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  • Averil: The Beast of Dreyon
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    Averil: The Beast of Dreyon

    The fast-moving second instalment of the stunning Averil trilogy. Averil, returning from a trading expedition, is horrified to find that the Wise Woman Warrior Metria and Averil's sister, Ludella, have been kidnapped. Averil and a small band of warriors...
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  • Averil: The Master of Callus
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    Averil: The Master of Callus

    Averil discovers a world of wonder, sorcery and evil and is drawn into a battle between malevolent powers that threaten to change the world forever.
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  • Alana Oakley: Bloodlust and Blunders
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    Alana Oakley: Bloodlust and Blunders

    Alana Oakley suspects her new neighbours are vampires. All the signs are there: they are deathly pale, too good at everything, and laugh derisively at vampire-lore with a knowing mwah-ha-ha. Khalilah, Maddie and Sofia hope Alana is right - everything...
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  • Alana Oakley: Torment & Trickery
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    Alana Oakley: Torment & Trickery

    Alana Oakley returns with her high-school mates - Khalilah, Maddie and Sofia to face new challenges as a Year 8 student at Gibson High and, as usual, Mum isn't making it easy. You'd think, after winning a song-writing contest and meeting the world's...
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  • Alana Oakley: Mystery and Mayhem
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    Alana Oakley: Mystery and Mayhem

    Alana Oakley is 12 going on 24. She has to be when her impulsive, accident-prone mother, Emma, attracts so much chaos. Alana's dad's passing three years ago has forced Alana to become the grown-up of the family, spinning the mother-daughter relationship...
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  • Paint with Magic
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    Paint with Magic

    Paint with Magic is a comical rhyming tale of an outrageous octopus, an aspiring artist and a multitude of beautiful sea creatures that come to life. When a child paints an octopus with magic paints, the octopus comes to life, keen to offer plenty of...
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  • Super Sloth Episode 2: Revenge of the Chick-Oats
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    Super Sloth Episode 2: Revenge of the Chick-Oats

    Get ready for a feathered adventure with Romeo Fortez … the cutest sloth EVER … and the world’s most daring superhero!Romeo’s nemesis, the unhinged Professor Ian Weird-Warp, is at it again. Bent on revenge, he concocts a quirky catastrophe. Mixing...
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    Emergency!
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    Emergency!

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

    Shortlisted for the 2019 Australian Speech Pathology Book of the Year AwardsWhen Tommy goes on a trip to an Outback farm with his friend Martin, he thinks that his biggest problem will be Francis, his former friend who has gate-crashed the holiday. He...
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    Tommy Bell Bushranger Boy: Mrs Thunderbolt
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    Tommy Bell Bushranger Boy: Mrs Thunderbolt

    Tommy Bell, Bushranger Boy is a series featuring Tommy’s time travelling escapades that take him face-to-face with some of Australia’s most notorious bushrangers. In Book 5, Tommy Bell has his hands full with Ben Hall’s devious bunch of bushrangers. Join...
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    Tommy Bell Bushranger Boy: The Horse Thief
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    Tommy Bell Bushranger Boy: The Horse Thief

    Included on the South Australian Premier’s Reading Challenge list.An exciting new Australian adventure series full of danger, daring and wild colonial boys!Tommy Bell, Bushranger Boy is a wonderful new series featuring Tommy’s time travelling escapades...
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    Tommy Bell Bushranger Boy: The Masked Man
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    Tommy Bell Bushranger Boy: The Masked Man

    When Tommy Bell’s father’s car breaks down on a road trip, Tommy and Martin are stranded overnight in a motel room in a strange country town. Things get even weirder when Tommy finds himself roaming the deserted streets on a moonlit night, way back in...
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    Toodle the Cavoodle: Crunchy Munchy
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    Toodle the Cavoodle: Crunchy Munchy

    Toodle knows all the places to snaffle crunchy munchy treats in Lillipilly Lane. But there’s no cat food in Princess Purrfect’s bowl and Toodle senses something is wrong. What has happened to the clippy cloppy lady? Can Toodle be a hero and rescue...
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  • Super Sloth Episode 1: The Shar-Wolf of New York City
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    Super Sloth Episode 1: The Shar-Wolf of New York City

    In this origin story, pygmy sloth, Romeo Fortez, is born on remote Escudo Island. At his naming ceremony, a once-in-a-millennium event imbibes him with powers of speed, intelligence, and irresistibly hypnotic good looks. When Romeo moves to New York he...
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    Space Kids: Blast Off!
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    Space Kids: Blast Off!

