Kids, Teens & YA

This activity pack has loads of fun for children and includes activity pages for colouring in along with puzzles, mazes and coloured pencils to keep them entertained and learning along the way. It also includes a postcard and colourful stickers along...

Kids love activity books and this carefully selected fun book with colouring images, mazes, jokes, riddles puzzles is perfect to keep them entertained for hours. Fun and educational.

Start your exploration of Country with Nardurna. Through art and design, Ryhia Dank offers forty-five artworks that share some of her experiences of growing with family and learning her community. Discover the places and the kin that shaped her childhood...

"Lisa takes us right from the beginning of our stargazing adventure, from setting ourselves up to view the sky, to a tour of the galaxy, to discovering and learning about planets and celestial objects. ... This is a terrific book. Compact in nature, but...

Some animals are part of a Gangly Gang whilst others belong to the Woolly Wanderers; there are also Legless Legends, Spotted Bottoms and Magic Mimics. These are just a few of the quirky groupings artist Tai Snaith uses to categorise over 270 of her...

Step into the gardens of celebrated artists from around the world in this enchanting seek-and-find picture book of rhyming verse. In an Artist's Garden takes young readers on a magical journey over desert plains, along windswept coastlines and into the...

It goes without saying that all children believe their parents to be strange.  Mine were unusual for a different reason... One boy's parents travel from far-off lands to improve their son's life. But what happens next is unexpected. What does it mean...

Learn shapes of all sorts as you get ready for the big day: a birthday party! Set up the room with balloons, streamers and a gold star pinata in this Kat Macleod Early Learner. Australian artist Kat Macleod brings her signature design and illustration...

Count to ten with some aquatic friends under the sea, from bright seahorses, wobbly jellyfish and many more. With new ocean critters on every page, counting is made colourful and fun in this Kat Macleod early learner. Australian artist Kat Macleod...

Explore the ABCs in a colourful journey of knobbly quince, spiky jackfruit, and more fruity favourites. This Kat Macleod Early Learner has a fruit for every letter of the alphabet, coming together to make a big, bright and beautiful fruit salad. ...

With a Little Kelp from Our Friends: The Secret Life of Seaweed: History, Culture and Environment

Why Do Tigers Have Whiskers?: And Other Cool Things About Animals

I may be a very big cat, but you won’t hear me meow. My roar can be heard from miles away. Who Am I? In Who Am I? we meet 12 endangered animals. Read each clue, then try to guess which animal is peeking through the page. From cold polar seas to tropical...

Celebrating that the very act of wondering is what drives us towards knowledge, from the master of questions without answers I wonder if there is life out there … I wonder what love is … From the meaning of life to a cure for the hiccups, this book...

The night is young and there is hunting to be done. An exciting new addition to the narrative nonfiction series Nature Storybooks, about dingoes. Can you see her? There - deep in the stretching shadows - a dingo. Her pointed ears twitch. Her tawny eyes...

CBCA award-winning picture book author Edwina Wyatt makes her fiction debut with a whimsical tale of a curious little girl who shares more than just her surname with the moon: They're both excellent secret keepers. Magnolia Moon is nine years old, likes...

The Australian desert: for thousands of years the only changes here were made by the wind, the willy-willies and sometimes the rain. Then a hundred years ago people from Europe settled in the desert and planted seeds from the other side of the world.

Andy and Terry's treehouse now has 13 new storeys, including a tiny-horse level, a pyjama-party room, an Underpants Museum, a photo-bombing booth, a waiting room, a Door of Doom, a circus, a giant-robot-fighting arena, a traffic school, a water-ski park...

Professor Figgy's Weather and Climate Science Lab for Kids: 52 Family-Friendly Activities Exploring Meteorology, Earth Systems, and Climate Change

The animal kingdom is brought to life with Pop Up Planet Animals! Meet the trumpeting elephants, watch naughty monkeys swing through the trees and spot who's hiding from a hungry big cat. Five pop up scenes showcases children's favourite animals and the...

The oceans and marin creatures are brought to life with Pop Up Planet Oceans! Meet dancing dolphins, watch speedy penguins and spot who's hiding from a hungry polar bear. Five pop up scenes showcases the world's oceans and the accompanying spotters'...

The dinosaur world is brought to life with Pop Up Planet Dinosaurs! Spanning millions of years across the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, readers aged 5+ will discover the epic story of the dinosaurs, with each pop-up bringing to life the key...

The Tales of Beedle the Bard played a crucial role in assisting Harry, aided by his friends Ron and Hermione, to finally defeat Lord Voldemort. Here, fans have the opportunity to read the tales in full. The Tales of Beedle the Bard is without doubt an...

The bewitching classic children's novel by Neil Gaiman, featuring spellbinding illustrations from Chris Riddell and an exclusive new introduction by the author 'I was enthralled ... a marvellously strange and scary book' Philip Pullman 'A...

The enduring appeal of Rachel Wells's illustrations and the opportunity to touch a variety of textures make these books pre-school classics. Will appeal to the imagination of very young children, who will enjoy touching the different patches in this...

