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PRC ID | Title | Author | Year Published | ISBN | Publisher | Category | Challenge level | Older reader | Series Name | Annotation
1084 | Hold on tight | Acton, Sara | 2013 | 9781742833491 | Scholastic Australia |  | [NAME] | No |  | A little girl explores the possibilities of being blown away, riding the leaves, chasing fairies, bouncing on clouds, being caught in raindrops.
1177 | [NAME] for bread | Ahlberg, Allan & Ingram, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9781406337990 | Walker Books |  | [NAME] | No |  | This tasty tale shares the joy a loaf of bread brings a baker, his family, a back-yard of dogs, a pond-full of ducks, a flock of birds and a teeny mouse.
988 | Fat Ferdie | [NAME], [NAME] | 2013 | 9780670077168 | Penguin |  | [NAME] | No |  | [NAME] is a scary beast because of what he likes to eat.
1466 | Two nests | Anholt, Laurence & Coplestone, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9781847803238 | [NAME] |  | [NAME] | No |  | Betty and [NAME] are birds who build a nest together. [NAME] lays an egg and out pops [NAME]. Everyone is happy, but the nest is small, Betty and [NAME] squabble, and they decide that [NAME] should live in a different nest across the other side of the tree. Now there are two nests in the cherry tree. [NAME] and [NAME] both love [NAME], and soon he is able to fly over the cherry tree, visiting his two nests.
897 | Monsters love colors | [NAME], [NAME] | 2013 | 9780062125941 | Harper |  | [NAME] | No |  | Explosions of colour erupt from every page where the monsters demonstrate the mixing of colour to create new ones. The primary colours are also described with rhyming sounds which creates much fun.
38818 | Extra yarn | Barnett, Mac & Klassen, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9781406342314 | Walker Books |  | [NAME] | No |  | A little girl who cocoons her cold, grey town in joy and warmth with brightly coloured yarn, until a wicked, selfish man arrives to take to yarn for himself.
56645 | Sylvester and [NAME] | Bedford, David & Jellett, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9781921714542 | Little Hare Books |  | [NAME] | No |  | Two tough crocs, look tough, dress tough and act tough. They are about to get a shoc from a much nastier, bigger croc, called Big Betty.
1085 | King pig | Bland, Nick | 2013 | 9781742834955 | Scholastic Australia |  | [NAME] | No |  | King Pig had everything he could wish for except for one thing - being liked by his subjects and he just couldn't understand why not, no matter how hard he tried. The facial expressions and extra detail in the illustrations all provide added meaning.
1268 | Very brave bear, The | Bland, Nick | 2013 | 9781742838007 | Scholastic Australia |  | [NAME] | No |  | The Very Cranky Bear is back, and this time he is facing [NAME] in a battle of bravery. Each comes up with an activity he is sure the other will be too afraid to complete and each time they are right behind each other, until a huge roar from big, very dark cave sends them both fleeing through the forest.
15930 | How to catch a monster | Bollenbach, Christina | 2013 | 9781742832791 | Scholastic Australia |  | [NAME] | No |  | Lukas sits on the edge of his bed every night waiting for his scary monster, until he hatches a plan to catch it once and for all.
1941 | Boy on the page, The | Carnavas, [NAME] | 2013 | 9781921928468 | New Frontier Publishing |  | [NAME] | No |  | A small boy lands on the page and, quite by accident, discovers the joy and wonder of life.
7163 | Moose is loose, The | Carthew, Mark & Stanton, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9780733331015 | ABC Books |  | [NAME] | No |  | When the sneaky, slippery and sly animals on the train escape, it's up to [NAME] and [NAME] to get them back onboard.
67463 | Python | [NAME], Christopher & Jackson, [NAME] (ill) | 2012 | 9781921529603 | Walker Books Australia Pty Ltd |  | [NAME] | No |  | This book is a 'slice of life' following a python living in an Australian forest. Be with her as she wakes up at first light, hunts for birds and rodents, sheds her skin and guards over her first clutch of eggs until they hatch.
8046 | Funky chicken: a bushy tale of crocs and chooks | Collin, Chris & Kitchin, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9780987450708 | Funkybooks |  | [NAME] | No |  | Funky chicken is deemed the most unique of all animals, but croc takes a liking to him for all the wrong reasons.
68261 | With Nan | Cox, Tania & Blair, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9781921136122 | [NAME] |  | [NAME] | No |  | A leaf that flies. A rock that hops. These are some of the wonderful things that [NAME] sees on his walk with [NAME]. [NAME] takes a walk through the [NAME] with his [NAME] and along the way finds out that things are not always what they seem.
1097 | Diary of a fly | Cronin, Doreen & Bliss, [NAME] (ill) | 2012 | 9780007455911 | HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, UK |  | [NAME] | No |  | Fly's first day at school marks the beginning of his diary in which he charts his adventures such as learning how to fly, eating regurgitated food and his part in the food chain. When Fly adds up all his special attributes, he aspires to be a superhero who can walk on walls and see in all directions at once.
948 | Night watch | Cummings, Phil & Dawson, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9781921504365 | Working Title Press |  | [NAME] | No |  | Giraffe, Elephant, [NAME] and Baboon all live happily by the lake, minding their own business, until Lion is spied stalking in the shadows.
59878 | Anzac biscuits | Cummings, Phil & Swan, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9781742833460 | Scholastic Australia |  | [NAME] | No |  | A young father is away at war, his wife and daughter waiting at home, sometimes making Anzac biscuits. Life at war is grey and cold, but opening the tin of biscuits from home brings comfort.
39360 | Cheese belongs to you | Deacon, Alexis & Schwarz, Viviane (ill) | 2013 | 9781406339666 | Walker Books |  | [NAME] | No |  | A small white rat  learns about 'rat law' as bigger, quicker and stronger rats lay claim to a wonderful piece of cheese.
1200 | Stick man | Donaldson, Julia & Scheffler, [NAME] (ill) | 2012 | 9781407132327 | Scholastic UK |  | [NAME] | No |  | Stick Man lives in the family tree with his Stick Lady Love and their stick children three. But it's dangerous being a Stick Man. A dog wants to play with him, a swan builds her nest with him. He even ends up on a fire. How will he get back home.
69147 | Too many elephants in this house | Dubosarsky, Ursula & Joyner, [NAME] (ill) | 2012 | 9780670075461 | Penguin |  | [NAME] | No |  | [NAME] has a problem, there are too many elephants in his house. [NAME] actually doesn't think it is a problem at all but his mum insists that it is.  So what is he to do. He loves every single one of them and doesn't want to lose them. So where can all the elephants go.
30997 | Rabbityness | [NAME], [NAME] | 2012 | 9781846434822 | Child's Play International Ltd |  | [NAME] | No |  | This is the story of a very special rabbit. He enjoys doing rabbity things but he also loves un-rabbity things. When Rabbit suddenly disappears, no one knows where he has gone. But as it turns out, Rabbit has left behind some very special gifts for them, to help them discover their own unrabbity talents.
818 | Jeremy | Faille, Chris & Snell, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9781921504402 | Working Title Press |  | [NAME] | No |  | Jeremy is a baby kookaburra which has fallen from its nest into a backyard. He is taken into a home and watches the fishtank, perches on a lounge, waiting for his feathers to grow.
1160 | Mr [NAME] the dancing duck | Field, Alex & Carnavas, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9781921928178 | New Frontier Publishing |  | [NAME] | No |  | Mr [NAME] is a very popular duck with many friends to greet as he takes his morning walk. By the end of his walk he is very unhappy because everyone is dancing in joy because it is spring and Mr [NAME] can't dance. With his friends' help he gains his confidence to join in the spring dances.
10008 | Mr [NAME] | Field, Alex & Carnavas, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9781921928406 | New Frontier Publishing |  | [NAME] | No |  | Mr [NAME] is a rather reserved and gentle duck who lives in the best park. He feels very important and he likes to tip his very tall hat. Mr [NAME]'s life is a little lonely until he discovers that it's alright to let friends into his life.
21612 | [NAME] | Forsyth, Kate & White, [NAME] (ill.) | 2013 | 9781742831756 | Scholastic Australia |  | [NAME] | No |  | A little girl is nervous about visiting her [NAME] who looks grumpy and scary, but she soon discovers that people, and grandpas, are never quite like they seem.
46350 | Dinosaurs love cheese | French, Jackie & Rycroft, Nina (ill) | 2013 | 9780732292645 | Angus & Robertson (HarperCollins) |  | [NAME] | No |  | A few small toy animals can transform any situation into an imaginative larger-than-life world. So it is with this young child when a simple trip to the supermarket involves giraffes, zebras, lions and even a dinosaur.
52181 | Somebody's house | Germein, Katrina & Stead, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9781921720338 | Walker Books Australia Pty Ltd |  | [NAME] | No |  | Follow a little girl as she walks along a street, looking at different houses and wondering who lives there. The little girl passes each, until she gets to the last house at the end of the street.
1187 | [NAME], The | Gilmartin, Deb | 2012 | 9781922081070 | [NAME] |  | [NAME] | No |  | A textless picture book which allows the reader to discover the story. Orange cat has a comfortable life and shares his dinner with a black and white cat down the road. When attempts to do the same the next day she can no longer be found, having been dumped with her three kittens as her owner leaves town. Despite meeting danger as he tries to find her, he perseveres with ultimate success.
1184 | Banjo and [NAME] | Gleeson, Libby & Blackwood, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9781921541087 | Little Hare Books |  | [NAME] | No |  | Banjo is a hard-working farm dog and [NAME] is a haughty chicken, and they never see eye to eye. Can they ever be friends.
936 | Starting school | Godwin, Jane & Walker, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9780670076765 | Penguin |  | [NAME] | No |  | Five children are off to school for the first time. There are new friends to make, fun ways to learn and lots of different things to discover.
2813 | Silver buttons | [NAME], [NAME] | 2013 | 9781406342246 | Walker Books |  | [NAME] | No |  | At 9.59 on Thursday morning, [NAME] draws a duck. Just as she is about to add one final silver button to the duck's boots, her little brother takes his first step. At this exact same moment, a man buys bread, a soldier leaves home, a baby is being born.
46416 | Cat tale | Hall, Michael | 2012 | 9780061915161 | Greenwillow |  | [NAME] | No |  | Follow the adventures of three cats as they rumble and tumble in a confusing journey of words.
1170 | [NAME], where are you | Hoy, Catriona & White, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9781922081063 | [NAME] |  | [NAME] | No |  | [NAME] is looking for [NAME]. She isn't upstairs, she isn't downstairs, she isn't in the smelly [NAME]. [NAME] is looking all over the house for [NAME], coming across all the family members as she goes, and they all join in the fun, but they know that [NAME] is closer than [NAME] thinks.
35758 | It wasn't me: the Hueys | Jeffers, Oliver | 2013 | 9780007420674 | HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, UK |  | [NAME] | No |  | Why are the [NAME] fighting, when most of the time they get along.
1754 | [NAME]'s rainbow | [NAME], Kim & Acton, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9781743313701 | Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd |  | [NAME] | No |  | Esther spies a rainbow under her chair and then it disappears. Where will she find her rainbow next.
