Collection: Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge

Cricket-mad twins Millie and Maggie are on holidays in Queensland at their uncle’s caravan park. Straight away, they notice a group of kids on the oval playing cricket. The girls are dying to join in, but apparently it’s ‘boys only’. Millie and Maggie are not impressed – they’re huge Hobart Hurri...

The blue whale is the biggest animal that has ever lived on Earth. Curious young minds will love reading this sensuous exploration of what a blue whale feels, sounds and smells like, and learning facts about a whale's size, life-span, diet, babies and more.

A fun book about the world of prehistoric Australia to entertain & inform young readers. Discover amazing information about Australian dinosaurs. Includes cute pictures & bite size facts, plus a pronuciation guide to dino names.

Five adventures of Leigh Hobbs' much loved characters, Old Tom and Angela Throgmorton, in one delightful collection. Angela Throgmorton lives alone and likes it that way. One day she finds an unusual bundle on her doorstep - Old Tom has arrived. Her life will never be the same. And nor will yours...

"Oh no - watch out! Don't look now! Inside this book is an EXPLODING cow! FIVE ... FOUR ... THREE ... TWO ... ONE ... KAPOW!"

Big Fella Rain is a celebration of northern Australia as animals, birds, trees and a parched earth await the first rain. It is almost as if country stands still as the sparse yet evocative text pays homage to the transition from dry season to wet season in a country that is like no other place in...

13-year-old Oskari is sent into the cold wilderness on an ancient test of manhood. He must survive armed only with a bow and arrow. But instead, he stumbles upon an escape pod from a burning airliner: Air Force One. Terrorists have shot down the President of the United States. The boy hunter and ...

George lives with his grandmother and a big empty space where his mother and father should be. One Friday on his way home from school, George visits the animal shelter. There, in the very last cage, is Jeremy...

Nate's landed a job at the school paper and he can't wait to show off his cartooning talents. But, making fun of the toughest kid in class might not be the brightest idea. And, telling blabber-mouth Dee Dee about his secret crush isn't such a smart move either.

This activity book is filled to the brim with exciting activities for Nate fans of all ages.