Girls and women Books

Fancy Nancy is back again, this time with a dancing theme for all of those tiny tutu-wearing fans! Fancy Nancy and her best friend, Bree, couldn’t be more excited about their upcoming dance show. After all, it’s all about mermaids and who knows how to...

The seventh gripping adventure in this exciting pony-club series. With gymkhanas to win, rivals to defeat, mysteries to solve and ponies in danger to save – these books are perfect for all girls who love ponies. Issie and friends are surprised when...

Fancy Nancy is back! And this time she wants to be fancier than ever! Nancy is over the moon when her family decide to get a dog. She dreams of having a papillon - a small, delicate, fluffy dog - by her side. This will be the ultimate accessory!But her...

The first Pony Club Secrets mystery adventure by bestselling author of The Princess and the Foal. Issie loves horses more than anything! And she especially loves her pony Mystic at Chevalier Point Pony Club. So when the unthinkable happens, Issie is...

The third PONY CLUB SECRETS adventure by bestselling author of THE PRINCESS AND THE FOAL. Issie and her horse, Blaze, are spending summer in the countryside instead of at pony club. But Issie doesn’t mind because she’ll be training horses for the...

When Carly moves from the farm to boarding school in the city, she knows it's going to be tough. But then her magical shawl takes her back to 1891 and into the path of Queensland's first female doctor, Lilian Cooper. Carly learns what it means to be...

Carly heads off on another timetravelling adventure; this time with one of the world's most renown  inspirational women ever Dr Lilian Cooper – another trailblazing pioneer! When Carly Mills moves from the farm to boarding school in the city,...

Mavis is a feisty ten-year-old who lives in rural Australia with her mum, dad and sister, Doreen. It’s World War Two, and Darwin is bombed. Life as she knows it changes. Her dad and Uncle John dig a trench in the backyard, and school lessons are...

Amanda and her two best friends, Lucia and Mai, are the Dolphin Squad. They live by the beach, hang out in HQ and solve all sort of problems. Amanda Commander is nearly nine and there is nothing she loves more than hanging out with her two best friends...

Amanda and her two best friends, Lucia and Mai, are the Dolphin Squad. They live by the beach, hang out in HQ and solve all sort of problems. Amanda Commander is nearly nine and there is nothing she loves more than hanging out with her two best friends...

Amanda Commander is kind, loyal and a natural-born leader. But even school can be a battlefield at times, so sometimes Amanda and her Squad need a plan just to survive. When every girl in Year Three gets an invitation to Eve’s birthday party except...

Amanda Commander: The Pinky Promise is the second book of the Amanda Commander series. With friends Mai and Lu, the Dolphin Squad is about to tackle the upcoming Cross Country! Although, not all of them love running. When they plan a way to enjoy the...

Amanda and her two best friends, Lucia and Mai, are the Dolphin Squad. They live by the beach, hang out in HQ and solve all sort of problems. Amanda Commander is nearly nine and there is nothing she loves more than hanging out with her two best...

Go Girl is back! Celebrating 20 years, these timeless stories return in all their 2000s glory! Kowabunga! Lucy can't wait to go on vacation with her BFF, Bonnie, and her family. They're going to stay by the beach, take surfing lessons, and eat...

Meet the ultimate Dream Team! Tito LOVES spending his nights dreamweaving with Neena! Not only is it fun seeing his dreams come to life but he is also getting stronger. But with Darkweavers on a mission to break down the barrier between the dream and...

Grace and her mother have moved from Broome to a real-life Victorian castle, steeped in literary history. Intrepid Grace has discovered that she can slip back in time, but what she finds there is danger. She has to help locate two sisters who have been...

Introduce your brilliant baby to children’s author, artist, and naturalist Beatrix Potter. Beatrix Potter had a love for animals from an early age, and she grew up drawing and painting them with amazing detail and accuracy. She was best known for her...

Introduce your brilliant baby to the inspiring primatologist and anthropologist Jane Goodall. Jane Goodall loved animals from the time she was a child. She studied in Africa, and then traveled to Tanzania to learn all about chimpanzees. She befriended...

Life lessons from the soccer field, from the bestselling author of Strong is the New Pretty.   A bruised shin, a bloody nose. Racing across the field into the arms of your teammates. Leaping high to save a goal. Getting up at dawn to kick ball...

Created and compiled just for young women by Diana Whitney, former longtime poetry columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, You Don't Have to Be Everything is filled with work by a wide range of female poets who are honest, unafraid, and so wonderfully...

Inspired by Kate T. Parker’s internationally bestselling Strong Is the New Pretty, which Drew Barrymore called “the first thing in a while to kind of knock me off my feet,” this guided journal invites girls ages 8 to 12 to discover and celebrate their...

A fun and fast-paced series based on African mythology, YOMI is an adventure full of heart and humour. Now Yomi and her younger brother Kayode are official members of the Sacred Beast League, they can’t wait for more adventures! And when a Yumboe – a...

