Many things have belly buttons, even you and me! Innies, outies, navels and holes, just look and you will see.' With a little imagination...The smallest of holes can take us on the biggest adventures.

You've probably heard of Africa's 'Big Five': the lion, leopard, buffalo, rhino and elephant. But did you know there are five little animals who share their names, and can fit in the palm of your hand? See what happens when the 'Small Five' go up against...

Marilla and Jerry are two merfolk who live in the waters of Port Stephens, where they have many friends in the sea and on the shores. Years ago, when she was very small, Marilla's parents disappeared. Now she only has her grandmother to care for her. On...

Muesli on my brother's head, mashed sweet potato on the bed! A series of mischievous messes and accidental calamities from the author of Where Do Teachers Go at Night?

'The animals and creatures of The Magical Kingdom are waiting for you. They have beautiful gifts that they wish to share with you...' Follow the path through the Enchanted Forest and discover the magical gifts of strength, transformation, wisdom,...

Grandads can be silly and make a lot of noise. So which of these guys would you trust with your toys? An alphabet in rhyme, based on the true lives and faces of some beloved grandpas, oupas and pops!

Nicholas loves causing mischief and mayhem for his mother. What does anyone need rules for anyway? A funny and sweet cautionary tale about why doing as you're told has its uses (now and again).

Meet Francois, a not-so-common household peg who performs in the travelling circus. He may look brave as he works through his week of death-defying stunts, dizzying heights and hungry lions, but Francois the Fearless Circus Peg has a secret: he gets...

Actions have consequences and can test even the strongest of friendships, but do they change time? Time travel has linked the future, past and present, yet why does The Lady have no memory of the events happening around her? Fifteen-year-old Cassandra...

In a small garden cottage, Flossie the fairy lives in the red handbag of an unsuspecting elderly lady. Each day, she takes joy in dancing to the magical music of her host... until the day comes when the music stops and Flossie must find a new companion...

Elvira, a wedge-tailed eagle from the city, forms an unlikely friendship with a country mouse with attitude named Pookie. Together they journey to the Pilliga Forest in search of Pookie's family, and Elvira goes in search of something equally hard to...

Bronwyn Blackbird has one wish: to live in a grand garden. One day, Bronwyn discovers that if she finds a golden worm, it will grant her a wish. Does Bronwyn find the golden worm? Will she get her wish?

A read-aloud picture book, based on the real lives and faces of a group of ladies who all adore their grandkids. Each page features a different character and rhyme to tell stories of how modern grandmas like to have fun. Recommended for all children who...

'My tooth's coming out! It can be a bit scary, so it's time that I told you of the awesome Tooth Fairy.' The picture book guide to the tooth fairy, complete with instructions on how to make your very own Tooth Fairy Pillow!

The second instalment for The Secret Tunnel series! The teacher's pet is missing. Not an annoying, nerdy student - the teacher's actual pet, Rex. Had they known that searching for Rex would place their lives at risk, Sophie and Edward would have...

Meg is a cat who looks just a little different. Join her as she discovers how her own value lies not in her appearance, but in her willingness to help, and her desire to attain true friendships.

Polka Dot is an echidna who wishes to swim, but all she can do is float! When a fire threatens the bush and her friends, Polka Dot discovers the value of her newfound ability.

It's Lily the dog's birthday, and also the day of her highly anticipated birthday party. While out on a walk before her party, she discovers a magic wall that leads her to a cave with six differently shaped doors. What exciting surprises are behind these...

Oscar is an extra special bunny who lives in a magical town. One day he stumbles across Matilda and George - human children! What's a bunny to do? He trusts them with a vital secret and recruits them to help against the mischievous hares, in an awesome...

Santa, Mrs. Claus and the elves haven't always lived at the North Pole. They moved from country to country as Santa discovered that it's not easy training skunks, elephants, camels and kangaroos to fly his sleigh.

Granny sounds her bike horn and quickly takes the lead. But soon she's out of eyesight, 'Granny, wait for me!' I plead. A whimsical and fun-filled story of a lively granny's trip to the park with her grandson, which all begins with a bike race...

Everybody knows the story of Goldilocks, the little girl who broke the chair, ate the porridge, and slept in the beds of the three Bears. This rhyming version tells her side of the tale - a series of innocent accidents all in the work of a house...

'Fluffy wanted a perfect new friend, a new best friend who was just right.' Fluffy leaves home because Zac and Zoe have brought home a new kitten. She goes looking for a friend, but no-one she meets seems right - until she meets a butterfly who teaches...

'Toby would have liked a big strong elephant, but he was given a small, fluffy kitten.' Towser is a kitten with the heart and soul of an elephant. Can his adventures make him as big and strong as one too?

