https://penrithcity.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=BSOPAC%3A%20(PREMIERS%20%2B%20READING%20%2B%20CHALLENGE)%20%2B%20(FIC%3A%20(C%20%2F%20F%20%2F%20J%20%2F%201)%20%2B%20AUD%3A%20(J%20%2F%20A%20%2F%20B))&QRYTEXT=Anywhere%3A%20Premier's%20Reading%20Challenge%20(Keywords)%20and%20Junior%20fiction&SETLVL=SET&CF=BIB&SORTS=DTE.DATE1.DESC&NRECS=20 Spydus Search Results en © 2022 Civica Pty Limited. All rights reserved. https://penrithcity.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=423477&CF=BIB Eva has always wanted to be a journalist, so when she and her friends go whippet racing and find some underhand competitive cheating, she might just have found her next story. Can she get to the bottom of it, with a little help from a furry friend? Eva has always wanted to be a journalist, so when she and her friends go whippet racing and find some underhand competitive cheating, she might just have found her next story. Can she get to the bottom of it, with a little help from a furry friend? <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Vulliamy, Clara<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : HarperCollins Children's Books, 2024.<br />128 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.<br />Dog Squad ; n2.<br />PRC 3to4<br /><br />Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - VULLIA - Available - 05086335<br /> https://penrithcity.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=452306&CF=BIB From Australian of the Year and founder of the Body Image Movement, Taryn Brumfitt, comes the delightful story of Chico the Schnauzer. Chico the Schnauzer goes on the biggest playdate of his life, spending time with all his dog friends. There's Susie the Sausage Dog, Penelope the Poodle and Digby the Dalmatian, just to name a few. Chico is amazed to learn about all the things their bodies are good at. He may not be able to do all that they can, but Chico discovers all the incredible things his own body can do! From Australian of the Year and founder of the Body Image Movement, Taryn Brumfitt, comes the delightful story of Chico the Schnauzer. Chico the Schnauzer goes on the biggest playdate of his life, spending time with all his dog friends. There's Susie the Sausage Dog, Penelope the Poodle and Digby the Dalmatian, just to name a few. Chico is amazed to learn about all the things their bodies are good at. He may not be able to do all that they can, but Chico discovers all the incredible things his own body can do!<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Brumfitt, Taryn<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>North Sydney, NSW : Penguin Random House Australia, 2024.<br />24 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 34 x 28 cm.<br />PRC 3to4<br /><br />Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - BRUMFI - Onloan - Due: 24 Apr 2024 - 05086535<br /> https://penrithcity.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=452832&CF=BIB When Tilly, Oskar, Milo and Alessia venture into King Arthur’s realm in search of the wizard Merlin, they discover that the magic of bookwandering is not at all what they thought. Together, they must journey into myth and legend – to bargain with the trickster Loki and unlock their destinies with the help of the Three Fates – and find a way to untangle the Alchemist’s grip on the world’s imagination. To save Pages & Co. and the very foundations of bookwandering, Tilly and her friends will have to learn the true power of imagination in a thrilling final adventure, but an unexpected enemy stands in their way . . . When Tilly, Oskar, Milo and Alessia venture into King Arthur’s realm in search of the wizard Merlin, they discover that the magic of bookwandering is not at all what they thought. Together, they must journey into myth and legend – to bargain with the trickster Loki and unlock their destinies with the help of the Three Fates – and find a way to untangle the Alchemist’s grip on the world’s imagination. To save Pages & Co. and the very foundations of bookwandering, Tilly and her friends will have to learn the true power of imagination in a thrilling final adventure, but an unexpected enemy stands in their way . . . <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>James, Anna (Anna Lois)<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : HarperCollins Children's Books, 2024.<br />416 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.<br />Pages & Co ; n6.<br />PRC 5to6<br /><br />St Marys - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - JAMES n6 - Onloan - Due: 07 May 2024 - 05076818<br /> https://penrithcity.