     Get ready to blast off on a fun-filled, fast-paced adventure that’s out of this world! It’s the inaugural Milky Way Space Race and teams from around the world converge on race host, Misty Space Station, to compete.  When billionaire...
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  • Carly Mills: Emergency
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    Carly Mills: Emergency

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

    There’s a new sleuth in town — he’s fun, funny, and very 2424!  It’s 2424. Super Sleuth Max Booth is uncovering the secrets of 20th century gadgets with his faithful but slightly neurotic robodog, Oscar. There are sinister characters and challenges...
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  • Max Booth Future Sleuth: Chip Blip
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    Max Booth Future Sleuth: Chip Blip

    There’s a new sleuth in town — he’s fun, funny, and very 2424!  It’s 2424. Super Sleuth Max Booth is uncovering the secrets of 20th century gadgets with his faithful but slightly neurotic robodog, Oscar. There are sinister characters and challenges...
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    Leo and Ralph
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    Leo and Ralph

    From award-winning storyteller Peter Carnavas comes this stellar novel about space, soccer and the best friend you could ever imagine.New from the bestselling author of My Brother Ben, Peter Carnavas, is this stellar novel about space, starting over and...
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    Tardigrades
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    Tardigrades

    Tardigrades are one of the toughest creatures in nature! These tiny little animals, nicknamed 'moss piglets' or 'water bears', have incredible survival superpowers. They've been found in astonishing places, from the top of a mountain to the bottom of an...
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    Fabulous Frogs
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    Fabulous Frogs

    Australian frogs are fabulous frogs! Did you know that there are frogs who change colour? Or that there are frogs who would rather walk than jump, or can use their eyes to swallow food? And that some tadpoles can control when they turn into a...
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    Purinina
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    Purinina

    Can Purinina survive without her mother?Will she survive the challenges of the Tasmanian wilderness?Follow the lives of the purinina (Tasmanian devils) and discover the issues facing this iconic species. With captivating illustrations and lyrical text,...
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    Our World Full of Wonder
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    Our World Full of Wonder

    Shall we go explore?Our world is full of amazing natural wonders. From sparkling seas and towering trees, to valleys, lakes and waterfalls, there are extraordinary places that seem too magical to be true but can be found right here on planet Earth.There...
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    Dung Beetle on a Roll
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    Dung Beetle on a Roll

    Age range 5 to 9Bigger is not always better. Sometimes the smallest of creatures can have the biggest impact...even with dung!Explore the fascinating and incredibly important role that tiny dung beetles play in our environment. From pushing dung balls...
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    The Opal Dinosaur
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    The Opal Dinosaur

    Age range 5 to 9Millions of years ago, a small dinosaur falls and sinks into the earth. Their bones lie undiscovered, but these are not ordinary bones - they have transformed into something wonderful.The Opal Dinosaur explores the amazing discovery by...
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    Oceans at Night
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    Oceans at Night

    Age range 5 to 9As night-time nears, a world of creatures come alive in our oceans.Settle in and explore the wonderful world under the waves, and see what animals do from sunset to sunrise. From penguins to sharks, giant squid and plankton, discover the...
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    Plantabulous!
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    Plantabulous!

    Age range 6 to 12Did you know that Australia is home to the most 'venomous' plant in the world? That there are plants in Australia that strangle other plants to death, and some with seeds pods that explode, shooting seeds far and wide? Or that some...
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    Secrets of the Saltmarsh
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    Secrets of the Saltmarsh

    Age range 5 to 9You will find me where land meets sea...Saltmarshes are full of energy and life. They protect our coastlines, and provide food and shelter for migratory birds and microscopic plants and animals. Most of all, saltmarshes are places of...
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    Shine, Star, Shine!
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    Shine, Star, Shine!

    Travel with Star (the Sun) as her light zips across 150 million kilometres of space from her home to Earth, where she ripens crops, keeps us warm, creates weather and reveals a waking world full of life.With rich language and enchanting art, Shine, Star,...
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    The Forgotten Song
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    The Forgotten Song

    The song of the regent honeyeater has been heard in the bush for many generations - but could it soon be lost forever?Regent's father had learnt the song from his father, who learnt it from his father too. But with Regent's species now facing extinction,...
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    Swim, Shark, Swim!
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    Swim, Shark, Swim!