Jo, forced to come up with a brilliant idea for an upcoming essay exam, detours into the bush on her way to school to find inspiration. She stumbles into two unusual creatures by the banks of the Corkuparipple Creek. Jo's dream to discover anything not...

"Arnold read his beemail, 'No! The bullyfrog is back! He's blaming bees-es for his sneezes, threatening to attack! He plans to bullydoze the bees and drive them far out west; demands we meet him at the hive, if we know what is best.'" Barnabas is back...

The Valemink family; Mum, a plump, jolly lady, Dad, tall and skinny with a big nose, Ria aged 10 and Zac aged eight, had just arrived from faraway Kerang. They sat in their car and gazed at the tiny town that was going to be their home for several months...

This is the second book in the series and part one of the story begins with eight year old Zac, his sister Ria, eleven and their ten year old cousin Riley getting lost in the scrub on Mount Kerang near Wychitella (a real place in North-West Victoria). ...

We are living in the moment of the essay. The past two decades have witnessed an explosion in essays that interrogate personal experience; contemporary Australian writers are using their lives to think through the ways we connect, remember, and live,...

A woman in my village gave me four prophecies...they have all come true, so far.Sia is a young Greek woman who has emigrated from Greece to Perth, Western Australia in 1945 for a better life. She carries with her four prophecies and four pieces of...

Landscapes in urban areas can be designed to maximise benefits to native wildlife, biodiversity and to make a healthier environment for residents. But the number of Carnaby's cockatoos visiting urban landscapes are declining and their future is uncertain...

Keek and Gidgi are the kayep ngooni (water brothers). They love to swim in the oceans and rivers. As the nal days of Bunuru creep closer Gidgi wants to go swimming one last time, against the advice of his mother and Elders. Can Keek stop his older...

Yonga the Kangaroo and Waitch the Emu have been good friends for a very long time. But Waitch has slowly started to grow envious of Yonga's beautiful snowy white coat. On a sweltering hot day Wiatch comes up with a devious plan to get Yonga's coat all...

Norn and Kaarda is a timeless story about community, power, equality and respect based on a Dreamtime Story of the Nyoongar People. Norn and Kaarda, by Alton Walley with illustrations by John Walley, tells the story of a Kaarda, a ferocious goanna that...

Age range 5 to 8"Did you know frogs can find their way home? It's called a 'homing instinct' ... no matter where they are, they know where they belong. I think I know how frogs feel."Eight-year-old Ella hates her new house. She wants to be back in her...

Lyrical and narrative-driven, with playful and fantastical elements woven throughout, the poems in The Infant Vine reflect on how ordinary moments become charged with significance and strangeness when disaster strikes. Such moments make imaginary worlds...

The Murujuga: Dynamics of the Dreaming Project (LP140100393) was an Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Project between Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation (MAC), Rio Tinto and the Centre for Rock Art Research and Management (CRAR+M) at the University...

The dead have risen and destroyed the world as we know it. A religious fundamentalist government has taken over America and enslaved the female populace. A woman wakes each morning and is forced to relive the same day, caught in a time loop. In a secret...

The tropical rainforests of the Kimberley are among Australia's most biodiverse eco-systems - and, in many ways, its least understood.Kimberley rainforests are rich in species not found elsewhere in the region, have links to South-East Asia, and hold...

Selected Prose of Dorothy Hewett offers readers a stunning array of Hewett's writings on literature, theatre and politics. It is both an engaging glimpse into Australian political history and activism and an enlightening point of access to one of our...

Biographer Suzanne Falkiner presents a fascinating portrait of English writer E. L. Grant Watson, whose experiences as a young man in Australia at the beginning of the twentieth century shaped his later years as a novelist.Enlisted in 1910 by a Cambridge...

In February 1832 Rev. Lancelot Threlkeld was named as one of the 'perpetual blisters' that the London Missionary Society seemed 'destined to carry'. Threlkeld, from a British working-class family, lobbied his way to NSW to set up the Lake Macquarie...

They follow flight paths and habitats of birds, from the Victorian Mallee to the forests of South East Asia, to Japan and the South of France. 'Sometimes,' as the painter says, 'it's almost as if I am looking at the earth with a bird's eye view- the...

Winner of the 2010 Human Rights Award for Literature (non-fiction) and the 2010 Margaret Medcalf Award.This is a history commissioned by SWALSC to present as evidence at the Single Noongar Native Title Claim over metropolitan Perth and South-West WA. The...

In 1826 the British set up a garrison on the edges of an Aboriginal world at King George's Sound, the site of present day Albany, Western Australia, with the aim of deterring the French from occupying the area. The British newcomers and the area's...

In A Story to Tell, artist Laurel Nannup brings to life her childhood in a large Aboriginal family.While her stories include a time spent at the Wandering Mission, their main focus is on memories of family life: picnics, roaming through the bush, sharing...