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=453637&CF=BIB James wishes he could go back in time. Back to when his mum and dad were together, when he had one home, when his family laughed and climbed hills and went to the movies. After meeting the enigmatic Yan, a girl who looks at the world differently, James discovers time travel might not be impossible after all. But if James can live forever in one of his six favourite memories, which one will he choose? James wishes he could go back in time. Back to when his mum and dad were together, when he had one home, when his family laughed and climbed hills and went to the movies. After meeting the enigmatic Yan, a girl who looks at the world differently, James discovers time travel might not be impossible after all. But if James can live forever in one of his six favourite memories, which one will he choose? <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Marr, Shirley<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>North Sydney, NSW : Penguin Random House Australia, 2024.<br />288 pages ; 20 cm.<br />PRC 5to6<br /><br />Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - MARR - Onloan - Due: 04 May 2024 - 05086311<br /> https://penrithcity.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=453638&CF=BIB Meet Ella and Olivia. Big sister. Little sister. Best friends. Ella is off on an excursion to a country school, which has their own farm animals! Ella gets to feed the chickens, collect eggs, pat fluffy lambs ... but the smallest lamb goes missing. Can Ella help find him? Meet Ella and Olivia. Big sister. Little sister. Best friends. Ella is off on an excursion to a country school, which has their own farm animals! Ella gets to feed the chickens, collect eggs, pat fluffy lambs ... but the smallest lamb goes missing. Can Ella help find him? <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Poshoglian, Yvette<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Lindfield, New South Wales : Scholastic Australia, 2024.<br />64 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.<br />Ella and Olivia ; n34.<br />PRC Kto2<br /><br />Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - ELLA - Onloan - Due: 28 Apr 2024 - 05077863<br />St Marys - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - ELLA - Onloan - Due: 07 May 2024 - 05076820<br /> https://penrithcity.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=453658&CF=BIB The right book might just change your life ... 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 wonderful Venice, city of canals, palaces, bridges, boats and ... quarrels. Gondolier battles, cat nappings and laundry theft are just the beginning. The Magnifico family and the Forte family are at war. Mim knows they're here to help the feuding families. To show them a better way to behave. To bring an end to the vicious vendetta. If only Mim could find each of them the right book. If only they'd all stop reading the wrong books. The right book might just change your life ... 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 wonderful Venice, city of canals, palaces, bridges, boats and ... quarrels. Gondolier battles, cat nappings and laundry theft are just the beginning. The Magnifico family and the Forte family are at war. Mim knows they're here to help the feuding families. To show them a better way to behave. To bring an end to the vicious vendetta. If only Mim could find each of them the right book. If only they'd all stop reading the wrong books. <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Nannestad, Katrina<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Sydney, N.S.W. : ABC Books, 2024.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2024<br />240 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.<br />Travelling bookshop ; n5.<br />PRC 3to4<br /><br />St Marys - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - NANNES n5 - Onloan - Due: 07 May 2024 - 05077165<br /> https://penrithcity.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=453662&CF=BIB After thwarting a robbery, Nolan Hawker is invited to the world’s most dangerous school. At The Peak, he learns to crack codes, fly planes and deceive enemies so he can someday infiltrate the deadly anarchist group known as Swarm. But someone at the Peak secretly works for Swarm, and they have a plan the kind no one walks away from. Can Nolan find the traitor before it’s too late? After thwarting a robbery, Nolan Hawker is invited to the world’s most dangerous school. At The Peak, he learns to crack codes, fly planes and deceive enemies so he can someday infiltrate the deadly anarchist group known as Swarm. But someone at the Peak secretly works for Swarm, and they have a plan the kind no one walks away from. Can Nolan find the traitor before it’s too late? <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Heath, Jack, 1986-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Crows Nest, NSW : Scholastic, 2024.<br />288 pages ; 20 cm.<br />Spy Academy ; n1.<br />PRC 7to9<br /><br />Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - HEATH - Onloan - Due: 05 May 2024 - 05086317<br /> https://penrithcity.