953 | Great granny gang, The | Kerr, [NAME] | 2012 | 9780007467914 | HarperCollins Children's Books |  | [NAME] | No |  | Grannies have a reputation for being mild, sedate and stay at home knitters. In fact grannies are capable of fixing most problems and so it is with the Great Granny gang whose members foil a burglary. Told in flowing rhyme for reading aloud.
1861 | Where are you, [NAME] | Laguna, Sofie & Smith, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9781743310533 | Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd |  | [NAME] | No |  | Roddy and his dog, [NAME], are the best of friends, They play together, rest together and sleep together. What do [NAME] and his parents do when they return home to find a hole under the back fence and no Banana.
1958 | Frog who lost his underpants, The | MacIver, Juliette & Chapman, Cat (ill) | 2013 | 9781921977893 | Walker Books |  | [NAME] | No |  | Hopping through the jungle, this way, that way, Frog is in a frenzy, scattering the ants. [NAME]'s looking too now, this place, that place, will they ever find those jolly underpants.
44140 | Heather fell in the water | MacLeod, Doug & Smith, [NAME] (ill) | 2012 | 9781742376486 | Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd |  | [NAME] | No |  | Heather was a little girl who always fell in the water. She didn't mean to. She didn't enjoy it. But she fell in nearly every day, so her parents made her wear water wings all the time.
46407 | Windy farm | MacLeod, Doug & Smith, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9781921504419 | Working Title Press |  | [NAME] | No |  | There is a farm so windy that the family who live there need to wear heavy shoes so they don't blow away. Can they make the most of the wind.
1979 | Helping little star | Morgan, Sally & Kwaymullina, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9781921977770 | Walker Books |  | [NAME] | No |  | Little Star has fallen off the edge of the night sky. He wants to return home to the [NAME] and hopes that [NAME], [NAME] or Kangaroo can help him.
958 | Light, The | [NAME], Jo | 2013 | 9781921928413 | New Frontier Publishing |  | [NAME] | No |  | The darkness and howling of the wind as a storm develops, the lighthouse and the cottage warm and safe, lighting up the darkness. Then a knock at the cottage door.
1189 | Don't let a spoonbill in the kitchen | Oliver, Narelle | 2013 | 9781862919310 | Omnibus Books |  | [NAME] | No |  | With their spoon-shaped bills, it would make sense that a [NAME] bird would be right at home in the kitchen, or would it.
1208 | My super hero | Owen, Chris & Court, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9781921888977 | Fremantle Press |  | [NAME] | No |  | [NAME], kapow, kabam, kasplat, my superhero's not like that. Which animal is the real superhero.
1263 | Parachute | Parker, Danny & Ottley, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9781921894206 | Little Hare Books |  | [NAME] | No |  | The parachute is the first thing Toby puts on each morning. It gives him the courage to deal with all kinds of tricky situations, such as getting out of bed and riding his bike. But sometimes someone else's trouble can be greater than your own and they need his parachute more than he does.
1265 | Somewhere in Australia | Pennacchio, Marcello & Snell, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9781741695229 | Scholastic Australia |  | [NAME] | No |  | Australian animals and landscapes feature in this rhyming text. We are taken to the hot and dry centre where death adders live, to the rainforest floor of the Tassie devils and right around the different Australian habits.
1269 | [NAME] the strongman | Rogers, Gregory | 2013 | 9781742834368 | Scholastic Australia |  | [NAME] | No |  | [NAME] is very busy with his new job at the zoo. He makes friends with [NAME] the elephant, who helps him unveil an act of his own.
25425 | Seadog | Saxby, Claire & Jellett, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9781742756509 | Random House Australia Pty Ltd |  | [NAME] | No |  | Seadog is not a working dog, he doesn't fetch, is not a performer of tricks and is not clean, shiny or fluffy, but he is full of energy and is lots of fun.
54467 | [NAME] and the puppy | Shanahan, Lisa & Acton, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9781742830513 | Scholastic Australia |  | [NAME] | No |  | [NAME] wants a puppy so much. She knows all of the dogs in her neighbourhood and bathes them for free every Saturday. [NAME] thinks she will never get a dog of her own, until she and her mum spot [NAME].
6155 | Bea | Sharp, Christine | 2013 | 9780702249617 | University of Queensland Press |  | [NAME] | No |  | Bea is a bird of unusual tastes as she likes to bake buns and dance to a disco beat while other birds are content to watch worms wriggle.
937 | Cheetah can't lose | Shea, [NAME] | 2013 | 9780061730832 | HarperCollins Children's Books |  | [NAME] | No |  | Cheetah doesn't realise how skillful his little friends are when they set him up to lose the big race.
1069 | Two little bugs | Sommerset, Mark & Sommerset, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9780732296599 | Angus & Robertson (HarperCollins) |  | [NAME] | No |  | Two very different bugs become aware that each has made their home on the same leaf, one on the top and one underneath. The red bug wants to eat his way right through the leaf they live on.
993 | Fabulous fishes | Stockdale, [NAME] | 2013 | 9781921504556 | Working Title Press |  | [NAME] | No |  | Vibrantly coloured fish burst from some pages, while others dare you to see past their camouflage.
1163 | I got this hat | Temple, Jol and Kate & Foye, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9780733332067 | ABC Books |  | [NAME] | No |  | If you enjoy wearing hats, you'll enjoy this book. But don't wear it as a hat, as it will fall off.
1888 | Bang | Timmers, Leo | 2013 | 9781877579172 | Gecko Press |  | [NAME] | No |  | [NAME] and giraffes, driving lots of cars, go bang.
1071 | Between the pages | [NAME], [NAME], Chantal (ill) | 2013 | 9781921928444 | New Frontier Publishing |  | [NAME] | No |  | Two boys become so engrossed in the animal book they are reading that they become part of the story, encountering adventures and challenges which can only be escaped by the turning the page. Escaping from a python's nest only to meet even more fearsome crocodiles, angry emus and hordes of redback spiders.
46399 | That's mine | [NAME], [NAME] | 2013 | 9781877579288 | Gecko Press |  | [NAME] | No |  | Deep in the jungle, a little frog finds an egg and declares 'That's mine'.  However, there are those within the jungle who would dispute his claim, and each one seems bigger, stronger and more of a bully than the last.
46564 | Fearsome, frightening, ferocious box, The | Watts, Frances & Legge, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9780733328916 | ABC Books |  | [NAME] | No |  | Open the box if you dare, but danger lies within, beware.
67620 | [NAME] the outback mailman | Weidenbach, Kristin & Ide, [NAME] (ill) | 2012 | 9780734412249 | Lothian Books |  | [NAME] | No |  | Everyone living in the Northern South Australian outback depends upon Big [NAME] to deliver their mail. Not only letters but furniture, tyres, petrol, he delivers it all. But what is [NAME] to do when he is waylaid by an unexpected flood. With everyone relying on him, how will he make it all the way up to Birdsville and back.
1890 | Clementine's walk | White, [NAME] | 2013 | 9781921928475 | New Frontier Publishing |  | [NAME] | No |  | Everyone is too busy to take [NAME] for a walk. When they finally find the time, Clementine is nowhere to be found.
6867 | Swim in the sea, A | Whiting, Sue & Thomas, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9781921150494 | Walker Books |  | [NAME] | No |  | [NAME] has never been to the beach before. And he can't wait. He is going for a swim in the big blue sea.
1232 | On the day you were born | Wild, Margaret & Brooks, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9781741147544 | Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd |  | [NAME] | No |  | A proud father shows his new baby the wonderful new world to which it now belongs - the smells, the sounds, the colours and the inhabitants are all introduced to the new child. The illustrations reinforce the atmosphere of love, pride and home.
46414 | Let's go to sleep | Wild, Margaret & Dawson, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9781921504440 | Working Title Press |  | [NAME] | No |  | Go on a journey around the world to visit baby animals as it is time to go to bed.
1968 | This little piggy went dancing | Wild, Margaret & Niland, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9781743315118 | Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd |  | [NAME] | No |  | Five little piggies explore the world. They splash and swim, ride and slide, then hop, skip, hula and go wee wee wee all the way home.
804 | [NAME] | Ain, Beth & Higgins Keenan, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9781743314548 | Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd | Family/Relationships, School fiction | 3~4 | No |  | Jules is seven and has a problem. She needs a new best friend to replace [NAME]. Just as things look exciting, [NAME] is asked to film a mouth wash add, but it is for a flavour that makes her vomit. Will she be able to stomach the mouth wash and will she be able to fix her friendship with Charlotte or make a new best friend.
1799 | Nelly gang, The | Axelsen, Stephen | 2013 | 9781921977916 | Walker Books | Picture books | 3~4 | No |  | Fun, dastardly plans, at least one villain and a pet goat entertain amid the danger. Can Nelly rescue her father from the clutches of Captain Sunbeam. Will the children escape each of several close shaves with their lives. And who will get the gold.
1250 | Remembering Lionsville | Bancroft, [NAME] | 2013 | 9781742373201 | Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd | Picture books, Historical fiction | 3~4 | No |  | We are taken back to the family home built by the author's grandfather generations ago and still lived in now by the family. The growing and preserving of food, communications with others, the way of life all beautifully and simply described with magnificent illustrations combining Aboriginal and western techniques.
73251 | Noah Dreary | Blabey, [NAME] | 2013 | 9780670077182 | Penguin | Picture books | 3~4 | No |  | [NAME] complains and had been on a particular roll that day, complaining about this, about that, about this, that, this, that, that, this and the other (much of which involved his baby sister). So, off popped his head.
892 | Permaculture gardens | Bollard, [NAME] | 2013 | 9780987407702 | National Library of Australia | Factual | 3~4 | No |  | Discover how nature works in your backyard. Compost and some vegie seeds, a shovel, hat and gloves.
1251 | Little eskimo, The | Cali, Davide & Quarello, [NAME] A.C (ill) | 2013 | 9780987109958 | Wilkins Farago Pty Ltd | Picture books | 3~4 | No |  | A young eskimo boy is asking the animals of the north about his future, will he become a great hunter. He asks the hare with big ears, the owl who can see from up high, and finishes with a great white moose in the middle of the great ice lake.
49269 | Fair dinkum war, The | Cox, [NAME] | 2013 | 9781743310625 | Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd | Picture books, Historical fiction, Australian fiction | 3~4 | No |  | A look at life in Australia through the eyes of a primary school boy during World War II. The excitement of seeing the American soldiers and tanks, the concept of black-outs, bomb shelters and ration coupons are explained.
8790 | Runaway princess, The | Dickins, [NAME] (retold) & Coudray, E (ill) | 2013 | 9781409535928 | Usborne Publishing Ltd | Love stories | 3~4 | No |  | Princess Anna doesn't want to get married, so she runs away, with her beautiful dresses and disguised under a donkeyskin cloak to find her own happy ending.
