Collection: Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge

Hi! I'm Katie. I have a wobbly tooth that won’t come out! But it’s not going to spoil my trip to the beach. We’re going to eat mangoes and play beach cricket!

Hi! I’m Matilda! Today there’s a festival at the Japanese Embassy. That’s where my friend Hansuke lives. We’ll have lots of fun. But Hansuke is going back to Japan soon.How will I be able to say goodbye?

Hi! I’m Mia, Jim is coming to stay with us soon. I want to show him the jetty, beach and island. But I don’t want my bossy sister Alice to take over. So I have a plan . . .

Hi! I'm Sam, I have a new throw net. My cuz, Peter and I can't wait to try it out. We want to catch a BIG barra!...

Hi! I'm Taj. This is my favourite T-shirt. I brought it to Australia from my old home. My family came here after a long journey. It was hard at first, but now I love my new home!

Hi! I'm Zoe and this is Zac. We're so lucky we live at the zoo! As a birthday treat, we're helping out with the animals. We can't wait!

'Twas the night before Christmas; there wasn't a sound. Not a possum was stirring; no-one was around. We'd left on the table some tucker and beer, hoping that Santa Claus soon would be here. Christmas in the middle of an Australian summer means Santa has to find new ways to deliver his presents. ...

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 ...

Bestselling creator Jess Racklyeft celebrates Australian animals, plants and landscapes through the lens of the colour wheel. With its vivid red dirt, big blue skies, wild green bushland and golden sandy beaches, Australia is a country of extraordinary colour. Here is a celebration of the stunnin...

It's a new day in Australia. Let's follow the sun! Wake up with kookaburras on Arakwal Country (Byron Bay), bask with wombats on Wulinantikala (Cradle Mountain), watch black and red cockatoos flying over Anangu Country, scratch the Daintree Rainforest floor with cassowaries on Kuku Yalanji Countr...