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=457599&CF=BIB Welcome to the world of Lillian Velvet: a very proper girl named Lillian Velvet is living a very lonely life with a nasty grandmother; she's given a jar of coins, each with the power to take Lillian on a journey to a different time and place...and also to grant a single wish. She comes across a small boy in a barn about to be crushed to death by a load of hay; a family, each member in mortal danger, who are strangers to Lillian (but whom clever readers will recognise...). And a web of dangerous magic is closing tight around all. Who IS this Lillian Velvet? And what on earth is her secret? Welcome to the world of Lillian Velvet: a very proper girl named Lillian Velvet is living a very lonely life with a nasty grandmother; she's given a jar of coins, each with the power to take Lillian on a journey to a different time and place...and also to grant a single wish. She comes across a small boy in a barn about to be crushed to death by a load of hay; a family, each member in mortal danger, who are strangers to Lillian (but whom clever readers will recognise...). And a web of dangerous magic is closing tight around all. Who IS this Lillian Velvet? And what on earth is her secret? <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Moriarty, Jaclyn<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Uniwn, 2021.<br />522 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.<br />Kingdoms and Empires ; n5.<br />PRC 5to6<br /><br />Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - MORIAR n5 - Onloan - Due: 09 May 2024 - 05077915<br /> https://penrithcity.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=457850&CF=BIB When it restarted, blinking back into existence, it brought with it a darkness that remains hidden from the mortal population. A week ago – fuelled by unimaginable hatred and unstoppable rage – a masked sorcerer killed one of those mortals. Then he killed another. And another. With their time running out, Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain must work to solve the puzzles the killer leaves behind before more innocents die, embarking on a journey that will force them to deal with the apocalypse they failed to prevent the first time around. AND MURDER. LOTS AND LOTS OF MURDER. When it restarted, blinking back into existence, it brought with it a darkness that remains hidden from the mortal population. A week ago – fuelled by unimaginable hatred and unstoppable rage – a masked sorcerer killed one of those mortals. Then he killed another. And another. With their time running out, Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain must work to solve the puzzles the killer leaves behind before more innocents die, embarking on a journey that will force them to deal with the apocalypse they failed to prevent the first time around. AND MURDER. LOTS AND LOTS OF MURDER. <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Landy, Derek<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : HarperCollins Children's Books, 2024.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2024<br />416 pages ; 25 cm.<br />Skulduggery Pleasant ; n16.<br />PRC 7to9<br /><br />St Marys - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - LANDY n16 - Onloan - Due: 07 May 2024 - 05089945<br />St Marys - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - LANDY n16 - Onloan - Due: 07 May 2024 - 05089944<br />St Marys - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - LANDY n16 - Onloan - Due: 08 May 2024 - 05076519<br /> https://penrithcity.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=458360&CF=BIB It's finally hive day! Willow has been waiting all year for groundskeeper Tom to split the school's native stingless beehive in two so she can take home her very own hive. Everything needs to be just right to help so that the bees forage and thrive in their new home. An amazing look into Australia's native bees. It's finally hive day! Willow has been waiting all year for groundskeeper Tom to split the school's native stingless beehive in two so she can take home her very own hive. Everything needs to be just right to help so that the bees forage and thrive in their new home. An amazing look into Australia's native bees.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Daley, Megan<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Gadigal and Wangal Country ; Newtown, NSW : Walker Books Australia, 2024.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2024<br />27 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 28 x 25 cm.<br />PRC 3to4<br /><br />St Marys - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - DALEY - Onloan - Due: 07 May 2024 - 05076743<br /> https://penrithcity.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=458620&CF=BIB It's time to go bananas! Thanks to Grandma's awesome new invention, Nelson and Kenny are inside their favourite video game. But can they defeat the big, bad Super Boss before they run out of time ... and lives?! It's time to go bananas! Thanks to Grandma's awesome new invention, Nelson and Kenny are inside their favourite video game. But can they defeat the big, bad Super Boss before they run out of time ... and lives?!<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Do, Anh, 1977-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Lindfield, NSW : Scholastic Australia, 2024.<br />192 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.<br />Ninja kid ; n13.