The enduring appeal of Rachel Wells's illustrations and the opportunity to touch a variety of textures make these books pre-school classics. Will appeal to the imagination of very young children, who will enjoy touching the different patches in this...

An exciting and innovative new book allowing young children to peep inside the world of dinosaurs to discover where dinosaurs lived, why they came in so many different shapes and sizes and who they shared their world with.

A stunning anniversary edition of a beautiful and timeless award-winning classic from master of collage, Jeannie Baker. A boy and his father travel in their boat, ‘Time Machine’ to a stretch of beach beside a primordial tropical rainforest. As the boy...

A luminous journey into the sky for daydreamers and cloud enthusiasts big and small, from renowned paper-diorama artist Elly MacKay. A bored and curious little girl wishes for a bit of sunshine on a cloudy day. But a friendly bird soon whisks her off...

This comforting and gently humorous picture book about bereavement and the strength of friendship shows how a child overcomes the sadness of her beloved pet's death. Bernadette and Rodney are the best of friends. Rodney's not so good at playing cards,...

An exquisite new picture book from the author of the beloved This Is Sadie about a little doll whose worldview is about to get a whole lot bigger. Gemma has always lived in a very nice little house, always slept in the same room and always worn the same...

From the author-illustrator of The Book of Mistakes comes "My Heart", a gorgeous picture book about caring for your own heart and living with kindness and empathy. My heart is a window. My heart is a slide. My heart can be closed...or opened up wide. ...

Zoom meets Beautiful Oops! in this memorable picture book debut about the creative process, and the way in which "mistakes" can blossom into inspiration One eye was bigger than the other. That was a mistake.  The weird cat-cow-frog thing? Well, it made...

Did you know that a mother peacock is called a peahen and a baby peacock is called a peachick? THE MUMMY ANIMAL BOOK is an adorable and informative picture book about mummy animals and their babies that is perfect for Mother's Day, from the author of the...

an outstanding piece of writing...a powerful novel...' Reading Time Friendship is a slippery notion. We lose friends as we change and our friends don't, or as we form other alliances, or as we betray our friends or are ourselves betrayed... Set against...

Join CBCA Award-winning author/illustrator Jennifer Cossins (as praised on The Ellen Show) on an expedition through the animal kingdom in the most amazing animal counting book ever - count one to 100 and collect fascinating animal facts along the way. ...

A beautifully illustrated hardback anthology of 26 of Australia's most fascinating animals from CBCA Honour Book author/illustrator Jennifer Cossins. From the award-winning creator of A-Z OF ENDANGERED ANIMALS comes a stunning non-fiction picture book...

Return to the magical world of Nevermoor! Morrigan Crow's perilous adventures continue in the most anticipated sequel of the year, a treat for all fans of magic and Wunder.  Morrigan Crow has been invited to join the prestigious Wundrous Society, a...

Morrigan Crow is cursed. Born on an unlucky day, she is blamed for all local misfortunes, from hailstorms to heart attacks - and, worst of all, the curse means that Morrigan is doomed to die at midnight on Eventide. But as Morrigan awaits her fate, a...

This beautifully illustrated full-colour picture book is packed with interesting facts and is perfect for young conservationists and students alike with a keen interest in the world around us. On this journey through the alphabet, you will encounter...

Subhi's imagination is as big as the ocean and and wise as the sky, but his world is much smaller: he's spent his whole life in an immigration detention centre. The Bone Sparrow is a powerful, heartbreaking, sometimes funny and ultimately uplifting hymn...

Leo Lennox has made a mistake. A massive, world-altering mistake. Now, the secret his shape-shifter ancestors have kept hidden for thousands of years is in danger of being discovered - all because he insisted on going to school camp. It's no place for a...

Leo Lennox has an epic problem: it's his thirteenth birthday and he has just grown a tail. You'd think that growing a tail in the middle of the school library would be the worst thing that could happen to you, but Leo is about to discover that things...

Will they make it in time? Will Quinn complete the first map of the whole world? Will Zain bring back enough treasure to satisfy the King? Will they win the race to the end of the world? Or will their enemies stop them from getting back at all? For fans...

This remarkable novel, now an established classic, is based on a true story. It was awarded the Children's Book Council Book of the Year Award in 1988, the Victorian Premier's Award, the 1989 Koala Award and the Christopher Medal (USA), as well as being...

Step into the enchanting world of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream with Story Orchestra: A Midsummer Night's Dream by Jessica Courtney-Tickle. This beautifully illustrated book is perfect for young readers and families, blending timeless...

The Story Orchestra Musical Puzzle: The Carnival of the Animals is a 48-piece puzzle with shaped pieces and four musical excerpts. Piece together the story and hear the music play!  Carnival of the Animals musical jigsaw puzzle: Featuring four sound...

Discover enchanting fairies from all around the world with this stunningly illustrated matching game. Fairy matching game: Can you reunite the fairies with their friends in this fun and easy-to-learn game?  Sturdy gift box contains: 40 cards, each...