea and land? And might Gwen finally be reunited with her family?
Author: Do, Anh, 1977-
Published: Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2025.
Published: ©2025
202 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Wolf Girl ; n13.
PRC 5to6

Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - DO n13 - Onloan - Due: 28 Jul 2025 - 05098844
St Marys - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - DO n13 - Available - 05099332

I am Tree Rex! / Mo Davey.

Rex loves counting and hugging every one of his twenty-one trees. So, he is absolutely heartbroken when one of his trees goes missing? Where could it be? Who could have taken it? Rex isn't the only one who wants to know. A little bird who lost her home comes to him for help. Together, and with a group of feathered friends, they hatch a plan to scare away the tree cutters once and for all.
Author: Davey, Mo
Published: Kew East, Victoria : Berbay Publishing, 2024.
Published: ©2024
32 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 26 cm.
PRC Kto2

St Marys - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - DAVEY - Onloan - Due: 28 Jul 2025 - 05098978

Ash Barty presents... Little Ash : Sports carnival! Dyslexic-friendly / Jasmin McGaughey ; illustrated by Jade Goodwin.

Ash LOVES tennis. So when it's the school sports carnival, Ash wishes she was playing tennis instead. Will Ash find her school spirit and help her team win the day?
Author: McGaughey, Jasmin
Published: Strawberry Hills, NSW : ReadHowYouWant, 2024.
Published: ©2024.
33 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Little Ash
PRC 3to4
Dyslexic-friendly

Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - BARTY - Onloan - Due: 16 Jul 2025 - 05098939

Turtle moon / Hannah Gold ; illustrated by Levi Pinfold.

Silver Trevelon's parents aren't happy. They haven't been happy since the nursery they decorated started gathering cobwebs, waiting for the baby brother or sister that never came. So when Silver's dad is invited to paint at a turtle rescue centre in Costa Rica, she hopes it'll be just the adventure the family needs. Under the hot tropical sun, Silver settles into life at the animal centre. She even witnesses a rare sighting of a leatherback turtle nesting on the beach. But when the turtle's eggs are stolen, events take a dark and dangerous turn. Can Silver and her new friends track them down before it's too late? It'll mean journeying into the heart of the jungle and uncovering long-buried secrets . . .
Author: Gold, Hannah
Published: London : HarperCollins Children's Books, [2024].
Published: ©2024.
335 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
PRC 3to4

Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - GOLD - Onloan - Due: 05 Aug 2025 - 05098083

My dad is the best! / Nic McPickle, Tommy Doyle.

On a scale of 1-to-Dad, mine is off the charts! He tells bad jokes, and sings old songs, and blames the dog for all his farts. Is it just my dad? Or is it other dads too? Does your dad say this stuff to you?
Author: McPickle, Nic
Published: Crows Nest, NSW : Albert Street Books, 2024.
Published: ©2024
24 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 29 cm.
PRC Kto2

St Marys - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - MCPICK - Onloan - Due: 31 Jul 2025 - 05098596

Monster Island [Dyslexic friendly] / George Ivanoff

After following his mum to her top-secret new job, Bernie finds himself on a mysterious remote island inside the Bass Strait Triangle. The scientists working there call it Monster Island, and Bernie soon discovers why . . . Here, extinct and mythical creatures are alive! But that's not the only mystery. Why are there so many mushrooms? Where have the hostile black drones come from? Who controls them? And why are they spying on the creatures on the island? Bernie and his new friend Ivy are determined to find out. An action-packed adventure where dinosaurs roam, secrets are dangerous and drop bears really do exist!
Author: Ivanoff, George
Published: Strawberry Hills, NSW : ReadHowYouWant, 2024.
vi, 203 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.
PRC 3to4
Dyslexic-friendly

St Marys - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - IVANOF - Available - 05098636

Ninja kid 3 : Ninja switch! [Dyslexic friendly] / Anh Do ; illustrated by Jeremy Ley.

Nelson cannot wait for the athletics carnival now that he is a NINJA! For the first time ever, he wont be a nerd: he will be AWESOME! But just when Nelson needs his powers the most, they get switched...with GRANDMAS! How is he going to win ANYTHING when he runs and jumps like an old lady?!
Author: Do, Anh, 1977-
Published: Strawberry Hills, NSW : ReadHowYouWant, 2024.
i, 175 pages (dyslexic print) : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Ninja kid ; n3.
Dyslexic-friendly
PRC 3to4

St Marys - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - DO n3 - Available - 05098622

The 169-storey treehouse [dyslexic friendly] / by Andy Griffiths ; illustrated by Terry Denton.