<br />PRC 3to4<br /><br />Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - DO n13 - Onloan - Due: 10 Apr 2024 - 05077531<br />Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - DO n13 - Onloan - Due: 23 Apr 2024 - 05077532<br />Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - DO n13 - Onloan - Due: 01 Apr 2024 - 05077533<br />Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - DO n13 - Onloan - Due: 24 Apr 2024 - 05077535<br /> https://penrithcity.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=458876&CF=BIB "Wading through bin juice, sticky with grime, Ibis's tummy is rumbling... it's nearly lunchtime! 'Buzz off! Scram! Shoo! We don't feed bin chickens here at the zoo!'" It's feeding time at the zoo and no-one is sharing their lunch. Luckily, Ibis knows just how to steal some snacks... and the spotlight! "Wading through bin juice, sticky with grime, Ibis's tummy is rumbling... it's nearly lunchtime! 'Buzz off! Scram! Shoo! We don't feed bin chickens here at the zoo!'" It's feeding time at the zoo and no-one is sharing their lunch. Luckily, Ibis knows just how to steal some snacks... and the spotlight!<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Temple, Kate<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Gosford, NSW : Scholastic Australia, 2024.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2024<br />24 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 26 cm.<br />Bin chicken<br />PRC 3to4<br /><br />Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - TEMPLE - Onloan - Due: 09 May 2024 - 05077402<br />Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - TEMPLE - Onloan - Due: 28 Apr 2024 - 05077403<br />St Marys - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - TEMPLE - Available - 05077404<br /> https://penrithcity.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=459467&CF=BIB The Do family is going on a road trip! There'll be I Spy, singalongs and camping fun. But things don't always go to plan for Weir ... Will this road trip be more of a trip-over? Or will it be caravan-tastic?! It won't be easy ... but it will be funny! The Do family is going on a road trip! There'll be I Spy, singalongs and camping fun. But things don't always go to plan for Weir ... Will this road trip be more of a trip-over? Or will it be caravan-tastic?! It won't be easy ... but it will be funny! <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Do, Anh, 1977-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Gosford, N.S.W. : Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Australia Pty Limited, 2024.<br />160 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.<br />WeirDo ; n22.<br />PRC 3to4<br /><br />Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - DO n22 - Onloan - Due: 28 Apr 2024 - 05089984<br />Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - DO n22 - Onloan - Due: 24 Apr 2024 - 05089983<br />Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - DO n22 - Onloan - Due: 09 May 2024 - 05089982<br />Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - DO n22 - Onloan - Due: 24 Apr 2024 - 05089981<br /> https://penrithcity.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=459787&CF=BIB When a terrible storm damages the Happy Tails Rescue Centre, Eva and her friends know they need to help. They decide to put on a show to raise money for a new roof – and not just any show. A dog show, of course, with the help of Eva’s adorable whippet, Wafer! Everyone at school is keen to pitch in too, but with so many eager pairs of hands (and paws), soon there’s squabbling. Can the Dog Squad help everyone learn to work as a team, turn storm clouds to sunshine – and save the Rescue Centre in time? When a terrible storm damages the Happy Tails Rescue Centre, Eva and her friends know they need to help. They decide to put on a show to raise money for a new roof – and not just any show. A dog show, of course, with the help of Eva’s adorable whippet, Wafer! Everyone at school is keen to pitch in too, but with so many eager pairs of hands (and paws), soon there’s squabbling. Can the Dog Squad help everyone learn to work as a team, turn storm clouds to sunshine – and save the Rescue Centre in time?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Vulliamy, Clara<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : HarperCollins Children's Books, 2024.<br />128 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.<br />Dog Squad ; n3.<br />PRC 3to4<br /><br />St Marys - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - on order - Physical Processing (Set: 04 Apr 2024)<br /> https://penrithcity.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=458667&CF=BIB The perfect series for beginner readers! Start by reading only the last word on every line, and work your way up to the whole story! Grab this book and take a peak at all the monsters you will meet! This bumper bind-up contains ten stories! The perfect series for beginner readers! Start by reading only the last word on every line, and work your way up to the whole story! Grab this book and take a peak at all the monsters you will meet! This bumper bind-up contains ten stories!