Collection: Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge

A mother bird sat on her egg. She flew away to get her baby food. When the baby bird hatched, he couldn't find his mother and decided to go looking for her.

Life isn't easy for Margaret. She's moved away from her childhood home, she's starting a new school, finding new friends - and she's convinced she's not normal. For a start she hasn't got a clue whether she wants to be Jewish like her father or Christian like her mother. Everyone else seems reall...

Arno lives in the middle of his parents' junkyard and tends to smell a bit. His school reports always say: "Arnold does not interact well with other children". Arno consoles himself with making clever inventions out of junk, especially a truly brilliant one that he hopes will make him popular at ...

The fox is after the mouse. The mouse is running for its life - around and through and under and all over the place. Suspenseful story with a happy ending.

To fulfil a wager made at the Reform Club in London, Phileas Fogg and his newly appointed manservant, Passepartout, embark on the race of a lifetime to circumnavigate the globe in just eighty days!

What drives so many to leave everything behind and journey alone to a mysterious country, a place without family or friends, where everything is nameless and the future is unknown. This silent graphic novel is the story of every migrant, every refugee, every displaced person, and a tribute to all...

Max wants to be an artist like Arthur, but his first attempt at using a paintbrush sends the two friends on a whirlwind trip through various media, with unexpected consequences.

In this magnificent celebration of country, Bronwyn Bancroft uses colours, shapes, patterns and words to explore the awe-inspiring beauty of the Australian continent, and to express the depth of her feelings for it. The Art in Country: A Treasury for Children is an essential addition to any young...

The Art of Words is a unique, fun and interactive story about the magic of words. Two children and their adorable dog are illustrated playfully interacting with letters and words, and discovering myriad word functions and capabilities. Typography is a major feature and each page shows words that ...

When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll.