Children's Family and home stories Books

Featuring children’s own words along with heart-warming pictures, this book is a perfect celebration of all that is special about trains! “I love trains because…”This touching book combines endearing things children say about trains with cute...

The first novel in a spellbinding new fantasy adventure series from the author of The Huntress trilogy. Perfect for readers 8-12 and fans of Philip Pullman, Abi Elphinstone and Katherine Rundell. Everything changed the day the dreams disappeared… and...

From Angela Pham Krans (Finding Papa) and Dung Ho (New York Times bestselling illustrator of Eyes That Kiss in the Corners) comes a poignant picture book that tenderly portrays the intergenerational bond between a boy named Felix and his grandma that’s...

Lani Scrub has a plan: study hard and become a world-renowned scientist like her hero, Kit Galway, who wrote The Meaning of the Universe.The plan is ruined when Lani's mum decides to 'find herself' by joining a nature-loving community called Passing...

The brand new must-read middle-grade novel from the author of super-spookyCrater Lake. Perfect for 9+ fans of R.L.Stine’s Goosebumps and Stranger Things! It’s summer term and time for a school trip with a difference! Year 8 are on a boat off the coast...

“David Levithan is an icon of queer young adult fiction. Romance, realism, and relationship drama – Levithan's stories are where my love for queer YA was born.” – Alice OsemanFrom the New York Times bestselling author of EVERY DAY, this is a queer love...

A brand-new Christmas classic adventure about the science behind the magic of Christmas, set in North London and the North Pole – from the bestselling author of Artemis Fowl A New York Times BestsellerIT ALL STARTED IN CHRISTMAS PAST …It’s been ten...

A brilliant and heart-warming story about the power of imagination and the special bond between grandparent and grandchild. Come on an adventure to the beach, all without leaving your sitting room…From kite-flying and sandcastle building to splashing in...

Laugh-out-loud funny and a wonderful story about finding your voice. I loved it! – David Walliams ‘Anarchically silly fun!' – GuardianSidesplitting middle grade comedy, with serious heart (and one very funny llama). Illustrated by Allen Fatimaharan, the...

Celebrate an Aussie Christmas with the cool musician mums everyone loves to sing along with ... Every year in December Christmas lights go up 'round here. I wait up late till it's darker to see them in the moonlight. From Byll and Beth Stephen, the...

A brilliant value pre-Christmas gift with 24 books that will keep young readers enchanted. Countdown to Christmas with 24 illustrated storybooks!This luxury advent calendar contains a beautifully illustrated storybook behind each window to fire up...

A heartfelt picture book celebrating the special bond between daddies and the children they love, perfect for fathers everywhere! What do daddies love?Some daddies love going outdoors and exploring the world. Some daddies love teaching their kids how to...

The classic 'Five Little Ducks' meets We're Going on a Bear Hunt and I Went Walking in an irresistibly fresh, cute and clever picture book that pre-schoolers will love. One little duck went out one day,over the hills and far away.Mother Duck said .....

In this poignant middle grade contemporary debut that New York Times bestselling author Katherine Applegate calls “by turns heartbreaking and heart-healing,” Evan Griffith beautifully captures all the tenderness and uncertainty that come with caring...

A soothing bedtime story from mum to baby As the sun shines throughout the day, it warms your cheeks while we play.As the sun sets in the evening sky,say, 'Yaarri Yarraang, goodbye.'This gentle bedtime story follows the journey a mother and child take...

A sweet, empowering picture book by debut author-illustrator Lorian Tu about two siblings who learn in their own ways how all the different parts of their family make them special.Like the colors of the rainbow and the notes of a song, none of Arturo...

An intergenerational children's picture book about living with dementia. Meet Lucy.Lucy lives with dementia.She wishes she didn't, but she does.Her brain has changed, but she is still Lucy.Thank goodness she has a brain AND a heart.A moving and...

For fans of Dear Girl and Guess How Much I Love You, this picture book celebrates the joys of early childhood and all the first-time experiences that are exciting for parents and children, including beach days, befriending the family dog, story time on...

This poignant and lyrical debut picture book based on the author’s own experience and illustrated by Caldecott Honoree Thi Bui follows young Mai and her mother’s perilous journey from Vietnam to America to find Papa—who left ahead of them to start a...

What do you call the ones you love the most Acclaimed author Mary Lee Donovan and illustrator Brizida Magro’s Let Me Call You Sweetheart is a playful, sometimes silly, and always cozy picture book that features more than fifty terms of endearment from...

This gorgeous picture book shows how one little girl’s careful tending of a pecan tree creates the living center of a loving, intergenerational Black family. For Earth Day and every day! Perfect for fans of Matt de la Peña and Oge Mora.Before her...

This hilarious new picture book by New York Times bestselling author Alan Katz and Unicorns Are the Worst creator Alex Willan imagines what happens when a good-natured game of "got your nose" goes too far—and one little girl’s nose runs free.Becky...

Empowering and fun picture books from the cool musician mums everyone loves to sing along with ... Some species sleep wherever they choose to roam, but human beings sleep the very best when they are home.From Byll and Beth Stephen, the writers behind...

Everyone in the neighborhood loves Lyle the crocodile—except for a cranky neighbor and his nervous cat! Can lovable Lyle make everything right with his grumpy neighbors A beloved classic read-aloud—now a major motion picture!Lyle the...