1099 | Mr [NAME] and the house next door | Donaldson, Julia & Shaw, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9781742837109 | Scholastic Australia | Family/Relationships | 3~4 | No |  | Elmo and his sister love to play in the jungle house next door until mean Mr [NAME] moves in and the garden is out of bounds. But when [NAME] goes missing, the children decide to go to the rescue even if it means going into Mr [NAME]'s house.
1103 | Snake who came to stay, The | Donaldson, Julia & Shaw, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9781742837093 | Scholastic Australia | Humorous fiction | 3~4 | No |  | [NAME] has no peace when [NAME] opens her holiday home for pets. Guinea pigs, birds and [NAME] the snake take over the house. Then [NAME] goes missing.
1064 | Perplexing pineapple, The | Dubosarsky, Ursula & Denton, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9781743312575 | Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd | Mystery/Suspense | 3~4 | No | Cryptic casebook of Coco Carlomagno series - NEW SERIES 2014 | [NAME], the guinea pig, is chief of police in Buenos Aires and he is startled to see a flying pineapple pass by his window. Is his office haunted. Along comes his cousin Alberta to help solve the mystery of the perplexing pineapple.
1257 | Missing mongoose, The | Dubosarsky, Ursula & Denton, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9781743312605 | Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd | Mystery/Suspense | 3~4 | No | Cryptic casebook of Coco Carlomagno series - NEW SERIES 2014 | Carlomagno, the chief of police in Buenos Aires, has an emergency on his hands when a mongoose vanishes from the zoo. He calls on his brainy cousin Alberta to help him crack the case.
1962 | Looming lamplight, The | Dubosarsky, Ursula & Denton, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9781743312599 | Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd | Mystery/Suspense | 3~4 | No | Cryptic casebook of Coco Carlomagno series - NEW SERIES 2014 | [NAME], the well-respected (if somewhat easily startled) Chief of Police, has run into an unusually difficult problem. From his office high in the Obelisco, [NAME] tallest building, he can see a light turn off and on. Could it be a message and how can he possibly decode it.
1324 | Ava adds | Dubosarsky, Ursula & White, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9780734414007 | [NAME] Books | Short stories | 3~4 | No | Ava adds series - NEW SERIES 2014 | Ava loves playing shops. Can she get Billy to buy anything.
1729 | Violet vanishes | Dubosarsky, Ursula & White, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9780734413970 | [NAME] Books | Short stories | 3~4 | No | Ava adds series - NEW SERIES 2014 | Violet loves watching magic tricks. But when her mum takes her to see a magician, Violet becomes the star of the show.
1802 | [NAME] eats | Dubosarsky, Ursula & White, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9780734413987 | [NAME] Books | Short stories | 3~4 | No | Ava adds series - NEW SERIES 2014 | [NAME] eats everything except peas. What will he do when there's nothing else to eat.
1812 | Rory rides | Dubosarsky, Ursula & White, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9780734413994 | [NAME] Books | Short stories | 3~4 | No | Ava adds series - NEW SERIES 2014 | Rory's bike has big yellow wheels, a bell ... and training wheels. Can he learn to ride without them.
778 | [NAME]'s dream boat | Dunbar, Polly | 2012 | 9781406344622 | Walker Books | Picture books | 3~4 | No |  | [NAME] has an amazing dream about a pink and green boat with a striped mast. He can't wait to tell his family about it. But when he tries, no one (not even the dog) is interested in listening. In fact, they don't even notice when the very same boat gradually appears on his head, growing larger and larger by the minute.
7112 | Once Tashi met a dragon | Fienberg, Anna and Barbara & Gamble, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9781741758870 | Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd | Picture books | 3~4 | No |  | For a long as Tashi could remember, he had been told stories about the dragon who sent the rains each year, until now. The creeks are drying up and the mountains are going up in flames. Someone in the village needs to visit the dragon and only Tashi would dare.
3917 | Gracie and [NAME] | Gervay, Susanne & Geddes, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9781921665851 | Ford Street Publishing | Family/Relationships, Picture books | 3~4 | No |  | Gracie and [NAME] are brother and sister who laugh, play and fight, but they also face a sad world where someone is sick and there are good days and bad days in their family.
1766 | Ice, wind, rock | Gouldthorpe, [NAME] | 2013 | 9780734411556 | Lothian Books | Picture books, Factual | 3~4 | No |  | [NAME] is a true Australian hero, and one of the great Antarctic explorers. He was the first man to reach the South Magnetic Pole, and led Australia's first Antarctic expedition. This is a story of adventure and survival, as [NAME] faces enormous challenges and triumphs.
9690 | Doctor [NAME]'s other monster | Gray, Nigel & Smith, [NAME] (ill) | 2012 | 9780987366801 | CSI-Books | Humorous fiction | 3~4 | No |  | Doctor [NAME] has created a new monster but unfortunately he has little control over him when [NAME] decides to explore his new world. As he searches for a playmate, [NAME] is totally unaware of the havoc he is creating as he outwits the police and army. Finally he meets someone who looks past his appearance and is happy to play.
1545 | Naughtiest reindeer, The | Greenberg, [NAME] | 2013 | 9781743313046 | Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd | Picture books | 3~4 | No |  | Ruby is [NAME]'s naughty sister and the other reindeer know that she is going to bring a whole sack of mayhem to Christmas.
1568 | Yobbos do yoga | Gwynne, Phillip & Joyner, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9781921714832 | Little Hare Books | Picture books | 3~4 | No |  | The neighbours have moved out and now there is no one living next door, peace and quiet at last, so [NAME] can do his yoga and be happy. Then Tubby, Ferret and King Wally Kahuna move in. They love throwing parties and playing air guitar. Worst of all, they are yobbos and everyone knows that yobbos and yoga don't mix.
71921 | Alfie's search for destiny | Hardy, [NAME] | 2013 | 9781922142115 | [NAME] | Picture books | 3~4 | No |  | Confused about his destiny, Alfie sets off across the country to ask the animals for their advice, before returning home to discover the answer.
73222 | [NAME]: accidental adventurer | Harmer, [NAME] | 2013 | 9781742838755 | Scholastic Australia | Family/Relationships | 3~4 | No |  | Ava has an orderly life, which is just how she likes it. Then her parents decide it is time to travel Australia for one year, but it sounds like a terrible adventure to Ava.
1974 | Wombats go on camp, The | Harvey, Roland | 2013 | 9781743315040 | Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd | Picture books | 3~4 | No |  | Freddie has one eye, [NAME] hates everything and [NAME] loves his pet rat. Join the class on a camping trip as they explore, build, cook, climb, perform and have the time of their lives.
23613 | [NAME] and dog | Heede, Sylvia Vanden & Tolman, Marije (ill) | 2013 | 9781877579387 | Gecko Press | Picture books, Australian fiction | 3~4 | No |  | Dog and [NAME] are cousins, one tame, one wild, one literate, one not. Their numerous differences lead them to argue, which for [NAME], who is unable to read, is delighted when a good rhyme has been made. [NAME] plays upon Dog's fear and responsibility as [NAME]' protector and Dog playing upon [NAME]'s inability to read. Neither comes to harm and both remain friends.
58758 | Lyrebird | Kerin, Jackie & Gouldthorpe, [NAME] (ill) | 2012 | 9781921833045 | Museum Victoria | Picture books, Factual | 3~4 | No |  | When [NAME] met a cheeky young lyrebird on her garden path, she could not guess that he would one day be known as 'A Miracle of the Dandenongs'. Soon, [NAME] the lyrebird was singing and dancing for [NAME], mimicking the birdsongs and other sounds that echoed through the [NAME]. Word of their friendship spread and people travelled from near and far to film and record [NAME]. But with people came change.
820 | My happy life | Lagercrantz, Rose & Eriksson, Eva (ill) | 2012 | 9781877467806 | Gecko Press | Picture books | 3~4 | No |  | [NAME] is the happiest person she knows, especially when she makes a best friend when she starts school. They share friendship bracelets, sit together in class and have sleepovers. But how will [NAME] return to her happiness when Ella moves away.
62322 | Queen [NAME]'s palaces | MacIver, Juliette & Masciullo, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9780733331022 | ABC Books | Picture books | 3~4 | No |  | [NAME] has the finest palace, so good that Sir [NAME] tries to trick her into creating a masterpiece just for him.
1969 | Standing in for Lincoln Green | Mackintosh, [NAME] | 2013 | 9780007463022 | HarperCollins Children's Books | Picture books | 3~4 | No |  | Lincoln has a double, someone who looks just like him. While Lincoln does the more important things, like building the biggest tower, his trusty stand-in does the tidying, putting away and sorting out.
957 | Mister [NAME] | Mahy, Margaret & Bishop, [NAME] (ill) | 2012 | 9781877467912 | Gecko Press | Picture books | 3~4 | No |  | Mr [NAME] is a joyful man, always very finely dressed, and who is forever challenged by an urge to sing and dance. When he arrives at the train station he cannot help but dance along to the music in his head to the delight of his fellow commuters. But as the train approaches, just where did he put that train ticket.
50221 | Definitely no ducks | McKinlay, Meg & Rudge, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9781921977855 | Walker Books Australia Pty Ltd | School fiction | 3~4 | No |  | [NAME], the class duck, is in trouble. The Antarctica display has been totally destroyed. Ripped. Torn. Chewed. And everyone knows [NAME] is to blame. Or is he. [NAME] and [NAME] are determined to uncover the truth. If they can't, they will have to say goodbye to [NAME] forever.
1795 | Dance teacher, The | Milne, Simon & Stewart, Chantal (ill) | 2013 | 9781743313312 | Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd | Picture books | 3~4 | No |  | When Isabelle arrives at Miss [NAME]'s dance studio to become a ballerina, she is told to be prepared to work hard. As the other young dancers switch to hip hop or drop out, Isabelle continues to practice, aiming to become a prima ballerina.
1154 | Cockadoodle-doo Mr Sultana | Morpurgo, Michael & Rayner, [NAME] (ill) | 2012 | 9780007489985 | HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, UK | Humorous fiction | 3~4 | No |  | The Sultan is greedy and lazy and has no feelings for his subjects. Out hunting one day, one of his diamond buttons falls off his shirt and a poor woman's rooster finds it and wants to give it to the woman. However, the sultan's servants see and chase him, retrieving the diamond. The rooster embarks on a mission to get the diamond back for the poor woman.
1195 | Mysterious traveller | Peet, Mal & Graham, Elspeth & Lynch P.J. (ill) | 2013 | 9781406337075 | Walker Books | Picture books | 3~4 | No |  | Although now aging, [NAME], is the best African desert guide in the region. During a journey he discovers a camel protecting a baby girl during a sandstorm. [NAME] raises the child, sharing his love and understanding of the desert and together they continue to guide travellers, even as [NAME] goes blind. When they save a group of travellers during a sandstorm, the truth of her past is revealed.
1172 | Owl | Pignataro, [NAME] | 2013 | 9781922081162 | [NAME] | Picture books | 3~4 | No |  | Deep in a snowy forest Owl and Frida live happily together, looking out the window at the moon. Owl starts to wonder what lies beyond their forest, beyond the snow.
