Collection: Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge

Xander Panda is planning a party, a dandy panda party! But he has to change the plans and send more and more invitations as the guest list grows and grows. Xander is frantic. His party won't stay planned! But with the help of his new friend Amanda, Xander finally gives the perfect party that ever...

Sometimes Xavier wakes up feeling hopeless. Every new doctor ... this will fix it. Removing him from school ... this will fix it. The therapy group ... this will fix it. And his dad moving out. Maybe, this will fix it. His daily affirmations seem to be helping, yet the black dog never really goes...

Apart from the company of her flying pet ferret Fernando and her auntie Carla, 13-year-old Nessa Santiago is alone. Her mother died in a circus accident and she has never known her father. But when the day finally comes for Nessa to meet him, everything goes wrong. Her auntie unexpectedly leaves ...

Molly's mother is not like other mothers: she collects herbs and makes potions, perhaps even magical potions. Molly wants to be normal, like her friend Ellen, and watch television and eat food that comes in packets. But when Molly's mother accidentally turns herself into a tree, Molly turns to th...

"Luminous images accompanied by newspaper extracts dating back to the early 1800s and words by Ngiyampaa Elder Peter Williams explore the ongoing mystery of yahoo encounters. 'He was surprised to observe a hairy human form, about seven feet in height, walking in the bush.' Queanbeyan Age, 24 Augu...

Written in a picture book style format this fabulous book of fourteen songs, include ten written in the Wolmajarri language, and four in the English language, all beautifully illustrated by the kids from the Yakanarra Community School. Kids will find songs about how the Wolmajarri come to Yakanar...

A very funny and cheerfully subversive chapter book about a monster who eats children—until one day he makes a friend.

Seven-year-old Billy Miller starts second grade with a bump on his head and a lot of worries, but by the end of the year he has developed good relationships with his teacher, his little sister, and his parents and learned many important lessons.

Every month of the year there are jobs to do on a small Australian farm. Fruit ripens, lambs are born, hay is harvested. A Year on Our Farm shows the passing of the seasons through the eyes of the children for whom the farm and all its animals is home.

Fred's family is a mess. Fred's mother died when she was six and she's been raised by her Pop and adoptive father, Luca, ever since. But now Pop is at the Rye Rehabilitation Centre recovering from a fall; Luca's girlfriend, Anika, has moved in; and Fred's just found out that Anika and Luca are ha...

Ava wears a different coloured dress for each type of day - red dress for hot days, purple dress for rainy days and a blue dress for cold days. One whistling, whirly, windy morning, Ava's favourite coloured dress is missing...

In this hilarious book, featuring three timeless fables, Dr. Seuss explores the pitfalls of growing too big for your boots! With his unique combination of hilarious stories, zany pictures and riotous rhymes, Dr. Seuss has been delighting young children and helping them learn to read for over fift...

Yesterday Crumb has always felt cursed by the fox ears she was born with. Forced to work in a circus, her origins are a complete mystery. But when she is rescued by Miss Dumpling and her magical walking teashop, Yesterday learns she's a strangeling who's lost her magic. Surrounded by fantastical ...

Yesterday Crumb is in London to watch The Wild Feast, a magical cooking competition. But when the teashop Yesterday and her friends call home is stolen by the Faerie Queen, she must join the competition to win it back. Except the Faerie Queen is not going to make winning easy for her and blames ...

A delightful picture book about a very boisterous dog. The excited puppy sounds surrounding each large painting demand to be read aloud, and loudly!

Yirruwa yirrilikenuma-langwa, amiyembena yirrirringka yirruwa? When we go walkabout, what do we see? Up in a tree there is something flapping its wings at us. Duwedirra! Cockatoo! Down in the river we see something staring at us. Dingarrbiya! Crocodile! Back home there is someone waiting for us ....

The neighbours have moved out and now there is no one living next door u no music, no yowling cat, no howls of laughter. Peace and quiet at last, so Dad can do his yoga and be happy. Then Tubby, Ferret and King Wally Kahuna move in a They love throwing parties and playing air guitar. They have do...

Yoko takes sushi for lunch to school and is teased. On international food day, no-one will eat Yoko's sushi.

In this lyrical, beautifully observed story , a young girl camps by the river with her family. Through her eyes, we see life as it would have been two hundred years ago. Murrawee is friend and guide as we experience the rhythms of one day and become strikingly aware of what can be gained, simply ...

This delightful, rhythmic story is full of fun and energy. Two dogs spend their day chasing Blackbird while she darts from tree to tree collecting mulberries for her babies three. Will they catch her?