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Fang Fang was born in China, but now she is Australian. When she invites her friend Lisa over to celebrate Chinese New Year, she is sure that Lisa will be bored. But Lisa is full of surprises.

"Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Fin...

Fourteen-year-old Harry Potter joins the Weasleys at the Quidditch World Cup, then enters his fourth year at Hogwarts Academy where he is mysteriously entered in an unusual contest that challenges his wizarding skills, friendships and character, amid signs that an old enemy is growing stronger.

Winner of the 1999 David Unaipon Award for unpublished Australian writers, this is a collection of contemporary poetry by a young, urban Murri. Signature aspects of this collection are images from an Aboriginal perspective into family, home and cultural identity.

Rowena Batts has enough problems in her life without adopting a crazy cockatoo. She's just splattered two hundred grown-ups with jelly and custard, and her dad's getting married to her teacher. But Sticky the cockatoo turns out to be just the friend she needs...

Mr Archimedes tries to work out why his bath keeps overflowing when he and the animals get in.

Picture book. BOARD BOOK. With ten in the bed, it's a bit of a squeeze! Roll over, roll over! But the little one gets cold all alone, and soon all ten are snuggled up and fast asleep. Children will love reading this famous rhyme and shouting out the crash, thud and bump noises!

In this retelling of the Trojan War, Olivia Coolidge crafts heroes and gods into real, multidimensional characters, not just the figures of legend.Vibrant storytelling and finely wrought action have made her version of the classic tale of the Fall of Troy accessible to generations of young readers..

Aboriginal Art Collections is a survey of the Indigenous collections of fourteen public museums and galleries in Australia.

"This is the story of an unprejudiced heart and how it changed our valley forever". So begins Babe, a movie with a barnyard full of unforgettable characters. Babe, an orphaned piglet is entered in the National Sheepdog Championships by Farmer Hoggett.

The Livewire series of books incorporates topics of great interest to early teenagers within an easily accessible format to motivate struggling readers. Students will gradually attain higher reading abilities, tackling increasingly complex texts while enjoying subject matter and photographs. This...

Furry, feisty, funny, and fat, he's Garfield - America's No. 1 cat. Now in full colour, bigger & bolder - new larger size.

Two volumes in one, this book contains "Man Shy" which tells the story of a young red heifer who flees the grazing herd for a life of adventure on the open ranges; and "Dusty", the story of a dingo/kelpie cross who is employed to muster sheep but is forever at war with his wild instincts.

Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy.

Noongar woman, Dot Collard is as natural a storyteller as she is an international actress. In this candid memoir she weaves together memories and stories centred around her family in Western Ayustrakua's south-west.

Hi-5, Australia's number one children's group, return with their fifth album Celebrate. Full of uplifting and educational fun, Hi-5 Celebrate will have you singing along after only a couple of listens with their unique take on pop. From the opening title track you will be on a musical journey lik...

And now another completely new album featuring all new songs from series 5! The TV series is one of the highest rating children's programs in Australia.

"The Little Engine that Could" advises how to find one's own track, handle life's ups and downs, and even face the dark tunnels that can make one frightened or sad. All ages.

Macquarie Revision Guides are a series of authoritative, up to date summaries of the most commonly studied courses offered for the NSW Higher School Certificate. Written by some of the most effective communicators in their subject area, each guide presents a concise, systematic review of coursewo...

Cambridge HSC Maths Study Guides are a thorough topic by topic review of concepts and techniques from both the preliminary and HSC mathematics and mathematics extension courses.

Who is Geronimo Stilton? That's me! I run a newspaper, but my true passion is writing tales of adventure. Here on Mouse Island, my books are all bestsellers! What's that? You've never read one? Well, my books are full of fun. They are whisker-licking good stories, and that's a promise! I'm off to...

Listen if you dare! Snicket's saga about the charming, intelligent, and grossly unlucky Baudelaire orphans continues to alarm its distressed and suspicious fans the world over. The eleventh book in this outrageous publishing effort features more than the usual dose of distressing details. This is...

Eleven-year-old Satsuki and her little sister Mei move into a historic country house with their dad and experience the magic of the Soot Sprites, and the world of Totoro, a magical forest creature.

Aust'n. Penny Pollard hates: pink dresses, Simone, twitty lavender bags, Annette Smurton (who has her own horse) and Jason Taylor. But she likes: horses, Mrs B (who is her 81-year-old best friend), collecting things (including horse shoes and swap cards), visiting cemeteries, and writing!

Autumn, 1913: on the eve of the Great War, a small party of lords and ladies gather at the Hertfordshire estate of Sir Randolph Nettleby. A code of propriety governs all: dress, breakfast, relations with the estate's peasants, courtship, shooting, adultery. Lionel Stephens, who is courting Sir Ra...

MFLP has selected 100 of the most beloved classic childhood songs from their platinum-selling Favorites series to delight and entertain the little ones. This 4-CD set is filled with songs, jokes and funny lines. Tracks include 1, 2 Buckle My Shoe, B-I-N-G-O, Farmer in the Dell, Itsy Bitsy Spider,...

An ABC Kids compilation album full of favourite summertime songs for children aged 6-12 yrs. ABC Kids Summertime Songs is the perfect musical accompaniment for the summer holidays and is a must play at pool parties and beach barbies.

BOARD BOOK. Bright photographs and simple text show happy toddlers learning to use the potty - just like big kids!