Collection: Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge

Wendy doesn't want to be just any old chicken.She wants ADVENTURE. She wants EXCITEMENT. She wants TO BE A STAR! And then a travelling circus comes to town . . . 'This chicken is destined for great things!

In 1915, Australia's much-loved bush poet Banjo Paterson wrote, as an open letter to the troops, a poem he titles 'We're All Australians Now'. In this beautifully illustrated picture book, award-winning illustrator Mark Wilson evokes the spirit of Paterson's words in memory of those who fought in...

Augie enjoys the company of his dog, Daisy, and using his imagination, but painfully endures the taunts of his peers because of his facial deformity.

Brave bear hunters go through grass, a river, mud, and other obstacles before the inevitable encounter with the bear forces a headlong retreat.

Hen, duck and goose are going on a picnic. They pack all their favourite foods, but as they walk over the hill, their picnic basket becomes lighter and lighter... It seems they are not the only ones who like berries, apples and pears.

Turtle needs to get to the shop. It is important that he isn't late. When he races into the lift of Building 24 with all the busy people, there is a nod and a blink and a step to the side. A grunt and a sigh and a lean to the right. But what happens when the lift stops moving? Crocodile has a mee...

Wesley's an outcast from the civilization around him. He's not into pizza, or football or haircuts like the other boys in his school. So, when Wesley has to find a project for the summer holidays, he has a brilliant idea: he'll found a civilization of his own - in the back garden!

Sad because she doesn't have a friend, Whacko goes to find one. But it's a difficult task, Henny-wise is too busy digging for grubs, Chooky Looky's afraid the sky is falling, and Pretty-Little Pennyfeather is too vain to have time for anyone except hersel

It's bathtime, but there's a whale in the tub and Bruno can't get in! No one in his family believes him and Bruno keeps being sent back to the bathroom until, at last, Bruno and the whale work out a very splashy solution.

For orca Vega and her family, salmon is life. And Vega is learning to be a salmon finder, preparing for the day when she will be her family's matriarch. But then she and her brother Deneb are separated from their pod when a devastating earthquake and tsunami render the seascape unrecognizable. Ve...