Andy and Terry have built their biggest and most astonishing treehouse yet! It has everything they -- and you -- could wish for, including an electric pony stable, a Santa Land, a noisy level, a kangaroo-riding range, a whatever-weather-you-want dome, a 100% edible gingerbread house and a hall of funhouse mirrors. But Anti-Andy, Terrible-Terry and Junkyard-Jill, their doppelgangers, are trapped in one of the mirrors -- and they want out.
Author: Griffiths, Andy, 1961-
Published: Strawberry Hills NSW : Dyslexic Books, an imprint of ReadHowYouWant, 2024.
iii, 281 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
A treehouse story ; n13.
Dyslexic-friendly
PRC 5to6

St Marys - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - GRIFFI n13 - Available - 05098898
St Marys - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - GRIFFI n13 - Onloan - Due: 02 Aug 2025 - 05098614

The big book of Australian nursery rhymes / written and illustrated by Frané Lessac.

Chant and clap, play and sing along to this fun-filled collection of nursery rhymes with an Australian twist...
Author: Lessac, Frané
Published: Newtown, NSW : Walker Books, 2024.
Published: ©2024
91 pages : colour illustrations ; 26 cm x 25 cm.
PRC Kto2

Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - LESSAC - Onloan - Due: 30 Jul 2025 - 05094729

Everything you ever wanted to know about the tooth fairy (and some things you didn't) / written and illustrated by Briony Stewart.

Every single minute, of every single day, a child somewhere loses a baby tooth. Find out what happens to all those teeth in this informative and fully illustrated guide to that mysterious creature, the tooth fairy.
Author: Stewart, Briony
Published: Sydney, NSW : Lothian Children's Books, 2024.
Published: ©2024
24 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 29 cm.
PRC Kto2

Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - STEWAR - Onloan - Due: 14 Jul 2025 - 05094728

Good hair / Yvonne Sewankambo ; illustrated by Freda Chiu.

Waking up can be hard, and getting ready for the day can be tricky, especially when Birungi thinks doing her hair is a chore. Luckily Dad knows the secret to good hair and he's about to share... Because once you learn the secret to celebrating hair... every day is a Good Hair Day!
Author: Sewankambo, Yvonne
Published: Newtown, NSW : Walker Books Australia, 2024.
Published: ©2024
32 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 28 cm.
PRC Kto2

Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - SEWANK - Onloan - Due: 23 Jul 2025 - 05094710

The most amazing thing / Ian Hayward Robinson ; illustrated by Matt Shanks.

'What is the most amazing thing?' asks Henry. 'Life,' says his sister. 'The mind,' says his brother. 'The universe,' says his father. Henry can see these things are amazing, but are they the MOST amazing thing? A timely story with an enduring message about the different ways to find wonder in the world.
Author: Robinson, Ian (Ian Hayward)
Published: Sydney, NSW : Allen & Unwin Children's Books, 2024.
Published: ©2024
32 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 31 cm.
PRC Kto2

Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - ROBINS - Onloan - Due: 23 Jul 2025 - 05094715

For 60,000 years / Marlee Silva ; illustrated by Rhys Paddick.

For 60,000 years, as sure as the sun rises and rests, our people have thrived and survived. Originally penned as a poetic response to January 26th, this is an empowering story of truth, strength and community, told by Gamilaroi and Dunghutti woman Marlee Silva and illustrated by Yamatji man Rhys Paddick.
For 60,000 years, as sure as the sun rises and rests, our people have thrived and survived. An empowering story of truth, strength and community, told by Gamilaroi and Dunghutti woman Marlee Silva and illustrated by Yamatji man Rhys Paddick.--Back cover.
Author: Silva, Marlee, 1995-
Published: Gosford, NSW : Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Australia, 2024.
Published: ©2024.
24 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 29 cm.
PRC 3to4

Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - SILVA - Available - 05094705

Six summers of Tash and Leopold / Danielle Binks.

Alytash and Leopold - Tash and Leo - are neighbours who used to be best friends, but aren't anymore, for reasons that Leo doesn't entirely understand. But now it's the last week of Year Six and Tash is standing in Leo's front yard with a misdelivered letter - and a favour to ask. It's a request that will set off a chain of events in their little crescent in Noble Park, a suburb that is changing, and fast. As they solve an unfolding neighbourhood mystery and help Ms Shepparson, a reclusive neighbour with a tragic past, Tash and Leo each has to confront fault lines in their own recent histories and families. They will discover that friendships can grow and change, that bravery takes many forms, and that, most of all - whatever the future holds - friends and family are what matter.
Author: Binks, Danielle
Published: Sydney, NSW : Hachette Australia, 2024.
Published: ©2024.
312 pages ; 20 cm.
PRC 5to6

Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - BINKS - Onloan - Due: 08 Jul 2025 - 05094771

Hey Jack! : The circus lesson [Dyslexic friendly] / Sally Rippin ; illustrated by Stephanie Spartels.

Billie B. Brown's best friend Jack has his very own spin-off series. Jack's new babysitter is awesome, but a bit crazy. Pizza for dinner, juggling lessons, sleeping outside u with no tent! Will Jack let his worrying get in the way of having fun?
Author: Rippin, Sally
Published: Strawberry Hills, NSW : ReadHowYouWant, 2024.
Published: ©2012.
i, 19 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Hey Jack!
Dyslexic-friendly
PRC 3to4

Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - RIPPIN - Onloan - Due: 29 Jul 2025 - 05099501