Kids, Teens & YA

A gentle exploration of a child's realisation that it is her individual differences and creativity that make her special, with stunning illustrations by the talented Gabriel Evans that delicately and sensitively convey the child's emotional journey. A...

Bluey: Fruit Bat

The new headmaster is turning everything upside down. Friday's irritatingly high IQ has her fast-tracked to graduation, while a pair of incriminating pants puts Ian on the rocky road to expulsion. When a rumour emerges of embezzled gold stashed on the...

When four former headmasters arrive at Highcrest Academy to take part in the school's anniversary celebrations, the students are warned to be on their best behaviour. Unfortunately, no one told the headmasters to stay out of mischief too! Which means...

Friday Barnes is forced to face her biggest fear - her own emotions! She must wave goodbye to Ian as he takes off to join his father in the Cayman Islands. But when your dad is a white-collar criminal, family reunions never go to plan. Ian is kidnapped...

Friday Barnes is being attacked on all fronts! When Friday Barnes gets involved in her frenemy Ian Wainscott's family dispute, it appears her knack for uncovering the truth may ruin their friendship once and for all. Highcrest Academy is no longer a...

The Queen's Colours leadership program is heading to Egypt and Alice-Miranda and her friends are thrilled. There are hidden tombs to explore, a new culture to experience and a lot to learn about the country's ancient past. But something is amiss among...

A dusty desert adventure beckons! Alice-Miranda and her friends are off to the Australian Outback! They're going to help an old family friend who's found himself short staffed during cattle mustering season. The landscape is like nothing else - wide...

What if every clue points in the wrong direction? Friday Barnes has been deported to Switzerland! With their in-school detective gone, Highcrest Academy has descended into chaos. Someone's fired all the teachers! The Headmaster claims it wasn't him,...

Friday Barnes has a new case, and this time it's personal! When Friday's father turns up out of the blue, he brings his daughter some distressing news - Friday's mother has been kidnapped! But who would want to kidnap a theoretical physicist? The...

Who knew boarding school could be this perilous!  When Friday Barnes cracked the case of Highcrest Academy's mysterious swamp-yeti, the last thing she expected was to be placed under arrest. Now with the law on her back and Ian Wainscott in her face,...

The eagerly awaited new series from the author of the bestselling Nanny Piggins series. When girl detective Friday Barnes solves a bank robbery she uses the reward money to send herself to the most exclusive boarding school in the country, Highcrest...

A delightful counting book featuring some very cheeky Australian animals and lots of humour. How hard can it be to find a bit of peace and quiet? Wombat is tired and just wants to rest. But it's hard to sleep during the day when a bunch of noisy birds...

The stakes have never been higher for the Rangers of Araluen in the New York Times bestselling series. Will and Maddie are imprisoned at Chateau des Falaises. Baron Lassigny is scheming to recruit them as spies for hire, but Maddie raises the stakes...

The New York Times bestselling series continues with another nailbiting mission for Will Treaty and his fearless young apprentice. King Philippe of Gallica appeals to King Duncan for help. His son is being held hostage by a power-hungry baron, and...

Gwen and the pack are back for a thrilling new adventure!  On a mission to find their families, Gwen, Rupert and the dogs strike out across treacherous ice and freezing oceans.  If they are to have any hope of survival, they must stowaway on a ship...

Archie Roach AM’s deeply personal song, ‘Took the Children Away’, from his 1990 debut album, Charcoal Lane, was the first song ever to receive a prestigious Australian Human Rights Award. Its impact was immediate, shining a stark light on Australia’s...

Once the top of a Burrawang tree fell to the ground … and the grassy top began to change. It became Grug.   This classic Aussie hero is back from the bush to enchant a new generation of youngsters!   Ted Prior’s bestselling Grug series is beloved by...

Activity Packs are super for kids! Not only do they keep kids entertained but the kids get to learn more about Tasmania .Activity packs make great gifts whether it be for a tourist or a home grown Aussie kid. The pack is neatly sealed and very easy to...

Explore the best wild places that Victoria has to offer, including deserts, rocky coasts, extinct volcanoes, watery wonderlands, dense forests, and everything in between. Get outside into nature where adventure awaits. Are you ready? This book is ideal...

The perfect book for all young wildlife enthusiasts. Explore the best wild places that Australia has to offer, from rainforests and reefs to high mountains and deserts. Get outside into nature where adventure awaits. Australia is home to 230 types of...

This activity pack has loads of fun for children and includes activity pages with puzzle and mazes to keep them entertained and learning along the way. It also includes pencils, a postcard, stickers and a poster. And when they are finished you can seal...

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...

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.

Andy and Terry's treehouse now has 13 new storeys, including a word-o-matic (it knows every word in the whole world!); a recycling depot; a wrecking ball; a complaining room; a spooky graveyard (where it's always midnight, even in the middle of the day);...

Andy and Terry have added 13 new levels to their treehouse and now it's even more out of this world than before! There's a soap bubble blaster, a GRABINATOR (it can grab anything from anywhere at any time), a time-wasting level, a toilet paper factory...

This book is for you and your dad.  Draw, decorate, colour in, count, play naughts and crosses, make a fish (or two) and then present the book to your dad for any special occasion: birthday, Xmas, Father's Day ... or just because.  An interactive...

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...

Let Emma Hollingsworth, aka Mulganai, take you on a journey through Country. For Indigenous peoples and allies alike, Emma invites you to discover the places she grew up - Second Beach, Cardwell, Lockhart, Budgebulla - the stories that she was told by...

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...

A voyage of discovery, seeking other worlds to answer one of life’s great questions: are we alone? Did life on Earth arrive on a meteorite from outer space? Are there living beings on planets beyond our solar system? If they are out there, what might...

Colours in the Garden: A Book of Colours by Kat Macleod

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...

Can you guess how I am feeling? Lift each flap to find out!  The First Book of Feelings introduces five basic emotions and helps young children identify and label each emotion by observing facial expressions, body language, and how it may...

My body is strong. My body can do amazing things. My body is my own. Freedom is loving your body with all its "imperfections" and being the perfectly imperfect you! Love Your Body encourages young girls to admire and celebrate their bodies for all the...

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.