Collection: Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge

Big Red Hen is everyone's baby-sitter. She loves everyone's babies and they love her. One day Big Red Hen finds a mysterious egg on her doorstep. Who's egg is it? Who will look after it? Is Big Red Hen ready for the biggest surprise of her life?

Far inland, the sun floats on the waves of a bake-earth day. Big Red and his mob of kangaroos wait for night-time when they can search for food. Young male kangaroos wait too ready to challenge Red and take his place as leader.

Every card has a special job to do. Long Card eats lots of cake and sings lots of songs as a ...birthday card! Wide Card travels all round the world as a ...postcard! But what will Little Card's job be? Here's a clue...There's a very special place (full of books) that might just be perfect for a ...

So ugly is the monster that he can turn a blue sky to snow and evaporate a pond just by dipping his toe in it. No living thing can stand to be in his presence. But the monster is not ugly on the inside; he’s just lonely. So he decides to build some friends out of stone, but even stones can’t stan...

Sandy loves being at the beach. All is well until one day, while swimming with her mum, Sandy is dumped by a big wave. It's a frightening experience. She loses all her confidence in the water. How will she ever go back in?

'Mandeitaim aibin wok la main anti kemp en yu sabi wanim aibin luk? Aibin luk wanbala yelowan jigiwan dog silipsilip jeya la flo'. 'On Monday I walked to my auntie's house and guess what I saw? ONE yellow cheeky dog sleeping on the floor.' So begins this lively, cheeky story set in a remote Indig...

Every down-to-earth story follows bold, brilliant Billie as she uses her imagination to tackle a new challenge, whether it’s about friends, family or feelings. With her best friend, Jack, by her side, there’s nothing Billie can’t do!

The Bilbies of Blissis set in an idyllic Home for Old Bilbies, as seen through the eyes of timid Biba, who has scrimped and saved for many years so that she could move to Bliss. At last she has her own room, and settles into the comforts of her new home. She loves the beautiful rose garden, the s...

A beautiful narrative non-fiction book which follows the life of a bilby, an Australian marsupial. The story depicts a young bilby.s birth, habitat, behaviour and diet.

Bill and Matty are best of friends. Matty's headstrong, willful and entertaining; Bill's loyal, patient and devoted to Matty. When Bill learns his father is coming home from jail, his world is tipped upside down. How will the kids at school take the news?