1921 | Big red kangaroo | Saxby, Claire & Byrne, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9781921720420 | Walker Books | Picture books | 3~4 | No |  | Far inland, where ocean is a dim memory, the sun floats on the waves of another bake-earth day. In the long shadows, a big red kangaroo licks his forearms and lets the early evening breeze wash over him.
1338 | Countdown - July | School magazine team |  |  | NSW Department of Education and Communities | Short stories | 3~4 | No | School magazine - Countdown and Blast Off - NEW SERIES 2014 | Set sail with Captain [NAME] the spider, [NAME] the [NAME] and [NAME] the odd-job otter on the SS Webweaver as they go with the flow and find the best stories, poems, plays, articles, puzzles and comics.
2019 | Countdown - March | School magazine team |  |  | NSW Department of Education and Communities | Short stories | 3~4 | No | School magazine - Countdown and Blast Off - NEW SERIES 2014 | Set sail with Captain [NAME] the spider, [NAME] the [NAME] and [NAME] the odd-job otter on the SS Webweaver as they go with the flow and find the best stories, poems, plays, articles, puzzles and comics.
2042 | Countdown - April | School magazine team |  |  | NSW Department of Education and Communities | Short stories | 3~4 | No | School magazine - Countdown and Blast Off - NEW SERIES 2014 | Set sail with Captain [NAME] the spider, [NAME] the [NAME] and [NAME] the odd-job otter on the SS Webweaver as they go with the flow and find the best stories, poems, plays, articles, puzzles and comics.
2052 | Countdown - May | School magazine team |  |  | NSW Department of Education and Communities | Short stories | 3~4 | No | School magazine - Countdown and Blast Off - NEW SERIES 2014 | Set sail with Captain [NAME] the spider, [NAME] the [NAME] and [NAME] the odd-job otter on the SS Webweaver as they go with the flow and find the best stories, poems, plays, articles, puzzles and comics.
2053 | Blast off - July | School magazine team |  |  | NSW Department of Education and Communities | Short stories | 3~4 | No | School magazine - Countdown and Blast Off - NEW SERIES 2014 | Come on board the Airship Cumulus with [NAME] the ocelot and [NAME] the meerkat as they travel the world to find the best stories, poems, plays, articles, puzzles and comics. A new magazine every month - so take your pick.
2060 | Countdown - June | School magazine team |  |  | NSW Department of Education and Communities | Short stories | 3~4 | No | School magazine - Countdown and Blast Off - NEW SERIES 2014 | Set sail with Captain [NAME] the spider, [NAME] the [NAME] and [NAME] the odd-job otter on the SS Webweaver as they go with the flow and find the best stories, poems, plays, articles, puzzles and comics.
2076 | Blast off - March | School magazine team |  |  | NSW Department of Education and Communities | Short stories | 3~4 | No | School magazine - Countdown and Blast Off - NEW SERIES 2014 | Come on board the Airship Cumulus with [NAME] the ocelot and [NAME] the meerkat as they travel the world to find the best stories, poems, plays, articles, puzzles and comics. A new magazine every month - so take your pick.
2097 | Blast off - April | School magazine team |  |  | NSW Department of Education and Communities | Short stories | 3~4 | No | School magazine - Countdown and Blast Off - NEW SERIES 2014 | Come on board the Airship Cumulus with [NAME] the ocelot and [NAME] the meerkat as they travel the world to find the best stories, poems, plays, articles, puzzles and comics. A new magazine every month - so take your pick.
2110 | Countdown - August | School magazine team |  |  | NSW Department of Education and Communities | Short stories | 3~4 | No | School magazine - Countdown and Blast Off - NEW SERIES 2014 | Set sail with Captain [NAME] the spider, [NAME] the [NAME] and [NAME] the odd-job otter on the SS Webweaver as they go with the flow and find the best stories, poems, plays, articles, puzzles and comics.
2113 | Countdown - September | School magazine team |  |  | NSW Department of Education and Communities | Short stories | 3~4 | No | School magazine - Countdown and Blast Off - NEW SERIES 2014 | Set sail with Captain [NAME] the spider, [NAME] the [NAME] and [NAME] the odd-job otter on the SS Webweaver as they go with the flow and find the best stories, poems, plays, articles, puzzles and comics.
2120 | Countdown - October | School magazine team |  |  | NSW Department of Education and Communities | Short stories | 3~4 | No | School magazine - Countdown and Blast Off - NEW SERIES 2014 | Set sail with Captain [NAME] the spider, [NAME] the [NAME] and [NAME] the odd-job otter on the SS Webweaver as they go with the flow and find the best stories, poems, plays, articles, puzzles and comics.
2150 | Countdown - November | School magazine team |  |  | NSW Department of Education and Communities | Short stories | 3~4 | No | School magazine - Countdown and Blast Off - NEW SERIES 2014 | Set sail with Captain [NAME] the spider, [NAME] the [NAME] and [NAME] the odd-job otter on the SS Webweaver as they go with the flow and find the best stories, poems, plays, articles, puzzles and comics.
2153 | Blast off - May | School magazine team |  |  | NSW Department of Education and Communities | Short stories | 3~4 | No | School magazine - Countdown and Blast Off - NEW SERIES 2014 | Come on board the Airship Cumulus with [NAME] the ocelot and [NAME] the meerkat as they travel the world to find the best stories, poems, plays, articles, puzzles and comics. A new magazine every month - so take your pick.
2190 | Countdown - February | School magazine team |  |  | NSW Department of Education and Communities | Short stories | 3~4 | No | School magazine - Countdown and Blast Off - NEW SERIES 2014 | Set sail with Captain [NAME] the spider, [NAME] the [NAME] and [NAME] the odd-job otter on the SS Webweaver as they go with the flow and find the best stories, poems, plays, articles, puzzles and comics.
2199 | Blast off - August | School magazine team |  |  | NSW Department of Education and Communities | Short stories | 3~4 | No | School magazine - Countdown and Blast Off - NEW SERIES 2014 | Come on board the Airship Cumulus with [NAME] the ocelot and [NAME] the meerkat as they travel the world to find the best stories, poems, plays, articles, puzzles and comics. A new magazine every month - so take your pick.
2204 | Blast off - September | School magazine team |  |  | NSW Department of Education and Communities | Short stories | 3~4 | No | School magazine - Countdown and Blast Off - NEW SERIES 2014 | Come on board the Airship Cumulus with [NAME] the ocelot and [NAME] the meerkat as they travel the world to find the best stories, poems, plays, articles, puzzles and comics. A new magazine every month - so take your pick.
2209 | Blast off - October | School magazine team |  |  | NSW Department of Education and Communities | Short stories | 3~4 | No | School magazine - Countdown and Blast Off - NEW SERIES 2014 | Come on board the Airship Cumulus with [NAME] the ocelot and [NAME] the meerkat as they travel the world to find the best stories, poems, plays, articles, puzzles and comics. A new magazine every month - so take your pick.
2247 | Blast off - November | School magazine team |  |  | NSW Department of Education and Communities | Short stories | 3~4 | No | School magazine - Countdown and Blast Off - NEW SERIES 2014 | Come on board the Airship Cumulus with [NAME] the ocelot and [NAME] the meerkat as they travel the world to find the best stories, poems, plays, articles, puzzles and comics. A new magazine every month - so take your pick.
2249 | Blast off - February | School magazine team |  |  | NSW Department of Education and Communities | Short stories | 3~4 | No | School magazine - Countdown and Blast Off - NEW SERIES 2014 | Come on board the Airship Cumulus with [NAME] the ocelot and [NAME] the meerkat as they travel the world to find the best stories, poems, plays, articles, puzzles and comics. A new magazine every month - so take your pick.
5523 | Blast off - June | School magazine team |  |  | NSW Department of Education and Communities | Short stories | 3~4 | No | School magazine - Countdown and Blast Off - NEW SERIES 2014 | Come on board the Airship Cumulus with [NAME] the ocelot and [NAME] the meerkat as they travel the world to find the best stories, poems, plays, articles, puzzles and comics. A new magazine every month - so take your pick.
1394 | Dark, The | Snicket, Lemony & Klassen, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9781408330029 | Orchard Books | Picture books | 3~4 | No |  | Lazlo was afraid of the dark, when tucked up in their bedroom at night. But what is this thing called 'the dark'.
1188 | Mabel and me | Sperring, Mark & Warburton, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9780007468362 | HarperCollins Children's Books | Picture books | 3~4 | No |  | Mabel and Me discover what makes them the best of friends after a walk together and encounters with a ballerina and a French photographer.
46933 | Little dolphin | Wilson, [NAME] | 2013 | 9781922081131 | [NAME] | Picture books | 3~4 | No |  | When [NAME] is orphaned soon after birth, she is raised by other dolphins in the pod. As she grows she is taught to use the language of clicks and whistles that all dolphins use. When [NAME] learns that another dolphin is in danger, she has to use all her skills to try to save it.
1590 | [NAME] | [NAME], Randa | 2013 | 9781742990101 | Omnibus Books | Family/Relationships | 5~6 | No |  | Best friends [NAME], [NAME] and Deyana can't believe what they have found in the school library - a mysterious book that writes itself, just for them. [NAME]'s life is difficult enough - her father is in a new relationship and she's trying to get used to having a stepsister. The advice the book is giving her is so confusing. Who is the ghostly writer and what does she want.
808 | Ghost club: a Transylvanian tale | [NAME], [NAME] | 2013 | 9781742758534 | Random House Australia Pty Ltd | Mystery/Suspense | 5~6 | No | Ghost club series | Ghost trackers Angeline and Edgar are off to their first Ghost Club Convention in Transylvania, where a ghost is causing chaos, even with the most famous of ghost catchers around, [NAME].
1136 | eSide | [NAME], Goldie | 2013 | 9781741307740 | Five Senses Publications | Adventure fiction | 5~6 | No |  | [NAME] and her mother live in the rear of the Conch Cafe, close to [NAME]'s best friend [NAME]. The building is owned by greedy witch Hecate who will do everything in her power to own the cafe's Good-Luck-Conch. After Hecate steals the shell and the cafe burns down, the girls have a series of adventures in eSide where they must travel through dangerous digital worlds before they can recover their conch.
53388 | Boy who swam with piranhas, The | Almond, David & Jeffers, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9780763661694 | [NAME] | Humorous fiction | 5~6 | No |  | As [NAME] journeys away from the life he's always known, he mingles with a carnival full of eccentric characters and meets the legendary Pancho Pirelli, the man who swims in a tank full of perilous piranhas. [NAME] be bold enough to dive in the churning waters himself and choose his own destiny.
1836 | Mouse bird snake [NAME] | Almond, David & McKean, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9781406322897 | Walker Books | Picture books | 5~6 | No |  | In a safe and calm world, three children conjure, from twigs and leaves and stones, a mousy thing, a chirpy thing, and a twisty legless thing. But as the children's ideas grow bolder, the power of their visions proves greater and more dangerous than they, or the gods, could ever have imagined.