<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Rippin, Sally<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Richmond, Vic. : Hardie Grant Egmont, 2023<br />357 pages : colour illustrations ; 22 cm.<br />School of monsters<br />PRC Kto2<br /><br />Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - RIPPIN - Onloan - Due: 09 May 2024 - 05077497<br /> https://penrithcity.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=457890&CF=BIB Warning: You are about to read my utterly biggest secrets. Can I trust you? OK then. I'm Ella, and this is my diary. Ella is staying at her best friend Zoe's house for a whole week. The girls are sure everything will be perfect. But Zoe's bedroom isn't quite big enough for all of Ella's stuff. And Zoe seems to be obsessed with horse toys, which makes Ella feel like her head will explode! Will their friendship survive the week? Warning: You are about to read my utterly biggest secrets. Can I trust you? OK then. I'm Ella, and this is my diary. Ella is staying at her best friend Zoe's house for a whole week. The girls are sure everything will be perfect. But Zoe's bedroom isn't quite big enough for all of Ella's stuff. And Zoe seems to be obsessed with horse toys, which makes Ella feel like her head will explode! Will their friendship survive the week? <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Costain, Meredith, 1955-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Lindfield, New South Wales : Scholastic Australia, 2023.<br />144 pages : colour illustrations ; 20 cm.<br />Ella diaries ; n28.<br />PRC 3to4<br /><br />St Marys - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - COSTAI - Onloan - Due: 07 May 2024 - 05076700<br /> https://penrithcity.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=458217&CF=BIB Warning: You are about to read my utterly biggest secrets. Can I trust you? OK then. I’m Ella, and this is my diary. There’s a new girl at school! Her name is Lily and she loves turtles and bouncing on trampolines, just like Ella. She’s also an amazing swimmer! So when Ella and her friends find out what the letters ‘CF’ next to Lily’s photo in the sick bay mean, they come up with the perfect idea for their school’s annual Fundraising Frenzy. Warning: You are about to read my utterly biggest secrets. Can I trust you? OK then. I’m Ella, and this is my diary. There’s a new girl at school! Her name is Lily and she loves turtles and bouncing on trampolines, just like Ella. She’s also an amazing swimmer! So when Ella and her friends find out what the letters ‘CF’ next to Lily’s photo in the sick bay mean, they come up with the perfect idea for their school’s annual Fundraising Frenzy. <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Costain, Meredith<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Gosford, NSW : Scholastic Australia, 2023.<br />144 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.<br />Ella diaries ; n26.<br />PRC 3to4<br /><br />Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - COSTAI - Onloan - Due: 08 May 2024 - 05077267<br /> https://penrithcity.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=458218&CF=BIB Ella wants to do something fantabulously fabulous for her mum on Mother's Day! Perhaps breakfast in bed? Bake a cake? No, it's all been done before. So Ella asks her best friends, Zoe and Ammy, for their ideas. Together, they come up with the perfect plan to surprise all their mums. Ella wants to do something fantabulously fabulous for her mum on Mother's Day! Perhaps breakfast in bed? Bake a cake? No, it's all been done before. So Ella asks her best friends, Zoe and Ammy, for their ideas. Together, they come up with the perfect plan to surprise all their mums. <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Costain, Meredith<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Gosford, NSW : Scholastic Australia, 2023.<br />144 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.<br />Ella diaries ; n27.<br />PRC 3to4<br /><br />Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - COSTAI - Onloan - Due: 08 May 2024 - 05077268<br /> https://penrithcity.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=453645&CF=BIB Someone stole the Mona Lisa. Okay, it was over a hundred years ago, but a recently uncovered letter reveals that the thief forged a copy. That means that the painting in the Louvre now is a fake. And the real Mona Lisa could be anywhere! Friday Barnes needs to find the truth - and the real painting. She's going undercover as an art student, along with her partner-in-crime-solving, Melanie, and her staggeringly good-looking boyfrenemy, Ian. As they watch the comings and goings of France's most famous art gallery, they see some very strange things. Amid digital pickpockets, guerrilla graffiti and projectile perfume, Friday soon discovers that the Paris art scene is a hotbed of crime. Someone stole the Mona Lisa. Okay, it was over a hundred years ago, but a recently uncovered letter reveals that the thief forged a copy. That means that the painting in the Louvre now is a fake. And the real Mona Lisa could be anywhere! Friday Barnes needs to find the truth - and the real painting. She's going undercover as an art student, along with her partner-in-crime-solving, Melanie, and her staggeringly good-looking boyfrenemy, Ian. As they watch the comings and goings of France's most famous art gallery, they see some very strange things. Amid digital pickpockets, guerrilla graffiti and projectile perfume, Friday soon discovers that the Paris art scene is a hotbed of crime. <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Spratt, R. A.