Action and adventure stories

A hilarious junior fiction series from Ailsa Wild about solving mysteries, blending families and leaping to conclusions! Shortlisted for the Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year 2020 (Eight to 10 Years)Sita ‘Squishy’ Taylor is a cheeky,...

The third brilliant adventure in the best-selling, beloved REAL PIGEONS series! Ever wonder why pigeons always act so weird? It’s because they’re out there chasing the bad guys and saving your butts!The crime-fighting birds known as the REAL PIGEONS have...

From one of the true creative geniuses of this generation, Hervé Tullet's I Have an Idea is at once a meditation on and a celebration of the magic of the birth of a simple idea. Sparkling with visual wit, it is a richly emotional exploration of the...

The fourth Frankie Fish adventure is finally HERE! Peter Helliar's hilarious best-selling series is back and our favourite time-travellers, Frankie and Drew, are facing their trickiest hurdle yet …Frankie’s always...

In their second blockbuster adventure, the REAL PIGEONS aren't just crime-fighting pigeons who eat danger – they're also BEST FRIENDS!But with a deranged ostrich on the loose, a secret warehouse full of bottled birds and power-hungry ibis to deal with,...

Eeebs isn't a very disciplined kitten. His mom warned him not to play in the forest, but he didn't listen. That's how he found himself in the Nether, a bizarre world inhabited by scary creatures. In the company of a ghast, almost cheerful witch, Eeebs...

Step inside. Don’t look back. Forward is the only way. His Dark Materials meets Mad Max in this unforgettable blockbuster adventure series about the world between the worlds, and one girl who is destined to save them all. ⭐ WINNER:...

It's midnight and the moon is full, but Darth Vader isn't scared. OF COURSE I AM NOT SCARED.Nothing can scare Lord Vader! CORRECT.Not monsters or witches or ghosts, and especially not the dark. So what is Darth Vader scared of?Read on in Adam...

The first hilarious book in the blockbuster REAL PIGEONS series about crime-fighting, mystery-solving pigeons! Ever wonder why pigeons always act so weird? It’s because they’re out there chasing the bad guys and saving your butts!Did you know your city...

From Australia’s favourite comedian and children’s author Peter Helliar comes the second book in his best-selling Frankie Fish series! A hilarious time-travel adventure about mega-mischief, misbehaving grandparents, and one very naughty dog… ...

With its signature format of spreads with raised shaped objects that fit into scooped cutouts on their opposite page, this new TouchThinkLearn book offers youngest learners an opportunity to explore in a hands-on, multisensory way. Seeing the image,...

The Spiderwick Chronicles meets Stranger Things in this thrilling new series for only the bravest of children. After a chance encounter in a dark and stormy forest, two siblings are caught up in the dangerous underworld of...

Winner of the Ampersand Prize, IN THE DARK SPACES is a genre-smashing hostage drama about 14-year-old Tamara, who's faced with an impossible choice when she falls for her kidnappers. Yet this is no ordinary kidnapping. Tamara has been...

A boy and his dog . . . a girl and her . . . unicorn?It all started when a girl named Phoebe skipped a rock across a pond and accidentally hit a unicorn in the face. Improbably, this led to Phoebe being granted one wish, and she used it to make the...

It's the Science Fair Some kids are making man-eating robots. Some kids are holding their breath for a very, very long time. Some kids are doing interesting things with vacuum cleaners. The theme, obviously, is global warming. But what should Ivy and...

Watch out, you diabolical masterminds! There’s a new detective on Pancake Court: Bean! She laughs at danger! She solves even the most mysterious mysteries! What? There aren’t any mysteries? Then Bean and her assistant, Ivy, will make some!

A contemporary pick-a-path series about life, first crushes and friendship, that lets the reader choose how the story goes! Edie Thomas is a natural at netball. She plays for fun – and to hang out with her sports-mad bestie, Tess. But when Edie...

A hilarious junior fiction book series from Ailsa Wild about solving mysteries, blending families and leaping to conclusions!Squishy Taylor is a cheeky, sneaky 11-year-old who lives with her dad and step-family in a very crowded apartment.  ...

Zac Power is a boy spy who has 24 hours to save the world .. and wash the dog! Computer hackers, piranhas, the North Pole and Hollywood – Zac’s biggest adventures are action-packed! Can Zac survive BIG’s dirty tricks and save the world …...

In his first ever kids’ book, Australian comedian Peter Helliar takes young readers on a hilarious time-travel adventure about mega mischief, missing limbs, and a grandad with a wicked secret...Twelve-year-old Frankie Fish hates visiting his grandparents...