1063 | Finding Serendipity | Banks, Angelica | 2013 | 9781743310311 | Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd | Family/Relationships | 5~6 | No |  | In search of Serendipity, Tuesday and her faithful dog Baxterr find themselves on a very dangerous mission. They enter the magical world where stories come from, a mysterious and unpredictable world, full of real danger and heart-stopping adventure. Tuesday will need all her wit, courage, perseverance and imagination in order to get to The End and be reunited with the people she loves.
1234 | [NAME] - super male | Bauer, [NAME], [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9781862919938 | Omnibus Books | Humorous fiction, School fiction | 5~6 | No | [NAME] series - NEW SERIES 2014 | It is superhero week at school and [NAME], superfail and writer of superhero comics, is in his element. But there are surprises in-store including a mutant orang-utan and the dreaded Oogily Boogily man.
50717 | [NAME] - off the rails | Bauer, [NAME], [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9781862919945 | Omnibus Books | Humorous fiction, School fiction | 5~6 | No | [NAME] series - NEW SERIES 2014 | [NAME] thinks [NAME] has gone off the rails, but could there be an explanation for his behaviour, like mutant vampire zombie werewolf aliens stealing [NAME]'s brain.
1980 | Burning the bails: the story of the ashes | Bell, Krista & Walters, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9780987313980 | One Day Hill Pty Ltd | Historical fiction | 5~6 | No |  | When [NAME] witnesses his mother burning wooden bales from a friendly cricket match between Australia and England, little does he know just how important that night becomes in sporting history.
1785 | Bakir and Bi | Boyd, Jillian & Mordey, Tori-Jay (ill) | 2013 | 9781921248863 | [NAME] | Picture books | 5~6 | No |  | [NAME] and [NAME] live on a remote island called [NAME] with their two young children. While fishing, [NAME] comes across a very special pelican named [NAME]. A famine occurs, and life on the island is no longer harmonious. One day Bakir and Bi disappear and [NAME] and the children are forced to make the journey to another island by canoe and so begins the adventure.
997 | That boy, [NAME] | [NAME], Janeen | 2013 | 9781922179005 | Walker Books Australia Pty Ltd | Historical fiction | 5~6 | No |  | [NAME] and [NAME] made a pact when they were younger - to work together in the mines, just like their fathers and other immigrants. [NAME] is turning twelve, and the thought of working underground fills him with panic. When [NAME] leaves school to earn a wage, [NAME] wants to keep his word - but that means facing his fear. All the while his heart is telling him to follow another path. That boy, [NAME] must find the courage to choose.
977 | View from the 32nd floor | Cameron, [NAME] | 2013 | 9781922077295 | Walker Books Australia Pty Ltd | Family/Relationships | 5~6 | No |  | [NAME] lives on the thirty second floor of an apartment block with a clear view of the building opposite. He sees his neighbours' daily lives and worries about the loneliness of some of them. With his new friend, cakes and a dictionary of names, [NAME] plans to tempt his neighbours back into the world.
888 | Cloud road, The | Carmody, Isobelle | 2013 | 9780670075188 | Penguin | Fantasy | 5~6 | No |  | Adventure and danger follow Bily, Zluty, Redwing and the Monster as they cross a desert and journey through high stony mountains in search of a new home.
933 | Pirate company: on the trail of the golden toucan | Cason, [NAME] | 2013 | 9781742990026 | Omnibus Books | Adventure fiction | 5~6 | No |  | When [NAME]'s famous father fails to return home from an expedition, his corrupt step-mother has the explorer declared dead. Eager to be rid of her stepson, she ships him off to his stuffy old aunt in Boston. But his journey takes an unexpected turn. Before long he is working on a pirate ship and making plans to mount an expedition to discover his father's whereabouts.
855 | Mortal combat: time's running out | Chatterton, Martin | 2012 | 9781742753164 | Random House Australia Pty Ltd | Humorous fiction | 5~6 | No |  | [NAME], a mere 10 000 year old boy is on a time-travel adventure and causing chaos as he hurtles through history in his Retro, from World War 2 to the time of dinosaurs, Vikings and Spanish galleons, having ignored the warnings of his cloned friend [NAME] about the possibility of causing a catastrophic rift in time.
1982 | Bloodhound boys, The | Cranna, [NAME] | 2013 | 9781922179302 | Walker Books | Picture books | 5~6 | No |  | The undead world has many dangerous creatures, many of which Rocky the werewolf and [NAME] the vampire meet in their search to find who has robbed the city's blood bank.
748 | Singing ape, The | D'Ath, Justin | 2013 | 9780143307273 | Puffin Australia | Adventure fiction | 5~6 | No | Lost world circus series - NEW SERIES 2014 | [NAME], the singing gibbon, has been sneaking out of his cage at night, and [NAME] thinks he knows why. Ever since he joined the Lost World Circus, he's been able to do all kinds of impossible things. He can understand animals, pick up an elephant and catch a helicopter. But is [NAME] strong enough to face what happens when he tries to set Caruso free.
1886 | Boy versus rat dog | D'Ath, Justin | 2013 | 9780143307297 | Penguin Books Australia | Adventure fiction | 5~6 | No | Lost world circus series - NEW SERIES 2014 | [NAME] doesn't know his own strength. When a showdown with a rat dog has tragic consequences, his arch enemy, [NAME], seeks revenge. She steals the thing that matters most to [NAME], right when his superpowers seem to have disappeared. But superpowers or not, Birdy and [NAME] are on the case, and the secrets they uncover could change [NAME]'s life forever.
1957 | Secret superhero, The | D'Ath, Justin | 2013 | 9780143307280 | Penguin Books Australia | Adventure fiction | 5~6 | No | Lost world circus series - NEW SERIES 2014 | [NAME] has been performing superhuman acts all over town. To protect his secret identity, he and Birdy have come up with the ultimate disguise. Superclown - completely fearless and impossibly strong. But when he wrestles with an angry panther at a crowded school disco, it looks like [NAME]'s cover is blown already.
57645 | Last elephant, The | D'Ath, Justin | 2013 | 9780143307266 | Penguin Books Australia | Adventure fiction | 5~6 | No | Lost world circus series - NEW SERIES 2014 | [NAME] is on the run, suddenly famous, and more than a little superhuman. Twelve years from now, rat flu has wiped out almost every animal and bird on the planet. The creatures in the Lost World Circus are the last of their kind. But the Rat Cops are determined to shut down the circus, and [NAME] and his acrobat friend Birdy might be the only ones who can save it, starting the world's last elephant.
1628 | Last flight, The | Deary, [NAME] | 2013 | 9781408191682 | A & C Black | Historical fiction | 5~6 | No | World War I tales series | Alfred is an air observer, flying above the war, taking photos of the enemy lines. But the Germans are also in the sky.
1665 | [NAME] spy, The | Deary, [NAME] | 2013 | 9781408191712 | A & C Black | Historical fiction | 5~6 | No | World War I tales series | Can one heroic [NAME] make it through enemy territory to save two hundred American soldiers trapped behind enemy lines.
1720 | Bomber balloon, The | Deary, [NAME] | 2013 | 9781408191651 | A & C Black | Historical fiction | 5~6 | No | World War I tales series | When a [NAME] aircraft crashes over a British town, the German soldiers meet those they have been bombing, including one very angry girl.
1973 | War game, The | Deary, [NAME] | 2013 | 9781408191743 | A & C Black | Historical fiction | 5~6 | No | World War I tales series | They said the war would be over by Christmas, but it isn't. The German and English trenches face each other, with No Man's land inbetween. But on Christmas Eve the shooting stops and on Christmas day, guns are put down.
46969 | Queen and the nobody boy, The | Else, Barbara & Broad, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9781877579233 | Gecko Press | Fantasy | 5~6 | Yes |  | [NAME] is the odd-job nobody boy at the Grand Palace in the Kingdom of Fontania. Twelve year old [NAME], worried about her lack of magic powers, decides to join [NAME] when he runs away to better himself. An adventure full of friendship, greed and mystery ensues.
1767 | Amazing [NAME], The | Fitzpatrick, Deb | 2013 | 9781922089328 | Fremantle Press | Adventure fiction | 5~6 | No |  | [NAME] is twelve - finally old enough to join [NAME] in his glider. His mates are going to be so jealous. Going up is awesome, but when disaster strikes, Spencer will need to be nothing short of amazing.
52669 | Girl from Snowy River, The | French, Jackie | 2012 | 9780732293109 | Angus & Robertson (HarperCollins) | Historical fiction, Australian fiction | 5~6 | No |  | It is 1919 and World War I casts its shadow across Australia, particularly for orphaned sixteen-year-old [NAME]. The man Flinty loves returned from war so changed and distant. Her brother [NAME] 'gone with cattle', leaving Flinty in charge of their younger brother and sister and with the threat of eviction from the farm she loves. A brumby muster held under the watchful eye of the legendary Clancy of the Overflow offers hope.
25920 | Day to remember, A | French, Jackie & Wilson, [NAME] (ill) | 2012 | 9780732293604 | Angus & Robertson (HarperCollins) | Picture books, Factual | 5~6 | No |  | A moving look at the history of Australia's and New Zealand's involvement in warfare through the lens of a single day - Anzac Day - revisited on notable years between 1915 and 2012.
1470 | Extra time | [NAME], [NAME] | 2013 | 9780143307754 | Puffin Australia | Sports fiction | 5~6 | No |  | [NAME] is a talented young soccer player who is selected to travel to England to join the Premier League, with his ten year old sister as his manager.
35727 | How do you burp in space | Goodman, Susan & Slack, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9781599900681 | Bloomsbury | Factual | 5~6 | No |  | Here is a travel planner for all those who dream of taking a holiday in outer space. Includes what to pack, how to get there and home again, what to wear, how to sleep, brush your teeth and even burp in space.
1166 | [NAME], lost and found | Green, [NAME] | 2013 | 9781921977886 | Walker Books |  | 5~6 | No |  | Melbourne in 1879 and [NAME] has found her father. But she has lost her gift - the ability to find lost things. [NAME], eager for Verity to become a proper lady, sends her to the exclusive boarding school Hilltop House. But Verity is more interested in solving the case of the missing [NAME] heiress. As the investigation deepens, danger and intrigue grow closer.
1247 | [NAME]'s [NAME] | [NAME], [NAME] | 2013 | 9781743311356 | Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd | Historical fiction | 5~6 | No |  | [NAME] is 14 when his father decides they should deliver some comforting goods to the Allied soldiers. They are ill-prepared for the danger, horrors and hardship they will encounter at war.
793 | Jandamarra | Greenwood, Mark & Denton, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9781742375700 | Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd | Picture books, Factual | 5~6 | No |  | Set in the Kimberley region in north-west Australia, this is the story of a young warrior born to lead. To the settlers, he was an outlaw to be hunted. To the Bunuba, he was a courageous defender of his country. This story of conflict and divided loyalties gives a unique insight into an extraordinary man and a tragic but important part of Australia's history.
1884 | 39-storey treehouse, The | Griffiths, Andy & Denton, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9781742612379 | Pan MacMillan | Humorous fiction | 5~6 | No | The treehouse series - NEW SERIES 2014 | An amazing treehouse with new levels including a chocolate waterfall, a baby-dinosaur petting zoo, a not-very-merry merry-go-round, a boxing elephant called the Trunkinator, a disco with light-up dance floor, the world's scariest roller-coaster and a top secret 39th level that hasn't even been finished yet.