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>North Sydney, NSW : Random House Australia, 2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>c2023<br />288 pages ; 20 cm.<br />Friday Barnes ; n11.<br />PRC 7to9<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - SPRATT n11 - Onloan - Due: 29 Apr 2024 - 05086307<br /> https://penrithcity.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=454147&CF=BIB Meet Ella and Olivia. Big sister. Little sister. Best friends. Ella and Olivia's ballet school is raising money for the puppies, kittens and other creatures at the local animal shelter by holding a dance concert. And everyone is invited! Meet Ella and Olivia. Big sister. Little sister. Best friends. Ella and Olivia's ballet school is raising money for the puppies, kittens and other creatures at the local animal shelter by holding a dance concert. And everyone is invited! <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Poshoglian, Yvette<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Lindfield, New South Wales : Scholastic Australia, 2023.<br />63 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.<br />Ella and Olivia ; n33.<br />PRC Kto2<br /><br />Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - ELLA - Onloan - Due: 30 Apr 2024 - 05086472<br />Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - ELLA - Onloan - Due: 05 May 2024 - 05086471<br /> https://penrithcity.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=456714&CF=BIB Mr Chicken is very curious. He loves meeting new people and travelling to new places. He's been to Paris, London, Rome and all over Australia, but one day, he realises that he has never been to outer space. Mr Chicken is on his way to Mars and you, the adventurous reader, are invited to join him. Mr Chicken is very curious. He loves meeting new people and travelling to new places. He's been to Paris, London, Rome and all over Australia, but one day, he realises that he has never been to outer space. Mr Chicken is on his way to Mars and you, the adventurous reader, are invited to join him.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Hobbs, Leigh<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Crows Nest, New South Wales : Allen & Unwin, 2023.<br />30 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 30 cm<br />Mr Chicken<br />PRC 3to4<br /><br />Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - HOBBS - Onloan - Due: 24 Apr 2024 - 05086323<br /> https://penrithcity.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=456717&CF=BIB A warm and whimsical guide to negotiating life's little and big moments, What to Do When You're Not Sure What to Do focuses on situations outside a child's home and domestic realm where they might feel unsure. It's another gentle exploration of empathy, courage and confidence A warm and whimsical guide to negotiating life's little and big moments, What to Do When You're Not Sure What to Do focuses on situations outside a child's home and domestic realm where they might feel unsure. It's another gentle exploration of empathy, courage and confidence <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Bell, Davina<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Sydney, NSW : Hachette Australia, 2023.<br />31 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 29 cm.<br />PRC Kto2<br /><br />Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - BELL - Onloan - Due: 08 May 2024 - 05086324<br /> https://penrithcity.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=453294&CF=BIB Warning: You are about to read my utterly biggest secrets. Can I trust you? OK then. I’m Ella, and this is my diary. Ella can’t wait to visit the treasures of ancient Egypt exhibition at the museum with her class. Maybe she’ll see some pyramids, or even discover hidden treasure! But disaster strikes when a precious scarab amulet goes missing, and Ella becomes the main suspect. Will she be able to solve the mystery of the missing amulet and clear her name? Warning: You are about to read my utterly biggest secrets. Can I trust you? OK then. I’m Ella, and this is my diary. Ella can’t wait to visit the treasures of ancient Egypt exhibition at the museum with her class. Maybe she’ll see some pyramids, or even discover hidden treasure! But disaster strikes when a precious scarab amulet goes missing, and Ella becomes the main suspect. Will she be able to solve the mystery of the missing amulet and clear her name?