Collection: Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge

She sleeps. She eats. She scratches - and finds a hole.When Mothball discovers a new hole, it unexpectedly leads her to the local school. The children learn that wombats love carrots and grass, while Mothball learns that lunch boxes contain very few carrots, that sports sheds can be a good place ...

From a falling star to a lonely whale, an entertaining lizard to an enterprising penguin, these Indigenous stories are full of wonder, adventure and enduring friendships. Told in the style of traditional teaching stories, these animal tales take young readers on adventures of self-discovery and f...

One day, on the banks of a billabong, a very clever dingo caught a wombat ... and decided to make... Wombat stew, Wombat stew, Gooey, brewy, Yummy, chewy, Wombat stew! In this classic Australian picture book, a dingo catches a wombat and wants to cook him in a stew. But all the other bush animals...

Forget Rio and the Olympic Games in 2016; for us it will be about a wombat ...winning. Yes, Mothball has become an athlete, albeit a little accidentally. In her never-ending quest for carrots, Mothball stumbles upon children at the local school competing in their school sports. And despite her so...

Meet the Wombats: Naucia's a bit posh, Audrey's a literary genius, Hughie's scared of nothing, and Ima loves baking. Ollie's small and fast, and Sardinia does magic tricks. Albert knows everything. Dante's never without his ball, Ava wants to win, Freddie has one eye, Alecia hates everything, and...

10yr old Auggie Pullman. Born with a terrible facial abnormality, has been home-schooled by his parents in an attempt to protect him from the stares and cruelty of the outside world. Now, Auggie is sent to a real school - and he's dreading it.

This book has been beautifully illustrated by Kristjana S. Williams with supplementary textual content by Jenny Broom, it offers a feast for the eyes. Wander in and look about you as you stroll through five dazzling environmental habitats, where animal life in all its variety abounds. Explore a r...

The answers to life's biggest questions can be found in the smallest places, once you're ready to look. Get set for an insightful (and hilarious) peek into what we can learn from the world of the ant.

Welcome to the Home for Wayward and Misbegotten Creatures, an institution run by evil Miss Carbunkle, a cunning villainess who believes her terrified young charges exist only to serve and suffer. Part animal and part human, the groundlings toil in classroom and factory, forbidden to enjoy anythin...

Gaming and time travel collide in this thrilling middle-grade adventure, from bestselling author Jennifer Bell. When thirteen-year-olds Arthur, Ren and Cecily investigate a mysterious explosion on their way to school, they find themselves locked in a cabin aboard The Principia - a pirate-research...