46010 | 26-storey treehouse, The | Griffiths, Andy & Denton, [NAME] (ill) | 2012 | 9781742611273 | Pan MacMillan | Humorous fiction | 5~6 | No | The treehouse series - NEW SERIES 2014 | Having added a further 13 storeys to the original book, the treehouse now boasts a dodgem car rink, an anti-gravity chamber, a 78 flavours ice-cream parlour staffed by a robot and best of all a Maze of Doom.
31244 | Promise, The | Guille, Derek & Kaff-eine (ill) | 2012 | 9780987313966 | One Day Hill Pty Ltd | Historical fiction | 5~6 | No |  | Australian soldier [NAME] was wounded in battle by poison gas which damaged his eyes and lungs. These injuries were made worse because [NAME] was an artist and a cornet player. After he died many years later, [NAME]'s grandson wanted to ensure Australians remembered what happened to thousands of young soldiers in World War 1.
1230 | Red samurai | Hall, Tiffany | 2013 | 9780732294540 | HarperCollins Australia | Family/Relationships, Fantasy | 5~6 | No |  | Roxy is the White Warrior. She has a crush she is keeping secret, the school bully to deal with plus there is her older sister. Differences between [NAME] and Elecktra are easily seen and sibling rivalry becomes a catalyst for what is to come, affecting the immediate family but also the ninja and samurai community. There is an enemy lurking and it soon becomes clear that the White Warrior is about to meet her match.
49401 | [NAME]: Chinese whispers | Harris, Christine | 2013 | 9781862919297 | Omnibus Books | Family/Relationships | 5~6 | No | [NAME] series - NEW SERIES 2014 | [NAME]'s dad is still missing and the search is taking her to Malaysia. An attempted theft, intruders and a boat ride into dangerous waters can not stop Raven from learning the truth about what happened to her dad.
30340 | Boy like me, A | Hathorn, Libby & Whatley, [NAME] | 2013 | 9780733331350 | ABC Books | Picture books | 5~6 | No |  | Fragile and sometimes fleeting, peace can be lost and found in all of us, no matter who or where we are.
1231 | [NAME]: through my eyes | [NAME], [NAME] | 2013 | 9781743312469 | Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd | Family/Relationships | 5~6 | No |  | [NAME] is almost 14 and has not known a life of peace. Her parents and older brother are dead and she must leave her beloved school to look after her younger brother and ailing grandfather. When grandfather dies life becomes that much more difficult. Living close to the border means 'freedom fighters' from both sides roam, looking for food, children to recruit and worse. Other dangers await her from within her own community.
23697 | Red poppy, The | Hill, David & Colston, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9781775430704 | Scholastic New Zealand | Picture books | 5~6 | No |  | Young soldier [NAME] waits in the trenches of World War I for the order to attack the enemy. With him are his friends, and Nipper, the messenger dog. When they charge across no-man's land, [NAME] is shot and finds himself face to face with an enemy soldier.
1249 | Song for a scarlet runner | [NAME], [NAME] | 2013 | 9781743313589 | Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd | Fantasy | 5~6 | No |  | When young [NAME] is blamed for bringing misfortune to the local settlement, she flees to the marshes. There she is caught by a marsh auntie whose trade is stories that act as gateways, and Peat finds herself trapped in somebody else's life-and-death bargain.
49510 | My life as an alphabet | [NAME], [NAME] | 2013 | 9781743310977 | Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd | Family/Relationships | 5~6 | No |  | Candice's home is a bit hard, with her baby sister no longer with them and her parents both depressed. Her only friend, [NAME] from Another Dimension, wants to leave and return to the universe he claims he came from. Her penpal is not returning any of her letters and she just doesn't know what to do about her teacher's lazy eye.
1094 | Made on Earth | Korn, [NAME] | 2012 | 9781408173916 | A & C Black | Factual | 5~6 | No |  | Follow the journey of a red jacket around the world, from being made to going in the rubbish, from the cells of a prison, to a boat floating in the ocean, connecting many people.
46389 | Horse for [NAME], A | Lean, Sarah & Blythe, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9780007455058 | HarperCollins Australia | Family/Relationships | 5~6 | No |  | Nell is surprised when her mum wants her to stay with her family in the country. While unpacking her bags she is startled by a large wild horse and a mysterious girl, which leads Nell on a mystery and a chance to discover secrets about herself.
929 | Four seasons of [NAME], The | Murray, Kirsty | 2013 | 9781743317020 | Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd | Family/Relationships | 5~6 | No |  | The painting of Spring was as bright as a sunny day and the tiny yellow flowers which covered the fields were dancing with the breeze. When [NAME] comes closer, she hears a voice calling from the other side and reaches through the painting.
61947 | Topsy-turvy world | Murray, Kirsty | 2013 | 9780642277497 | National Library of Australia | Factual | 5~6 | No |  | To the first Europeans who came to Australia, everything seemed topsy turvy. Christmas was in the summer and trees shed their bark but not their leaves. And the animals were bizarre. There was a bird that laughed like a donkey and a type of greyhound that bound along on its hind legs like a hare.
1057 | Mystery of the golden card, The | Nix, Garth & Williams, Sean | 2013 | 9781742374000 | Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd | Adventure fiction | 5~6 | No | Trouble twisters series - NEW SERIES 2014 | Can twins [NAME] and Jaide find the mysterious Golden Card of Translocation and make it out of the castle alive, fighting animal agents of The Evil.
799 | Rooftoppers | Rundell, [NAME] | 2013 | 9780571280599 | Faber & Faber | Family/Relationships | 5~6 | No |  | Sophie, on a search for her mother, believed to be dead, travels to Paris and discovers a secret world.
1120 | Touchdown - October | School magazine team |  |  | NSW Department of Education and Communities | Short stories | 5~6 | No | School magazine - Orbit and Touchdown - NEW SERIES 2014 | The [NAME] and his roving reporters [NAME], [NAME] and the bumbling Pencils D Barrymore collect the best stories, poems, plays, articles, puzzles and comics from around the world.
2255 | Orbit - February | School magazine team |  |  | NSW Department of Education and Communities | Short stories | 5~6 | No | School magazine - Orbit and Touchdown - NEW SERIES 2014 | Join Mungo - a really cool dude - and his charming chooks in their groovy [NAME] as they gather the best stories, poems, plays, articles, puzzles and comics.
2265 | Orbit - March | School magazine team |  |  | NSW Department of Education and Communities | Short stories | 5~6 | No | School magazine - Orbit and Touchdown - NEW SERIES 2014 | Join Mungo - a really cool dude - and his charming chooks in their groovy [NAME] as they gather the best stories, poems, plays, articles, puzzles and comics.
2273 | Orbit - April | School magazine team |  |  | NSW Department of Education and Communities | Short stories | 5~6 | No | School magazine - Orbit and Touchdown - NEW SERIES 2014 | Join Mungo - a really cool dude - and his charming chooks in their groovy [NAME] as they gather the best stories, poems, plays, articles, puzzles and comics.
2279 | Orbit - May | School magazine team |  |  | NSW Department of Education and Communities | Short stories | 5~6 | No | School magazine - Orbit and Touchdown - NEW SERIES 2014 | Join Mungo - a really cool dude - and his charming chooks in their groovy [NAME] as they gather the best stories, poems, plays, articles, puzzles and comics.
2283 | Orbit - June | School magazine team |  |  | NSW Department of Education and Communities | Short stories | 5~6 | No | School magazine - Orbit and Touchdown - NEW SERIES 2014 | Join Mungo - a really cool dude - and his charming chooks in their groovy [NAME] as they gather the best stories, poems, plays, articles, puzzles and comics.
2284 | Orbit - August | School magazine team |  |  | NSW Department of Education and Communities | Short stories | 5~6 | No | School magazine - Orbit and Touchdown - NEW SERIES 2014 | Join Mungo - a really cool dude - and his charming chooks in their groovy [NAME] as they gather the best stories, poems, plays, articles, puzzles and comics.
2291 | Orbit - September | School magazine team |  |  | NSW Department of Education and Communities | Short stories | 5~6 | No | School magazine - Orbit and Touchdown - NEW SERIES 2014 | Join Mungo - a really cool dude - and his charming chooks in their groovy [NAME] as they gather the best stories, poems, plays, articles, puzzles and comics.
2292 | Orbit - October | School magazine team |  |  | NSW Department of Education and Communities | Short stories | 5~6 | No | School magazine - Orbit and Touchdown - NEW SERIES 2014 | Join Mungo - a really cool dude - and his charming chooks in their groovy [NAME] as they gather the best stories, poems, plays, articles, puzzles and comics.
2296 | Orbit - November | School magazine team |  |  | NSW Department of Education and Communities | Short stories | 5~6 | No | School magazine - Orbit and Touchdown - NEW SERIES 2014 | Join Mungo - a really cool dude - and his charming chooks in their groovy [NAME] as they gather the best stories, poems, plays, articles, puzzles and comics.
2300 | Touchdown - February | School magazine team |  |  | NSW Department of Education and Communities | Short stories | 5~6 | No | School magazine - Orbit and Touchdown - NEW SERIES 2014 | The [NAME] and his roving reporters [NAME], [NAME] and the bumbling Pencils D Barrymore collect the best stories, poems, plays, articles, puzzles and comics from around the world.
2301 | Touchdown - March | School magazine team |  |  | NSW Department of Education and Communities | Short stories | 5~6 | No | School magazine - Orbit and Touchdown - NEW SERIES 2014 | The [NAME] and his roving reporters [NAME], [NAME] and the bumbling Pencils D Barrymore collect the best stories, poems, plays, articles, puzzles and comics from around the world.
2303 | Touchdown - April | School magazine team |  |  | NSW Department of Education and Communities | Short stories | 5~6 | No | School magazine - Orbit and Touchdown - NEW SERIES 2014 | The [NAME] and his roving reporters [NAME], [NAME] and the bumbling Pencils D Barrymore collect the best stories, poems, plays, articles, puzzles and comics from around the world.
2306 | Touchdown - May | School magazine team |  |  | NSW Department of Education and Communities | Short stories | 5~6 | No | School magazine - Orbit and Touchdown - NEW SERIES 2014 | The [NAME] and his roving reporters [NAME], [NAME] and the bumbling Pencils D Barrymore collect the best stories, poems, plays, articles, puzzles and comics from around the world.
2309 | Touchdown - June | School magazine team |  |  | NSW Department of Education and Communities | Short stories | 5~6 | No | School magazine - Orbit and Touchdown - NEW SERIES 2014 | The [NAME] and his roving reporters [NAME], [NAME] and the bumbling Pencils D Barrymore collect the best stories, poems, plays, articles, puzzles and comics from around the world.
2310 | Touchdown - July | School magazine team |  |  | NSW Department of Education and Communities | Short stories | 5~6 | No | School magazine - Orbit and Touchdown - NEW SERIES 2014 | The [NAME] and his roving reporters [NAME], [NAME] and the bumbling Pencils D Barrymore collect the best stories, poems, plays, articles, puzzles and comics from around the world.
