Collection: Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge

If Aesop had been born Australian this is the story he would have written instead of The Boy Who Cried Wolf. This then is the the raucous tale of a cheeky cockatoo who decides pulling a few pranks on his fellow birds will liven things up a bit...

It's time for school camp and some spectacular, Coco-licious adventures. But two problems could ruin everything . . . Jay Page is hiding his pet rat in his bag. Worse, Coco's best friend N wants to join Belle's group.

Coco Banjo loves her life. She sleeps in a tiger onesie, wears mum's diamonds just because she can, and has dolphins and penguins for friends. Today Coco's planning a Yay Day of fun on her secret island home in the middle of Sydney Harbour.

Follows Coco Chanel, from her early life in an orphanage - where she is a genius with needle and thread - to her time as a cabaret singer, hat maker and, eventually, international fashion designer.

Dawn and her best friends have a plan! They are going to eat as many leaves as they can, weave cocoons and turn into moths so they can FLY! Easy peasy, right? But what happens when days go by and Dawn still doesn't have her wings? What if she doesn't grow them at all? Will Dawn ever get to chase ...

1940. Britain is at war with Nazi Germany. Eleven-year-old Eric spends his days at the place that makes him most happy: London Zoo. And there's one animal in particular he loves: Gertrude the gorilla. With bombs falling all over London, Eric must rescue Gertrude. Together with his Uncle Sid, a ke...

"What do you do when your parents are divorced, your dad has a new girlfriend and your mum is destined for a life of loneliness?"Penelope Estella Grace Scott, also known as 'Snot', can't imagine living in boring Dolphin Shores for the rest of her life just to keep her mum company. The thought of ...

London: 1896. When 13-year-old Lily's inventor father vanishes after a Zeppelin crash, Lily is determined to hunt down the truth behind his disappearance, helped by Robert, the local clockmaker's son, and her wily mechanical fox Malkin. But shadowy figures are closing in and treachery lurks among...

A young girl, Rose, living in the Top End of the Northern Territory, tells the story of a day spent collecting colour from the local plants and making them into beautiful baskets.

Mabel and Robert love to collect things on their walks - leaves and stones and seeds and berries. But then they have an even better idea ... A perfect picture book to share that celebrates the joy of imagination and the wonders of the natural world. For those magical days when a walk to the park ...