A colouring book to encourage girls to be confident, curious, and above all the best versions of themselves. This book features 30 detailed images of fantastic girls to colour in – from brave adventurers and awesome athletes to ground-breaking activists,...

Ever since she fell into the Source of all magic, Tourmaline seems to have developed strange new powers that are causing chaos. She can’t work out how to control them and it’s exhausting hiding them from everyone (except her best friends George and Mai)...

The Gamer Girls love playing their newest racing video game, Fast Pursuit Horizon, together. But what happens when Lucy's cousin comes to visit and throws every thing out of control? This is the third book in the illustrated Gamer Girls...

From award-winning verse novelist Shari Green comes an unforgettable story of friendship, first love, and an impossible choice between integrity and duty, family and friends, all while fighting for a dream. Song of Freedom, Song of Dreams is a historical...

Introduce your brilliant baby to the young climate change activist Greta Thunberg.Greta Thunberg first heard about global warming when she was 8 years old and she was very troubled by it. She was 15 when she started a school strike. Greta led protests at...

Go Girl is back! Celebrating 20 years in 2024, these timeless stories return in all their 2000s glory!    Ivy has been looking forward to this all holidays – four whole days of playing her saxophone and making new friends!After hitting a few...

Mia Madison is her school’s premier kid-trepreneur (that’s a kid business owner). She’s started a successful pet sitting business—Have-A-Nice-Vacation—and a seasonal lemonade stand—Pack Some Punch Stand. When Mia realizes that she can help her classmates...

The real-life Cinderella story of the very first professional woman astronomer—Caroline Herschel!Comet Chaser is the thrilling and beautifully illustrated biography of a woman who made a lifetime of incredible contributions to science. She was the first...

Inclusive, uplifting and celebratory, I Can Feel Lots of Things! empowers children to discard age-old ideas like boys shouldn't cry and girls can't be angry – and to feel whatever emotions they like!Author–illustrator Susann Hoffmann has...

Meet Ruby. Some days she is brave, bouncy and chat-chat-chatty. Other days, she is not – and that’s OK! She knows what she wants, and she does things her own way.  With expressive, retro illustrations from exciting illustration talent Hazel...

An electrifying urban fantasy about a family of women warriors, and a girl who will risk everything to save them …   Priscilla Daalman is training to be a Hollow Warrior – an elite monster hunter charged with killing evil beasts from another...

When Tourmaline’s mother goes missing on a search for precious artefacts, Tourmaline sets off to find her with her best friend George, her new friend (former foe) Mai and her limitless determination. On their adventure, they encounter a band of female...

Where is theirs? And where is mine? To hurt a shadow Is surely a crime When Etta steps on Baawaa’s (her sister's) shadow, she learns of the Shadow Taboo, and learns to value the personal space of others, as well as her own. Written by...

Fifth-grader Poppy McBean likes rules and order. She's a follower, and she's totally okay with that. And if you judge her for that, she's okay with that too! But after falling prey to her friends' bullying one too many times, Poppy makes a wish to be...

Gamer Girls are four besties who prove that girls can game! But when a new game comes out, it's not a hit with everyone. Maybe they should stick to video game battles instead of middle school arguments! Celia, Natalie, Lucy, and Jess are the Gamer...

Thirteen-year-old Natalie lives a double life. By day, she’s an average eighth grader at Golden Trails Middle. At night, she’s Gnat112, a streamer for her favorite video game, Alienlord. But when the new girl moves in next door, will Natalie's double...

This captivating coming-of-age story set in the world of e-sports will have readers cheering for girl gamer Vicky Tan as she overcomes social anxiety, self-doubt, and an overprotective big brother to pursue her dream of becoming a competitive gamer. From...

Meet Ruby. Ruby can do ANYTHING. She knows what she wants, and NOTHING is going to stop her – not a rainy day, a hard-to-reach treehouse or a pesky skateboard. Just you wait and see . . .With expressive, retro illustrations from exciting new illustration...

Winner of the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Young Adults, this dynamic urban fantasy is about the youngest daughter of a family of women warriors, and the power she wishes she had … Seventeen-year-old...

The perfect guide to dealing with boobs, bras and more for tweens and teens! From the multi-award-winning authors of #1 bestsellers Welcome to Your Period and Welcome to Consent: adolescent health expert Dr Melissa Kang (a former...

The #1 best-selling guide to navigating consent for tweens and teens of all genders, from the award-winning authors of Welcome To Your Period and Welcome to Sex.  Adolescent health expert Dr Melissa Kang and journalist Yumi Stynes...

The #1 best-selling, award-winning guide to getting your period for the first time, from 'Dolly Doctor' Dr Melissa Kang and journalist Yumi Stynes (Ladies, We Need to Talk).Getting your period for the first time can be mortifying, weird and...

In this delightful collection of classic Peanuts comics for younger readers, Lucy rallies her friends to speak out for equal rights for women. Between social causes and dropping fly balls in the outfield, Lucy decides to write a biography of Beethoven,...

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!