2312 | Touchdown - August | School magazine team |  |  | NSW Department of Education and Communities | Short stories | 5~6 | No | School magazine - Orbit and Touchdown - NEW SERIES 2014 | The [NAME] and his roving reporters [NAME], [NAME] and the bumbling Pencils D Barrymore collect the best stories, poems, plays, articles, puzzles and comics from around the world.
2313 | Touchdown - November | School magazine team |  |  | NSW Department of Education and Communities | Short stories | 5~6 | No | School magazine - Orbit and Touchdown - NEW SERIES 2014 | The [NAME] and his roving reporters [NAME], [NAME] and the bumbling Pencils D Barrymore collect the best stories, poems, plays, articles, puzzles and comics from around the world.
2780 | Orbit - July | School magazine team |  |  | NSW Department of Education and Communities | Short stories | 5~6 | No | School magazine - Orbit and Touchdown - NEW SERIES 2014 | Join Mungo - a really cool dude - and his charming chooks in their groovy [NAME] as they gather the best stories, poems, plays, articles, puzzles and comics.
6615 | Touchdown - September | School magazine team |  |  | NSW Department of Education and Communities | Short stories | 5~6 | No | School magazine - Orbit and Touchdown - NEW SERIES 2014 | The [NAME] and his roving reporters [NAME], [NAME] and the bumbling Pencils D Barrymore collect the best stories, poems, plays, articles, puzzles and comics from around the world.
50474 | Liar and spy | Stead, Rebecca | 2012 | 9780385737432 | Text Publishing Co | Family/Relationships | 5~6 | No |  | [NAME]' having trouble with some boys at school, his dad lost his job and so his mum has started working all the time - and they had to sell their house and move into an apartment. But moving into the apartment block does bring one good thing - Safer, an unusual boy who lives on the top floor. He runs a spy club, and is determined to teach [NAME] everything he knows.
1162 | [NAME] | Storer, Jen & Robertson, [NAME] (ill) | 2012 | 9780733331213 | ABC Books | Family/Relationships | 5~6 | No | [NAME] series | [NAME] and her sisters have moved to a country town. [NAME] is worried about fitting in at her new school, so she becomes a super-spy, but sometimes makes the wrong conclusions about what she has heard. The kids on a neighbouring farm show the sisters their hideout, complete with ghost.
66592 | [NAME]: spooked | Storer, Jen & Robertson, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9780733331237 | ABC Books | Family/Relationships | 5~6 | No | [NAME] series | [NAME] and the Chosen Few have another mystery on their hands. The 'stonies' (stone animal statues) around Peppercorn Valley have been mysteriously disappearing. But who would steal them. What could the thief want with a stone emu or flamingo.
67450 | [NAME]: jinxed | Storer, Jen & Robertson, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9780733331220 | ABC Books | Family/Relationships | 5~6 | No | [NAME] series | Dad has put an old tram in the back paddock which has just got to be full of secrets, maybe even haunted. [NAME], the Secret Spy, can't wait to explore it, but she is banned. Will she use her spy skills to enter it at her own risk.
1883 | Rules of summer | [NAME], [NAME] | 2013 | 9781444908893 | [NAME] Books | Picture books | 5~6 | No |  | A summer in the lives of two boys. Each spread tells of an event and the lesson learned. By turns, these events become darker and more sinister as the boys push their games further and further.
1776 | [NAME], The | Wang, Gabrielle | 2013 | 9780143307525 | Penguin | Fantasy | 5~6 | No |  | Oriole's beloved [NAME] is dying and she must leave the forest to save him. But in the City of Soulless there is danger everywhere. Can [NAME] and Boy save Soulless and the [NAME], or will the city's darkness prove too great even for magic.
5855 | Australians all | Wheatley, Nadia & Searle, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9781741146370 | Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd | Factual | 5~6 | No |  | Covers the history of our continent from the Ice Age to the Apology, from the arrival of the First Fleet to the Mabo Judgement. Some of the subjects of the eighty mini-biographies of young Australians have become nationally or even internationally famous. Others were legends in their own families and communities.
1670 | [NAME] and [NAME] | Wheeler, Samantha | 2013 | 9780702249860 | University of Queensland Press | Animal fiction | 5~6 | No |  | When [NAME] and [NAME] save a baby [NAME] from a pack of blood-hungry dogs, [NAME] is so happy - caring for [NAME] babies is her dream. But things change for the worse when [NAME] gets a letter from the bank. Then Uncle [NAME] mentions bulldozers and [NAME] realises it's not just her that's at stake.
1290 | Treasure box, The | Wild, Margaret & Blackwood, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9780670073658 | Penguin Books Australia | Picture books | 5~6 | No |  | [NAME], a young boy, and his father must flee their town when the enemy orders 'everyone out of their houses'. They take with them a treasure box which contains, 'no rubies, no silver, no gold' but instead holds a book 'about our people, about us'.
777 | Romans: gods, emperors and dormice, The | [NAME], [NAME] | 2013 | 9781406339185 | Walker Books | Factual | 5~6 | No |  | Experience life as an ancient [NAME] through the rise and fall of Rome, through the eyes of a gladiator, dormouse and berry-nibbler.
49319 | Vietnam diary | Wilson, [NAME] | 2013 | 9780734412744 | [NAME] Books | Picture books | 5~6 | No |  | [NAME]'s grandfather fought on the Western Front, his father fought at Kokoda and now [NAME] has received his conscription letter, called up to Vietnam. His training and war experience in Vietnam are explored through pictures and letters.
2521 | Outpost | [NAME], [NAME] | 2012 | 9780143305927 | Puffin Australia | Science fiction | 7~9 | Yes |  | Life on the remote moon [NAME] is dangerous. Random eruptions in the ice, extreme cold, loneliness and loss: it's all Dece knows. Until one day he sees a mysterious object caught in the rings of the nearby gas planet, Cotal. With no choice but to investigate, what he will find is so extraordinary that it is almost beyond understanding.
1143 | Curse of kings | Barclay, [NAME] | 2013 | 9780007335770 | HarperCollins Children's Books | Fantasy | 7~9 | No |  | Oland is a lowly servant who lives in fear for life, until one day he finds a letter from a long-dead king, warning him to run for his life and accept a quest to restore a shattered kingdom.
60125 | Elite, The | Cass, Kiera | 2013 | 9780007466702 | HarperCollins US | Love stories | 7~9 | Yes |  | America is the strong competition for [NAME]'s heart, to leave her life and live the world of luxury as a One. But the violence of the rebels and her feelings for an ex-boyfriend means nothing is a certainty.
3621 | Dreams of the chosen, The | Caswell, [NAME] | 2013 | 9780702236051 | University of Queensland Press | Science fiction | 7~9 | Yes | Deucalion trilogy - NEW SERIES 2014 | On an expedition to discover what happened on Earth a thousand years ago, what the new generation will find will threaten their survival and raise questions about what it means to be human and civilised.
8701 | Three summers | Clarke, [NAME] | 2011 | 9781742378275 | Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd | Family/Relationships | 7~9 | Yes |  | Follow the lives of two school friends who choose to follow different paths through life. The story begins in rural Australia in 1959 and moves into the past and the future. [NAME]'s undeclared love for an elusive and mysterious boy shapes her entire lifetime.
4730 | WARP: the reluctant assassin | Colfer, Eoin | 2013 | 9780141341767 | Puffin UK | Adventure fiction | 7~9 | No |  | The FBI and WARP (Witness Anonymous Relocation Programme) hide witnesses in the past to protect the future. Riley is a Victorian orphan, hurtled into the twenty-first century and on the run from his evil master, [NAME], the terrifying assassin-for-hire pursuing Riley through time. As [NAME] hunts them down, Riley and seventeen year-old FBI agent [NAME], face a race to stay alive and stop [NAME] from returning to his own time.
654 | New Guinea moon | Constable, [NAME] | 2013 | 9781743315033 | Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd | Family/Relationships | 7~9 | No |  | For 16 year old Julie these Christmas holidays become life changing. Her parents separated when she was three and she is meeting her father, a pilot in New Guinea, for the first time since then. In addition, spending time away from her mother is something [NAME] is looking forward to - a time to decide her own path.
6482 | Weight of water, The | [NAME], [NAME] | 2012 | 9781408823002 | Bloomsbury | Family/Relationships, Poetry | 7~9 | No |  | When [NAME] starts her new school in her new country, she is lonely and unhappy; everything is strange and her halting English sets her apart from the other students. Her mother is obsessed with finding [NAME]'s father who has deserted them. Eventually, [NAME] discovers something that she excels at and the good life begins again.
1158 | Big dry, The | [NAME], [NAME] | 2013 | 9780732297633 | Angus & Robertson (HarperCollins) | Family/Relationships, Adventure fiction | 7~9 | Yes |  | With each year of drought the heat became worse. The lawns and crops withered and died. Buildings began to crumble and collapse and more people left the city. [NAME] and his little brother [NAME] become worried when their father fails to return from a trip to town for food and fuel. Fear for the safety of their dad quickly becomes a fight for their own survival. Will they have the strength to cope in such hot and brutal conditions.
16890 | Curious dictionary, The | Earls, Nick & Whidborne, [NAME] (ill) | 2012 | 9780702249457 | University of Queensland Press | Fantasy, Historical fiction | 7~9 | No | Word hunters series | When the twins [NAME] and [NAME] stumble upon an old dictionary their world as they know it changes. They are blasted into history to hunt down the words that threaten to vanish from our past and our present. Their lives and the future of the world are at stake.
26684 | Lost hunters, The | Earls, Nick & Whidborne, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9780702249587 | University of Queensland Press | Fantasy, Historical fiction | 7~9 | No | Word hunters series | [NAME] and [NAME] thought they had seen it all - time travel, epic battles, ancient cities on the point of collapse and vomiting rats. But nothing has prepared them for the realisation that their missing grandfather is a word hunter too and has been lost in the past. Only [NAME] and [NAME] can save him. But how do you find someone in 3 000 years of history.
59443 | War of the word hunters | Earls, Nick & Whidborne, [NAME] (ill) | 2013 | 9780702249594 | University of Queensland Press | Fantasy, Historical fiction | 7~9 | No | Word hunters series | The final battle is coming, the grey-robes are armed and dangerous and ready for war. [NAME], [NAME] and their friends are ready too - or as ready as they can be. The journey so far has been harder than they imagined - they have fought ancient warriors, searched long-lost cities for clues, and trained night and day for the moment when they face their arch enemy.
973 | In the wings | [NAME], [NAME] | 2013 | 9781922077325 | Walker Books Australia Pty Ltd | School fiction | 7~9 | No |  | Ella has been a regular member of the backstage crew for plays, she dreams of acting, but suffers from stage fright. She soon learns that some of her friends have much more serious problems to overcome.
