Collection: Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge

Pictures of cats in usual and unusual positions help illustrate how the behaviors of people with Asperger's syndrome are similar to those of cats. This work takes a playful look at Asperger Syndrome (AS), drawing inspiration from the feline world in a way that will strike a chord with all those w...

An Australian Christmas is threatened when drought takes hold. A little girl has only one wish - for rain. Will her wish come true?

A cheeky picture book for anyone who's bought a thingy or whatsit and doesn't quite know why. In his debut picture book, Michael Speechley explores our obsession with stuff in a fun and edifying way. Harvey owned a heap of stuff, but could always use more. The Orange 430 was the latest and the gr...

When Frankie McGee insists on borrowing yet another book about tractors, his mum crumbles. She begs him to read a book about something else - cars, planes, cranes, trains - anything! Frankie launches into all of the various, glorious factors that make up the love that he has for all tractors - bu...

The ants come scurrying one by one, hurrah, hurrah! Quickly they're followed by swooping barn owls, trundling wombats, jumping kangaroos, striding brolgas and other favourite Australian animals (koalas, crocs, echidnas and dingoes) - all in their race to get to the ark before the flood.

Perry Angel has found a home with Tishkin and the Silk family, but there are so many new things to get used to. Starting school brings even more challenges and Perry is finding it hard to talk about how he feels. Then Mr Kadri, the owner of the Colour Patch Cafe, announces a special art competiti...

Uncle Kev is lost. Can you help us find him? He's looking for the rare Bearded Night Parrot, and we're looking for him! Pack up and join us on another trip of a lifetime, across the Nullarbor and all over Western Australia.

A personal almanac of a little girl and her family that opens a window onto each month of her year. Each spread is devoted to one month and we are taken on a journey through the Australian seasons as well as this girl's loves and family traditions. It's everything that's fun about being a kid - a...

Samira wants to do well, her parents want her to do well, her teachers want her to do well, but the pressure is starting to tell. Can her friends rescue her when it all gets too much?

The start of the alphabet is a wonderful place to live... unless you're allergic to apples. After an accidental tumble through the alphabet, Alpaca must find his way back home to his friends, Ape, Alligator, Albatross, Anteater and Aardvark. But the longer Alpaca is away from home, the better he ...