Collection: Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge

Even though Daisy Dawson is late for school — again — she can’t help but stop to free a butterfly trapped in a web. And when she does, something amazing happens! Now Daisy can understand everything animals say, from the farm dog, Boom, to the classroom gerbils, to a singing-and dancing ant. And i...

The weather is hot, hot, hot, and the farm animals are getting grumpy. The pigs are arguing with the chickens, and the ducks and newts are sad because their pond has dried up. Where will the water animals live? Luckily, they have the help of Daisy Dawson and her old pals — Boom the farm dog, Conk...

Daisy does not like peas. And there is nothing that will get her to eat them. Mum says she can have an extra pudding, a chocolate factory or a space rocket with double retro laser blamers - but it just won't work! Can quick-thinking Daisy save her tea time and come up with a cunning plan to turn ...

Daisy's mum tells her Don't pick your nose! You do! says Daisy, pointing out the time mum was picking her nose on the way to Gran's. And each time Mum tries to reprimand Daisy for a bad habit, Daisy has an example of when Mum did it too.

Bilby wishes he could dance. Everyone around him bounces, whirls and prances. They're having so much fun! Can Bilby learn to dance too?

Can Marcus and Mary make enough sugarplums for the greedy King? Dancing to the music from the Nutcracker Ballet, will the Sugar Plum Fairy be able to help them?

A beautifully illustrated, timeless story about ballet, effort and rewards, and a special relationship between a girl and her teacher.

Meet Lucy. Lucy lives with dementia. She wishes she didn't, but she does. Her brain has changed, but she is still Lucy. Thank goodness she has a brain AND a heart.

Dandy and Dazza are different in so many ways. Dandy is a best in show sort of hound. Dazza is a rough and tumble sort of mongrel. Can these very different dogs ever be friends?

This is NOT just any old book. THIS is a legal document. It contains a truthful record of how Trilby Moffat was accidentally promoted to the most important job that ever existed. The job of Time Keeper. A mystery illness is making people bake ancient cakes, speak dead languages and then fall asl...