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Costain, Meredith<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Gosford, NSW : Scholastic Australia, 2023.<br />144 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.<br />Ella diaries ; n25.<br />PRC 3to4<br /><br />Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - COSTAI - Onloan - Due: 08 Apr 2024 - 05086842<br />Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - COSTAI - Onloan - Due: 27 Apr 2024 - 05077884<br /> https://penrithcity.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=453295&CF=BIB Hotdog and his friends are entering a Toy-Making Contest! The winners score a trip to Doc Spot's Toy Factory! Toy-Tally Awesome! Can they turn their trash into treasure and snatch the prize? Hotdog and his friends are entering a Toy-Making Contest! The winners score a trip to Doc Spot's Toy Factory! Toy-Tally Awesome! Can they turn their trash into treasure and snatch the prize?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Do, Anh, 1977-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Lindfield, New South Wales : Scholastic Australia Pty Limited, 2023.<br />128 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.<br />Hotdog ; n15.<br />PRC 3to4<br /><br />Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - DO n15 - Onloan - Due: 28 Apr 2024 - 05086841<br />Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - DO n15 - Onloan - Due: 06 May 2024 - 05077868<br />Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - DO n15 - Onloan - Due: 26 Apr 2024 - 05077867<br />Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - DO n15 - Onloan - Due: 08 May 2024 - 05077866<br /> https://penrithcity.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=452457&CF=BIB Dharma the Llama is hiding away from the hustle and bustle of the silly season so she can read her new book in peace. But when her friend, Macca the Alpaca, needs some festive help, will Dharma find a way to save Christmas Day? Dharma the Llama is hiding away from the hustle and bustle of the silly season so she can read her new book in peace. But when her friend, Macca the Alpaca, needs some festive help, will Dharma find a way to save Christmas Day?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Cosgrove, Matt<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Gosford, N.S.W. : Koala Books, 2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023<br />22 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 26 cm.<br />Dharma the llama<br />PRC Kto2<br /><br />Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Easies - COSGRO - Available - 05087589<br />Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Easies - COSGRO - Onloan - Due: 03 May 2024 - 05087588<br /> https://penrithcity.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=423838&CF=BIB After a cold, dark winter, doors opened. Children spilled out like sweets from a box. Amanda was last one out of the tower block. She brought some chalk with her. On every inch of the concrete outside, the children drew pictures of everything they could think of, from flowers and snails, to spaceships and queens. Before long, a beautiful and exotic garden spread out across the concrete. A charming, and gently post-pandemic story about finding optimism after a dark spell, and the nurturing power of community friendships in an urban setting. The Concrete Garden will resonate with anyone who has been apart from their loved ones, and will encourage us all to find the brightness and colour within ourselves. After a cold, dark winter, doors opened. Children spilled out like sweets from a box. Amanda was last one out of the tower block. She brought some chalk with her. On every inch of the concrete outside, the children drew pictures of everything they could think of, from flowers and snails, to spaceships and queens. Before long, a beautiful and exotic garden spread out across the concrete. A charming, and gently post-pandemic story about finding optimism after a dark spell, and the nurturing power of community friendships in an urban setting. The Concrete Garden will resonate with anyone who has been apart from their loved ones, and will encourage us all to find the brightness and colour within ourselves.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Graham, Bob, 1942-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Walker Books, 2023.<br />32 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.<br />PRC Kto2<br /><br />Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - GRAHAM - Onloan - Due: 03 May 2024 - 05051281<br />St Clair - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - GRAHAM - Available - Recently returned - 05051280<br />St Marys - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - GRAHAM - Onloan - Due: 30 Apr 2024 - 05051084<br /> https://penrithcity.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=450677&CF=BIB Amber paused. When she spoke again, it was almost a whisper. 