Collection: Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge

The astronaut's cat is an inside cat. And she likes it like that. The astronaut's cat is an inside cat... on the Moon! But she dreams about the strange outside world -- and the mysterious blue ball that rises into the ink-black sky...

Deliveries usually come in a van. Deliveries are often heavy boxes or oddly shaped padded bags. Deliveries do not come late on a school night. They don't come in a speeding car. And they don't cry -- When Poppy Campbell's dad opens the front door to find a small, very distressed child clinging to...

This richly detailed book about the quintessential Australian beach holiday, is guaranteed to occupy children for hours, as they look for objects that have been lost (by the artist), and found (by the family dog). Humorous postcards on each spread convey the joy of summer holidays.

Told from the perspective of a pet dog, At the Vet is proof that a great time can be had looking at all the wacky and wonderful animals in the waiting room!

1750, when times were tough and teeth were rotten... As part of an ancient family tradition, young Atticus Van Tasticus narrowly escapes a life down the coal mines - or worse, going to school - when he gets to choose the gift of a pirate ship from his Grandnan's treasure pile. It's ...

Atticus Van Tasticus is back. And this time he means business. Having escaped certain disaster on the high seas, he’s on the scent of treasure. Then the call comes from above: 'Ship ahoy, Captain, ship ahoy!' If only it were good news, which of course it ain't. Vicious, mean and mighty unclean Bj...

The next crackin’ adventure for Atticus Van Tasticus and his brave, if slightly crazy, young crew of The Grandnan.With the Map of Half Maps finally in the hands of Atticus and his crew, the rest should be easy, right? Wrong! Rattling skeletons, ghosts, monsters from the deep, killer sands and a b...

Twelve-year-old Harper McCoy has danced practically since she could walk, and she is making her mark as one of the top dancers at her studio. Until her parents drop the bombshell: the are moving to Florida, which means she'll have to say good-bye to her friends, her classmates - and her beloved d...

Set in rural Australia in 1930, Audrey Goes To Town follows the adventures of a young girl called Audrey and her family as they leave their outback homestead and travel to the tiny settlement of Beltana. There, Audrey and her younger brother Dougie are left alone with a strict old lady called Mrs...

Presents information about Audrey Hepburn, from her youth in Nazi-occupied Europe, through her rise to stardom in some of the era's most popular films, to her dedication to UNICEF.