50775 | [NAME] | Fennell, Emerald | 2013 | 9781408827789 | Bloomsbury | Fantasy | 7~9 | No |  | [NAME] has been unexpectedly offered a scholarship to attend Shiverton Hall, a school steeped in tales of curses and evil. He has his reasons for wanting a fresh start, but upon arriving at the school, with its hidden labyrinth and scares hiding in the shadows, he would rather return home.
1671 | Refuge | French, Jackie | 2013 | 9780732296179 | Angus & Robertson (HarperCollins) | Family/Relationships, Historical fiction | 7~9 | No |  | When a boat carrying a group of asylum seekers is sunk by a freak wave, [NAME] wakes from the shipwreck in an Australia he's always dreamed of. There are kangaroos grazing under orange trees and the sky is always blue. On a nearby beach, [NAME] meets a group of young people who have come from far different times and places.
881 | Fearless | Funke, Cornelia | 2012 | 9781906427269 | The Five Mile Press Pty Ltd | Fantasy | 7~9 | No |  | The second gothic novel in the Mirrorworld series sees [NAME] facing death from the fairy's curse on the other side of the mirror.
1728 | Sultan's eyes, The | [NAME], [NAME] | 2013 | 9780732294809 | HarperCollins Australia | Historical fiction | 7~9 | No |  | The year is 1648 and life in Venice is serene for [NAME] and her friends [NAME], [NAME] and [NAME]. Together they publish fine books like the controversial encyclopaedia, The Sum of All Knowledge. When a new Inquisitor declares war on free speech, they are forced to flee across the seas to the wondrous capital of the Ottoman Empire, Constantinople.
744 | Bring back Cerberus | Gwynne, [NAME] | 2013 | 9781742378596 | Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd | Adventure fiction | 7~9 | No | The debt series - NEW SERIES 2014 | The demand: bring back [NAME], the new technology that's only whispered about in the furthest reaches of cyberspace. Drawn into the shady world of black-hat hacking and industrial espionage, Dom will need every skill he's learnt to complete this instalment. How can Dom steal something that doesn't exist. Failure is not an option.
755 | Turn off the lights | Gwynne, [NAME] | 2013 | 9781742378435 | Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd | Adventure fiction | 7~9 | No | The debt series - NEW SERIES 2014 | Dom has had it with the debt, but his second instalment is even more challenging than the first: Dom must turn off all of the Gold Coast's lights during Earth Hour. It's a race against time and he is racing for his life.
803 | Catch the Zolt | Gwynne, [NAME] | 2013 | 9781742378442 | Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd | Adventure fiction | 7~9 | No | The debt series - NEW SERIES 2014 | Dom's family owe an ancient debt to a secretive organisation known simply as The Debt. Now that Dom is 15, it is his turn to make the six Instalments required from each Silvagni male or sacrifice a pound of flesh in payment. Dom's first challenge is to catch the [NAME], a 17-year-old Facebook bandit who has a penchant for stealing light aircraft from wealthy Gold Coast residents.
887 | Fetch the treasure hunter | Gwynne, [NAME] | 2013 | 9781742378602 | Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd | Adventure fiction | 7~9 | No | The debt series - NEW SERIES 2014 | Dom is in Italy, and uses manipulation and deception to search for the world's greatest treasure hunter. While he is there he does some digging of his own, into The Debt, but only gets more questions.
1155 | Yamashita's gold | Gwynne, [NAME] | 2013 | 9781742378619 | Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd | Adventure fiction | 7~9 | No | The debt series - NEW SERIES 2014 | There is only one person looking out for Dom, himself. He is waiting for his next instalment, sure that it's the seach for [NAME]'s gold, a looted treasure from the second World War, but The Debt is silent, not a word has come from them.
1990 | Take a life | Gwynne, [NAME] | 2013 | 9781742378626 | Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd | Adventure fiction | 7~9 | No | The debt series - NEW SERIES 2014 | Dom's almost there, the end is in sight and the Debt wants proof that Dom has what it takes to become one of them. Dom is desperate to be rid of his debt, but can he kill another person to prove himself. He is alone, so terribly alone.
17345 | Killer ute | [NAME], [NAME] | 2013 | 9780702249600 | University of Queensland Press | Family/Relationships | 7~9 | No | [NAME] series - NEW SERIES 2014 | When [NAME], Joel's foster dad, takes him away for an unexpected holiday, little does he know what adventures are in store. Not only does a ute run them off the road, but [NAME]'s [NAME] is determined to track them down.
47769 | Keeper, The | [NAME], [NAME] | 2013 | 9780702249730 | University of Queensland Press | Family/Relationships | 7~9 | No | [NAME] series - NEW SERIES 2014 | Joel lives with his [NAME], struggles at school and has few friends. He loves fishing and hits on the idea of advertising in the newspaper for a father so he can go fishing with him and fix everything.
1144 | Phantom of Terawhiti | [NAME], Des | 2013 | 9781869509545 | HarperCollins NZ | Animal fiction, Adventure fiction | 7~9 | No |  | Staying with his father on New Zealand's wild remote coast, [NAME] finds some animal pawprints on the beach. What is the exotic animal that is being hunted and what does the Russian billionaire have to do with this mystery.
1985 | Very peculiar plague, A | Jinks, [NAME] | 2013 | 9781743313053 | Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd | Mystery/Suspense | 7~9 | No | City of orphans trilogy - NEW SERIES 2014 | Alfred is keen to give up bogling, since he almost lost his last apprentice, [NAME]. When children start disappearing, [NAME] and [NAME] join forces, waging an underground war. They even seek help from [NAME], dragging her away from the safe home with Miss [NAME]. Together they learn that there's only one thing more terrifying than facing a whole plague of bogles - and that's facing some of the sinister people from [NAME]'s past.
2015 | Very singular guild, A | Jinks, [NAME] | 2014 | 9781743313091 | Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd | Mystery/Suspense | 7~9 | No | City of orphans trilogy - NEW SERIES 2014 | The plague of child-eating bogles in London means that [NAME]'s now working as an apprentice to [NAME], the bogler. Alongside [NAME] and [NAME], [NAME] must lure bogles out of their lairs so that [NAME] can kill them. This means spending a lot of time in murky underground waterways - especially when [NAME] is hired to stamp out a deadly infestation. But times are changing, as magic and folklore give way to the machine age.
48575 | Very unusual pursuit, A | Jinks, [NAME] | 2013 | 9781743313060 | Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd | Mystery/Suspense | 7~9 | No | City of orphans trilogy - NEW SERIES 2014 | Monsters have been infesting London's dark places for centuries, eating every child who gets too close. That's why ten-year-old [NAME] works for [NAME], the bogler. With her beautiful voice and dainty looks, [NAME] is the bait that draws bogles from their lairs so that [NAME] can kill them.
27687 | Cry blue murder | [NAME], [NAME], [NAME] | 2013 | 9780702239267 | University of Queensland Press | Mystery/Suspense | 7~9 | No |  | Celia and Alice share their secrets, hopes and increasing horror via email about the killer on the loose, abducting schoolgirls just like Celia. As the police scramble to investigate, who can the teenage girls trust.
1976 | You don't even know | [NAME], [NAME] | 2013 | 9781922179715 | Black Dog Books | Family/Relationships | 7~9 | Yes |  | [NAME] is a good guy. He plays water polo, has a part-time job and does okay at school. [NAME]'s life is made hell by his constantly baiting brother and awful father, with nobody to back him up, not even his own mother. Then the thing that anchors [NAME] is ripped away and his life seems pointless.
46582 | Conspiracy 365 black ops: missing | Lord, [NAME] | 2013 | 9781742835181 | Scholastic Australia | Adventure fiction | 7~9 | No | Conspiracy 365 | Cal agrees to work as an undercover agent to find his twin and on an island for troubled twins he faces his most heart-stopping challenges yet.
49953 | Conspiracy 365 black ops: hunted | Lord, [NAME] | 2013 | 9781742835198 | Scholastic Australia | Adventure fiction | 7~9 | No | Conspiracy 365 | Cal is undercover and evading search parties, planning rescue missions and sneaking through a maze of hidden tunnels is an average day for [NAME] as he evades capture.
1139 | Lucien | Moloney, [NAME] | 2013 | 9780732292058 | Angus & Robertson (HarperCollins) | Fantasy | 7~9 | No | Silvermay trilogy - NEW SERIES 2014 | [NAME], the little boy Silvermay raised as her own, must be freed of his magic. It's not just for his sake, as Lucien might destroy the whole kingdom.
15391 | Private Peaceful | Morpurgo, [NAME] | 2012 | 9780007486441 | HarperCollins Children's Books | Family/Relationships | 7~9 | Yes |  | On the battlefields of World War 1, young Private [NAME] looks back over his childhood. His memories of his loving family come vividly alive. But, every moment takes [NAME] closer to something he cannot bear to think about.
1940 | River charm, The | Murrell, Belinda | 2013 | 9781742757124 | Random House Australia Pty Ltd | Historical fiction | 7~9 | Yes |  | Millie lives in the [NAME] with her mother and sister when, with the help of an old charm, she gains access to the past. There we meet [NAME], whose family is in danger of losing their beloved home, as well as their lives, due to marauding convicts, bushrangers and an abusive stepfather. The law is against Charlotte and her mother, but they're determined to survive.
51083 | Ring through time, A | [NAME], Felicity | 2013 | 9780732294885 | Angus & Robertson (HarperCollins) | Historical fiction | 7~9 | No |  | Alice's family is proud of their historical links to Norfolk Island and are amazed to find out when they move there that their ancestor is considered to have been a tyrant. Trying to prove them wrong, Alice unearths a previously unknown diary which provides an insight into the way of life in the penal colony during the 1840s including the conflicting attitudes towards the treatment of convicts.
52241 | My Australian story: [NAME] | [NAME], [NAME] | 2013 | 9781742836935 | Scholastic Australia | Historical fiction | 7~9 | No |  | Victor March is 14 years old and looking for adventure. He lies about his age and enlists in the 10th Battalion to fight in the Great War. He is among the first soldiers to land at Anzac Cove in 1915 and his world will forever change.
1196 | Portraits of Celina | Whiting, [NAME] | 2013 | 9781922077479 | Walker Books Australia Pty Ltd | Family/Relationships, Mystery/Suspense | 7~9 | Yes |  | Following the death of her father, Bayley's family is not coping, with her sister's rebellious behaviour and her brother feeling guilt about his role in the accident. Bayley is trying to keep things together for everyone. [NAME] decides a move to an old family home in the country is best, where there is the 40 year old unsolved disappearance of Bayley's cousin, who is using Bayley to seek revenge.
43366 | Vanishing moment, The | Wild, [NAME] | 2013 | 9781743315903 | Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd | Family/Relationships | 7~9 | Yes |  | [NAME] is haunted by a childhood tragedy. Marika is caught in a nightmare from which there is no escape. They are both looking for answers and when they come across a magician, they are tempted by a possibility of a way out.
1183 | Joyous and Moonbeam | Yaxley, [NAME] | 2013 | 9781862919877 | Omnibus Books | Family/Relationships | 7~9 | No |  | [NAME] is fifteen and her life makes her angry. Through a school project she meets [NAME], whose positive take on life helps to teach her to 'work things round a little'.