    Age range 6 to 9Swim around the world with Shark as he explores ocean forests and coastal reefs, meeting hammerheads and great whites, stingrays and dolphins in a search for the place he calls home.With rich language and enchanting art, Swim, Shark,...
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    Swoop
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    Swoop

    Age range 5 to 9 Magpie has one job, one desire, one purpose: KEEP THE EGGS SAFE. Always on alert for danger, will Magpie's determination be enough when rock-carrying intruders arrive? Why do magpies swoop and why do we have such a fascination with them?...
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    One Potoroo
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    One Potoroo

    *CBCA 2022 Notable Book: Eve Pownall Award*Age range 6 to 9A conservation tale of the Gilbert's Potoroo Australia's rarest mammal.When a bushfire destroys Potoroo's home, he becomes one of the last surviving Gilbert's Potoroos at Two Peoples Bay in...
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    A Shorebird Flying Adventure
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    A Shorebird Flying Adventure

    **Shortlisted for the 2023 Environment Award for Children's Literature**Age range 6 to 9Join Milly on her microlight adventure and discover how amazing and awesome migratory shorebirds are!In A Shorebird Flying Adventure you'll take a trip to...
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    Nema and the Xenos
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    Nema and the Xenos

    Age range 9 to 12When a tree cries out in pain, some unexpected heroes come to the rescue.Nema and her gang of young nematodes (tiny worms) embark on a dangerous journey underground. The Xenos, a group of wise but deadly bacteria, hitch a ride. The story...
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    Zobi and the Zoox
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    Zobi and the Zoox

    Age range 8 to 12With her home under threat from a warming ocean, Zobi, a brave rhizobia bacterium, teams up with a family of slow but steady zoox (zooxanthellae). As the coral bleaches, everyone begins to starve...Can Zobi and the zoox work together to...
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    The Great Lizard Trek
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    The Great Lizard Trek

    WINNER of the 2019 Whitley Awards Certificate of Commendation: Children's BookSHORTLISTED in the 2019 Wilderness Society's Environment Award for Children's LiteratureAge range 5+ Rocky, an ornate dragon, lives on the granite rocks in...
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  • Finn and the Pen
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    Finn and the Pen

    When Finn buys a magic pen at a market stall, it seems like all his problems are solved… but the good times don’t last in this action-packed adventure featuring life on the run, basketball battles, family secrets and more moral conundrums than you could...
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    Image coming soon My Mother’s Invisible Shield
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    My Mother’s Invisible Shield

    A fun, family friendly and interactive picture book to celebrate mums and their love for their children, written from the perspective of a child.  My mother has an invisible shield. I’ve tested it. It’s true.  No matter what her mischievous...
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    Mavis The Little Plane Spotter
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    Mavis The Little Plane Spotter

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

    Skippy Blackfeet feels safe behind the cemetery walls, hidden from the dangers of the outside world. Out there, dogs bark, and cars blare and blast. Out there, people chase him away with the spray of a hose, or the shake of a rolled-up newspaper. Under...
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  • Always, Your Sister
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    Always, Your Sister

    Four years ago, Millie lost her baby brother Noah before he could be born. She writes a journal to him, exploring her memories and emotions, and thinks about him every day. When she learns her mother is pregnant again, she writes to him about her...
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    Gustav Glows with Gold Gustav Glows with Gold
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    Gustav Glows with Gold

    Gustav Glows with Gold is a creative non-fiction book for children aged 4 – 8 years. Gustav Klimt, a famous Austrian artist, is fascinated by the power of glittering gold leaf to enhance the colours, patterns, and form of his artwork. Inspired by the...
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  • Pepper Masalah and the Kashmiri Princess
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    Pepper Masalah and the Kashmiri Princess

    Pepper Masalah and the Flying Carpet by Rosanne Hawke is a series of five story books featuring an adventurous black cat called Pepper Masalah, and her nine-year-old friend, Zamir. Pepper Masalah lives with Zamir and his family on an olive farm in...
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  • Stepping Sideways Stepping Sideways
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    Stepping Sideways

    A circus is not all it seems. A monster… and opportunity… waits in ocean mists. A friendship is out of time. A group of kids escape scavenger dogs in a brutal world. A water sprite is far from home. And a machine generates romance. These stories and...
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    Apples Not Orples
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    Apples Not Orples

    Two apples plus three oranges. Does that make five orples? NO! It's still two apples and three oranges. Join the adventurous cat and her friends for an interactive counting and adding challenge. But don’t get too mixed up! In this quirky maths...
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  • Amanda Commander - The Green-Eyed Monster
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    Amanda Commander - The Green-Eyed Monster

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