Collection: Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge

A transmission received from outer space in a combination of different Earth languages tells of an alien schoolboy's fantastic excuse for being late to school again.

A young girl visits her eccentric grandfather's house where tea is always served in flower pots and cleaning house means mowing the rug.

When a driver, who is not paying attention to where he is going, crashes into a trash can, he sets off a series of accidents with unexpected outcomes.

Banjo is a hard-working farm dog and Ruby Red is a haughty chicken, and they never see eye to eye. Can they ever be friends?

Banjo is a Hoofball star. He and his friend Bella just love the game. But when Banjo gets injured, it's only too easy to stay in bed and play Haystation and suck on molasses. Can Bella help him get back on track?

The Barefoot Book of children takes its readers on a visual trek across the globe, where they discover that--despite our different clothes and homes and languages--we are more alike than different.

Barry may be no larger than a can of beans, but his powers are awesome. The trouble is he has been trapped down the back of the sofa for over fifty years unable to do the job he was built for. His creators have gone back to their own planet and without his control the Earth is gradually falling a...

Lizard wants to eat crocodile so he tricks bat into spearing crocodile

Bored with another normal, inky evening, bats discover an open library window and fly in to enjoy the photocopier, water fountain, and especially the books and stories found there.

Mission: The Battle of Issus, 322BC and the Battle of Kursk, 1943. Mission Objective: Two battles have become mixed up in one book! It's up to BB005 to break up the fight and put each army back in its right place.