Collection: Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge

Once again First Nations author and illustrator Helen Milroy brings the backyard to life in a picture book designed to teach us all about the croaking, barking, screeching, mewling creatures that share our homes. From beastie besties, like the Pomeranian and the pussycat, to clucking chickens and...

This delightful book for young children will introduce them to some of the many birds to be found in Australian gardens. Written in a picture book style format discover some familiar birds from laughing kookaburras and prancing mudlarks to dancing willy wagtails and the hungry galah. This book of...

"In my backyard there's lots to see. I love the bugs that live near me!" - From beautiful butterflies to kaleidoscopic Christmas beetles, First Nations author and illustrator Helen Milroy returns to the backyard with a picture book designed to teach kids (and their handlers) all about the scurryi...

Jy is playing football alone in his small backyard in the Kimberley, but when he accidentally kicks the ball over the fence, a footy adventure begins! Footy by yourself is fun but playing with mates is better. The first title in a joyful black&write! Fellowship-winning series, where the fun only ...

After the three young Baudelaire siblings are left orphaned by a fire in their mansion, they are carted off to live with their distant relative, Count Olaf. Unfortunately, Olaf is a cruel, scheming man only after the inheritance that the eldest Baudelaire, Violet, is set to receive. The children ...

Ten year old Mandy must endure torment from three nasty bullies in school, but she finds solace in a new friendship with an older girl. Mandy has been picked on at school for as long as she can remember. That's why she is delighted when cheeky, daring, full-of-fun Tanya picks her as a friend. Mum...

They sound like the Bad Guys, they look like the Bad Guys and they even smell like the Bad Guys. But Mr Wolf, Mr Piranha, Mr Snake and Mr Shark are about to change all of that.

All hail Crown Prince Marmalade! SURRENDER to his evil magnificence! KNEEL before his butt-handed glory! Or . . . like . . . DON'T! The BAD GUYS and even BADDER GIRLS might have been knocked down, but does that mean they'll stay down? NO WAY, CHICOS! Whip out your war cry and pull on your party p...

The Bad Guys -- I mean, Shadow Squad-G -- have saved the world from butt-handed evil and now it's time to party! But Mr Snake doesn't feel like partying. Ohhh, no. He's way too powerful for that. Mr Snake would rather mess with things that could rip open a doorway into a whole new world of horror...

Seriously WHAT is going on with Snake? Terrifying powers! Evil allies! Inter-dimensional doorways! WHAT IS HIS DEAL?! And that's not all! Why is Agent Fox suddenly so mysterious? Who IS she, exactly?! Dang it! We need answers!Wolf and the gang are back. And they're even more confused than YOU. Th...