Collection: Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge

When Wendy and Oliver decide to have a picnic in the woods, they are surprised by a great, big, growly bear! But, see what happens when Oliver and Wendy growl back!

It is 2120 and London is in ruins. The young Prince Alfred has never known a life outside Buckingham Palace – but when strange goings-on breach its walls and stalk the corridors in the dead of night, he is thrust into a world of mystery, adventure and monsters. And when his mother, the Queen, is ...

The Banshee, Gorgon, dragon, or claws of the Sphinx - there is a thirst for blood and a murderous hunger. But it is a time of heroes, and the teeth and claws of these hideous beasts are no match for the lethal blades of such men.

In a time of war, a mysterious child appears at the monastery of the Order of the Chronicles of Sorrowing. Gentle Brother Edik finds the girl, Beatryce, curled in a stall, wracked with fever, coated in dirt and blood, and holding fast to the ear of Answelica the goat. As the monk nurses Beatryce ...

Can you do anything? Or do you sometimes need a bit of help from someone you love? Spend the day with a little girl and her daddy as they discover all the things they can achieve when they are together.

Join Becky as she builds a cubby, performs magic tricks, gives her toys a bath, make fairy bread and put on a pupet show. She might be hard to keep up with but she's so much fun!

Frances finds it difficult to go to sleep with the strange noises and menacing shapes that seem to fill her room after dark.

Who said bedtime was hard? Dad's got bedtime sorted! Lenny and the twins have a bath without water spilling over, brush their teeth without toothpaste spraying onto the mirror, and go to sleep straight after their story. Perfect! Dad can finally settle down to his dinner... But then -- My pyjamas...

We hear much about the plight of the bumble bee population and its implications for our planet's future. This beautiful picture book makes the story personal and brings a message of hope. A little girl befriends a bee, which takes her on a journey of discovery.

It's finally hive day! Willow has been waiting all year for groundskeeper Tom to split the school's native stingless beehive in two so she can take home her very own hive. Everything needs to be just right to help so that the bees forage and thrive in their new home. An amazing look into Australi...