Collection: Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge

Burning the Bails is a fictionalised account of the story of the origin of the Ashes. The picture book story is supported by pages of historical facts gleaned from Clarke family documents, as well as rare, original family photographs.

When John Jagamarra was five, he was taken away from his mother and home in an Australian aboriginal camp. John was half-white, and the law said he had to be educated in a mission school to learn the ways of white people. But John never forgot his real home - or his mother, who dared to trick the...

Could one old, broken-down bus really bring a whole city neighbourhood together?

There's a funny blue bus going to the zoo today. The passengers are all very special animals, and the bus is filling up fast! Will it even reach the zoo? Jump on board and see what happens...

Grandparents are special, and the time you spend with them is special, too. This collection draws together four tales for younger readers from the Waarda series of Indigenous stories, first edited by acclaimed author Sally Morgan. These charming tales share some exciting, happy and even scary tim...

Baby Australian animals such as koalas, dingos, wallabies, possums, sea lions and others are in this book of 'Who am I?' rhymes and stunning paintings. The book ends with two information pages about the habitat and habits of each baby creature.

"Christmas Day in the bush, poem written at the turn of last century."--Provided by publisher.

Mitti doesn't like her new jumper, but her friends love its zingy-zing stripes. They all want to try it on - and that's when the trouble and fun begins!

As the sun sets on Christmas Eve, the Bush Santa's big night begins. He travels around Australia delivering special presents to all the Aussie animals, from the cockies in Cairns and the crocs of the Top End, to the wallabies in Canberra and the quokkas of Rottnest Island.

What can you see? Follow the clues that landscape, seasons, weather, the stars, the moon and the sun give to navigate bush tracks and find the Australian animal.