Collection: Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge

When twins Lexi and Al Hunter stumble upon an old dictionary their world as they know it changes. They are blasted into history to hunt down words that threaten to vanish from our past and our present. Their lives and future of the world are at stake.

Warren is a guide dog with an inflated ego. He has always known that he was destined for great things. He was born with a good heart. He was going to help people. A Working Dog, with Big Responsibilities.

The jolliest time of my whole day is when I hear it's time to play! As Ruby shares the fun and busyness of her life, this book looks at key times in a day and in a subtle way highlights the importance of routine, and also balance in our lives, including time for meditation and reflection.

When I feel happy, all the world seems light, like sunshine and daffodils, all golden and bright. With so much awareness around mindfulness and mental health in young children, this is the perfect book to start gentle conversations about why we can feel the way we do, and how some of our more con...

Imagine a world where dinosaurs have survived and evolved as... SUPERSAURS. This is the world that Bea Kingsley lives in, a world where humans live side by side with supersaurs, sometimes in peace but often in conflict. Bea is the daughter of explorer parents who went missing when she was just a ...

Nine different habitats and forty-five fascinating creatures feature in this spectacular portrayal of the rare and fragile beauty of North Queensland. Search through the ecosystems, discover the unique creatures and find out how these environmental worlds interact.

England, 1916. Zeppelins are monsters of the skies, dropping bombs on British towns without mercy. But when a Zeppelin crashes over Essex, the escaping German air crew come face to face with the people they've been bombing -- including one very angry girl... -- Cover.

Photographer Alfred Adams was born 1 June 1896 and became an observer in WW1, taking pictures over enemy lines. He was shot down by the famous 'Red Baron' Manfred von Richthofen over France along with his pilot Donald Stewart on 5 April 1917. They landed across enemy lines and both survived as pr...

Flanders 1918. The extraordinary true story of a pigeon who saved nearly 200 lives. A troop of Americans are trapped behind enemy lines. Not only are their German enemies firing at them but so are their own side. Somehow they have to get a message to their comrades. The only way is by pigeon. But...

Flanders, 1914: Germany vs England. They said the war would be over by Christmas. It isn't. The German and English trenches face each other, with no man's land in between. But on Christmas eve, the shooting stops. And on Christmas Day, soldiers from two countries at war put down their guns and pl...