Collection: Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge

A group of animals are making a long journey to visit the statue of St. Francis of Assisi, and Chaucer the Cat suggests that they tell each other stories to make the journey more fun.

From the author of Good Night, Me, here is a precise - but cuddly - set of story time instructions for any reader who's wondering what to do!

Is there a cheeky monkey living in your house? A picture book with warm illustrations of a family moving through their day, and bringing to life the funny and silly names we call our children.

Emily Brown and her side-kick rabbit, Stanley, are back - and this time they're on a mission to cheer up one very unhappy teddy bear. But, no matter what they try, the teddy bear is STILL miserable.

It's not much fun being a princess: you have to be prim, proper and obedient. Princess Peony lives in a world full of magical creatures - hags, trolls, giants and fairy godmothers - but her father's strict rules leave her feeling bored and lonely. She wants to learn how to DO things, and cooking'...

Saturday is fed up with being a little chick as he wants to do more than just cluck, scratch and peck. So, Saturday sets off on a farm adventure and discovers something that really interests him.

Determined to win tickets to an Elvis Poultry concert, hens Marge and Lola enter the Barnyard Talent Show, then, while the ducks who usually win the contest jeer, they test out their abilities.

Stu's a wuss. A weakling. A soft city kid. A chicken. His cousins are tough. Daredevils. Farm kids who look like their sprinkle steroids on their Weet-Bix. When he's packed off to the country for the summer, he has to face dangers that lurk everywhere...

Sally Tinker, the world's foremost inventor under the age of 12, is back with a new adventure in invention. When Sally's nemesis hatches a fowl and poultry plot, there's no room for the lily-livered. Sally and co will need all their pluck to return the world to its rightful pecking order.

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 Digb...