The fifth and penultimate book in the bestselling bookwandering series for readers aged eight to twelve. As Tilly and Milo hurtle towards their final showdown with the Alchemist, the stakes are higher than ever – though there is always time for hot...

In a tender tale of community and resiliency, two brothers who become refugees find hope in their bond with each other and through their connections with the people they encounter.“We were not alone,” is the refrain of this moving picture book that...

Share in fifty years of a really remarkable cat…Everyone’s favourite family cat first appeared fifty years ago and is loved by children everywhere for her funny and warm-hearted escapades. Celebrate this very special occasion with this limited gift...

A spectacular new title from world-renowned artist Oliver Jeffers, creator of the million-copy selling, global phenomenon Here We Are! What shall we build, you and I?I’ll build your future and you’ll build mine. We’ll build a watch to keep our time.A...

From Australia's best-loved storyteller comes the final book in the bestselling Matilda Saga This is a love song to our nation, told in a single sweeping storyJed Kelly has finally persuaded her great aunt Nancy to tell the story of her grandparents...

"Perfect for younger detectives. So funny and clever and sweet." Robin StevensWinner of the Sainsbury's Children's Book Prize and of the Crimefest Best Crime Novel for ChildrenHELP! My super-dramatic Aunty Bindi is getting married tomorrow and she's...

'THESE BOOKS REALLY GO OFF!' -- Mac Park, Boy Vs Beast The chapter books your reluctant reader will actually want to read! Birthday parties should be fun, not smelly. Too bad the fart monster doesn't know that ... Ben's been invited to a birthday...

A commemorative edition of TEENS by Louise Mack, which was the first children's book published by Angus & Robertson in 1897.Ages 9+ TEENS: A STORY OF AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLGIRLS was the first fiction title to be published by Angus and Robertson and was...

Fancy Nancy is back in this magical new story about little girls’ favourite dolls… and not so favourite little sisters! When Fancy Nancy’s little sister JoJo gives Nancy’s favourite doll a tattoo, Fancy Nancy is livid (that’s fancy for tres angry and...

From David Baddiel, the brightest new star of children’s books and winner of the LOLLIES award, comes a laugh-out-loud adventure for every child who ever wondered what it might be like to be a bit of an animal… Malcolm doesn’t like animals.Which is a...

Four future AFL stars under one roof!? Go back to where it all began with The Selwood Boys ... In the Selwood house, there's madness and mayhem every day -- and footy, of course!Meet the Selwood boys ... There's the twins, Troy and Adam, pulling pranks...

Painstakingly researched and extremely well written, this is a novel that moves deftly and easily from one time period to another and yet still allows the novel to retain an overall sense of cohesion. Shooting stars, kisses, grenades and the lumbering...

A story of forbidden love and the gulf between cultures, as seen through the eyes of a Pakistani-Australian. Ages 14+ Seventeen-year-old Ameera has just finished school and her friendship with tariq, her best friend's older brother, is growing. But when...

They say music is the universal language... Since an alien selected her to be his time-travelling partner, Joss has met an assassin, confronted an anti-alien lobby and had her freewheeling lifestyle nipped in the bud by the high security that surrounds...

It's all about friendship, fun and a passion for horses the Miller household is thrown into chaos when Ash's baby brother is born and Ash finds herself at the bottom of the pecking order for the first time in her life. the baby is cute, but very noisy!...

'French knows how to conjure [an] imagined past, full of detail about how people lived during particular periods and within particular cultures' -- Viewpoint Martin lives in the city with his mum. He's come to walk the boundaries of the farm that's...

there are hundreds and thousands of Missing Persons ... whether they have changed identity to remain hidden from those who love them, whether they have been abducted or some other reason is not always known. Missing You, Love Sara is a story of such a...

Ash is still falling from the sky two years after a series of globally devastating volcanic eruptions. Sunlight is as scarce as food, and cities are becoming increasingly violent as people loot and kill in order to maintain their existence...

Say goodbye to MOG in this incredibly moving and stunningly illustrated story from Judith Kerr, creator of The Tiger Who Came to Tea and the MOG series. Mog was tired. She was dead tired… Mog thought, ‘I want to sleep for ever.’ And so she did. But a...

From talented debut YA author Tara Eglington, this is a page-turning, funny and delicious romp of a book that both kissing and non-kissing teenage girls will adore.Ages: 12+ Sweet sixteen and never been kissed - and that's the way Aurora Skye wants it...

The heart-warming new story about family and friendships from Newbery Medal-winner Katherine Applegate. Life is tough for ten-year-old Jackson. The landlord is often at the door, there’s not much food in the fridge and he’s worried that any day now the...

'Gentle and sweetly humoured, this is another addition to the divine Ruby Red Shoes library--and another tale that will delight with its charming narrative and adorable illustrations.' -- Tania McCartney, Kids' Book Review Ruby and her grandmother love...

Welcome your baby to the world with this stunning First Nations illustrated baby records book! I love you with every fibre of my being, every grain of sand beside the gaagal (ocean) and every fallen autumn leaf.Welcome your baby to the world with this...

Turn the cleverly-shaped pages to make mummies and their little ones hug! Mummies LOVE hugs - from big, brave hugs to soft, snuggly ones. Young children will delight in turning the inventively shaped pages to bring mummies and their little ones together...