'What if we could be a family again?' Reunited at last, Amber and Reggie combine forces to save insects and humans from a catastrophic fire. But somehow, Agent Ferris is tracking their every step. Could they have been lured into a trap? Amber paused. When she spoke again, it was almost a whisper. 'What if we could be a family again?' Reunited at last, Amber and Reggie combine forces to save insects and humans from a catastrophic fire. But somehow, Agent Ferris is tracking their every step. Could they have been lured into a trap? <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Do, Anh, 1977-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Sydney, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2023.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2023<br />208 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.<br />Skydragon ; n7.<br />PRC 5to6<br /><br />Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - DO n7 - Onloan - Due: 26 Mar 2024 - 05085448<br />St Marys - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - DO n7 - Available - 05085449<br /> https://penrithcity.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=450681&CF=BIB Harvey and Mum are heading to their favourite park for a walk on Cammeraygal land. 'Time to awaken the ancestors,' says Uncle Boris. 'Every time we sing or acknowledge Country, the ancestors are listening.' What do you know about the Country where you live? Harvey and Mum are heading to their favourite park for a walk on Cammeraygal land. 'Time to awaken the ancestors,' says Uncle Boris. 'Every time we sing or acknowledge Country, the ancestors are listening.' What do you know about the Country where you live? <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Goodes, Adam, 1980-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Sydney, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2023.<br />24 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 27 cm.<br />Welcome to our country<br />PRC 5to6<br /><br />St Marys - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - GOODES - Onloan - Due: 07 May 2024 - 05085473<br />St Marys - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - GOODES - Onloan - Due: 07 May 2024 - 05085454<br /> https://penrithcity.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=450914&CF=BIB Gilbert's underpants are hanging on the school gate. He must get revenge on the bully who put them there and who better to help than a bunny with attitude!A hilarious story full of heart and packed with drones, wedgies, rockets and Parmesan cheese!From the creator of Funny Kid and The Odds comes the best friend you could ever imagine ... Fluff! Gilbert's underpants are hanging on the school gate. He must get revenge on the bully who put them there and who better to help than a bunny with attitude!A hilarious story full of heart and packed with drones, wedgies, rockets and Parmesan cheese!From the creator of Funny Kid and The Odds comes the best friend you could ever imagine ... Fluff!<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Stanton, Matt<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Sydney, NSW : ABC Books, 2023.<br />205 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.<br />Fluff ; n1.<br />PRC 3to4<br /><br />Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - STANTO - Onloan - Due: 28 Apr 2024 - 05087718<br /> https://penrithcity.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=450915&CF=BIB Ever wonder why pigeons always act so weird? It’s because they’re out there chasing the bad guys and saving your butts! The Real Pigeons love flapping around the city and fighting crime. But when lunches start mysteriously DISAPPEARING from tummies, a LOOKALIKE pigeon makes evil plans and a dangerous DOVE starts DESTROYING the city, the pigeons will need to use all the powers they have – and more! Can the Real Pigeons stick together through the chaos? Or will someone fly away for good? One thing is for sure: the squad will never be the same again! Ever wonder why pigeons always act so weird? It’s because they’re out there chasing the bad guys and saving your butts! The Real Pigeons love flapping around the city and fighting crime. But when lunches start mysteriously DISAPPEARING from tummies, a LOOKALIKE pigeon makes evil plans and a dangerous DOVE starts DESTROYING the city, the pigeons will need to use all the powers they have – and more! Can the Real Pigeons stick together through the chaos? Or will someone fly away for good? One thing is for sure: the squad will never be the same again!<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>McDonald, Andrew, 1982-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Richmond, VIC : Hardie Grant Egmont, 2023.<br />224 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.<br />Real pigeons ; n11.<br />PRC 3to4<br /><br />Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - MCDONA n11 - Onloan - Due: 11 May 2024 - 05087468<br />Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - MCDONA n11 - Onloan - Due: 23 Apr 2024 - 05086479<br />Penrith - (Penrith City Libraries) - Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge - MCDONA n11 - Onloan - Due: 24 Apr 2024 - 05086478<br />