Collection: Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge

Alexander knew it was going to be a terrible day when he woke up with gum in this hair. And it got worse... His best friend deserted him. There was no dessert in his lunch bag. And, on top of all that, there were lima beans for dinner and kissing on TV...

Discover the life of Alexander von Humboldt, the botanist and adventurer. As a kid, Alexander wasn't a great student. He had a naturally curious mind, but he saw the world differently to his teachers and fellow pupils, and just couldn't quite fit in. But when he began collecting plants as an adul...

When a straggling, inattentive duckling falls down a deep hole in the road passersby use their ingenuity and join together to come to the rescue.

Evie is overjoyed when she is given her very own puppy, Alfie. Alfie adores Evie - he loves to be cuddled, sleeps on her bed and welcomes her home from school every day with a wag of his tail. But it's not long before another new member of the family arrives: Evie's baby brother, Sam. Suddenly no...

The death of Bob's cat prompts his friends and family to give him a surprise birthday party and a very special present.

Alfie is delighted to win third prize at the Harvest Fair, but dismayed to see that consolation prize winner Louise is not at all happy with the woolly sheep and dumps him crossly on the floor by her chair. Alfie knows that toys cannot understand, but secretly he thinks the sheep's feelings might...

This delightful story follows Alfie on a journey in search of his destiny. He leaves home, travels high and low and, after his long adventure, realises he belongs back at home with his family.

Alfred was a forgotten soldier. Although he had fought bravely in the Great War, as an Aboriginal man he wasn't classed as a citizen of his own country. Yet Alfred always remembered his friends in the trenches and the mateship they had shared. Sometimes he could still hear the never-ending gunfir...

Continuing Alice's adventures, Alice Through the Looking Glass sees her walking through a mirror into a topsy-turvy world. There, she meets a host of bizarre characters, including Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Humpty Dumpty and the Red Queen. But is it all a dream?

Whoever knew that going on school camp could uncover precious, long-lost art? Alice-Miranda has hiked into a very unexpected mysterya Alice-Miranda as she and her schoolmates are camping in the countryside.