Places and People's Books

It's Minky's final year of high school but she still has no idea what she's going to study at university - that is, if she decides to go to uni at all!With the school bully trying her hardest to break Minky and make her life hell, a time travelling trip...

Join Old Bob the sundowner and his two small friends, Roddy and Susan, as Bob shares the vast lore of the bush, gained during a lifetime of wandering.For over 60 years readers of Australian nature stories have recognised that "Thompson and...

The boy who ran up a volcano, is a heart-warming story based on true events. It will inspire young children, teachers, and parents to be more courageous and explore the wonderful world around them! The boy always loved to run, but because he was...

PEA GOES TO SEAVine life has become dreary for Pea. What adventures will he have when he leaves home? Will he miss his family?

"Mum and Dad won't feed me. And I'm hungry! They keep running away into the cold water where I can't get to them. Why are they doing that?"The first thing that Chicky, a Gentoo penguin, must do-before he can learn how to swim and feed...

Gawngan had almost got what she wanted. She just had one last obstacle in her way... the Marriage Tree challenge!Set on the Far North Coast of NSW on the coastal lands around present day Ballina and Evan's Head, 'Gawngan and the Marriage Tree' tells the...

Super Scout is a rhyming kid's book which celebrates inclusion and diversity with Australian Scouting. This beautifully illustrated book has images taken from the Australian countryside and the storyline is based on the Australian Scout Law. Elijah, who...

The Gift Gang is asked to milk the cows for a milk market competition. Things go terribly wrong as the cows get a fright. The gang must get the cows in the right mindset and milk them in time. As they do this, they learn the life tool of JOY!

If you are a girl between 10 and 15 years old, COMPLETEly YOU is for YOU! This book will help you understand the exciting opportunities and sometimes painful challenges that you will face on your road to womanhood. This book offers tools to help you...

Ahh . summer! Nothing beats the freedom from school - time to chill and hang out with friends at the pool and the tennis courts. It is also the season for summer camp. Ten-year-old girls Kat, Tiff, Amy, and Hanna meet for the first time at Camp Cherokee...

Growing up in the U.S. Foreign Service is an experience relatively few have had. Here, the author recounts not only experiences that all boys pass through on the way to manhood, but quite a few gripping adventures, as well. This is a book, which will be...

Lambda Literary Award winner Good Moon Rising is about two young women who fall in love while rehearsing a school play, realize they're gay, and resist a homophobic campaign against them. Good Moon Rising, both a New York Public Library Book for the...

Rivals Ian and Chad acquire a pigeon that is a descendant of Cher Ami, the famous World War I pigeon.Their new racer flies onto the roof instead of into her coop, a disqualifying moment in the world of pigeon racing. Do they dare involve a bird of prey...

Mercy Goodman has simple needs in her young life. But when Mercy's father dies, she suddenly finds herself cold, hungry, and homeless on the streets of Trenton, New Jersey, with her mother and younger sister, Anna. She has just one wish: a warm, safe...

Welcome to the magical world of love, where you'll meet a very bright child named Meadow! Meadow wants to design, but not just anything dresses made with flowers and leaves, my what joy that would bring! But when she realizes she doesn't know how to sew,...

Mommy keeps waiting for Johnny to put on his pajamas, but Johnny is not listening. He is being silly and trying everything to delay having to get into bed. A book full of humor that shows every boy and girl's silliness and the love between a child...

 From birth Kai didn't speak. She had no reason to, or so she thought. When her family moved from the U.S. to Kasane, Botswana she found her voice. She learned she had a special gift and can talk to animals. With her best friend...

Come along on a young boy's discovery of Big Bend National Park. By enjoying the desert and mountain landscapes, stargazing and visiting an adobe cottage with no running water or electricity, he grows closer to Texas geography and learns about...

Welcome to Mr. Nate Books!Mr. Stuffer Stuffed the Turkey is the 4th book and launched Fall 2019. Mr. Stuffer Stuffed the Turkey captures the wonderful American Thanksgiving tradition. Thanksgiving is filled family and food, and Thanksgiving becomes a...

Follow along with Fred as we go into the daily life of a firefighter - from maintaining fire hoses and equipment to fighting fires.Firefighter Fred spends his day getting ready to fight any fire that comes his way. It's his first day...

Meet Dato - a Spanish/English bilingual cat who loves to eat fish, travel, and learn facts. Meet Vanessa, Andrew, and Evan - three explorer kids who enjoy connecting with new people, learning new languages, sampling new foods, and discovering new...

It's Christmas Eve and Santa's elves are stressed! The workshop is buzzing with nervousness until Coco teaches the elves an important lesson about coping skills! Learn how to chill with Coco in this fun Christmas story!

Join Gracie's great building adventure as she engineers flying machines for all of her animal friends. Learn about user experience research, brainstorming, prototyping and more in her celebration of process over product (because that's what makes the...

Explore the fascinating history behind Disneyland - a theme park history book for kids 9 to 12Inspire an interest in history with this fun and immersive journey across 20th century US history through the lens of the happiest place on earth. From awful...

If the view outside your window is a bit ordinary, use your imagination to make it extraordinary! "My City View" tells the story of one young person's journey to transform the boring and drab view outside their window into many wondrous places full of...

"Gold!" Jason shouted at the top of his lungs. "Read all about it! Gold discovered in Alaska!"Within hours of hearing the thrilling news, fifteen-year-old Jason Hawthorn jumps a train for Seattle, stow away on a ship bound for the goldfields, and joins...

In Rachel Coker's second YA novel, sixteen-year-old Scarlett Blaine discovers caring for her autistic brother amidst family tensions is far from peachy. When a tragic accident and financial difficulties place more pressures on Scarlett's shoulders, she...

Robbie is about to go on an adventure with his mom to visit some of his favourite places along the Irish Loop in Newfoundland. He can barely sleep as he wonders what tomorrow will bring. Will Clifford the Lighthouse Keeper at Cape Race remember him? Will...

Laura Ingalls and her family are heading west! Join the original pioneer girl in this Little House chapter book, adapted from Laura Ingalls Wilder's beloved classics. Illustrated with beautiful new black-and-white artwork, this repackaged edition...

What's better than being best friends? Being best friends who volunteer together at the Roxbury Park Dog Shelter! With a focus on friendship, family, and cute canines, Roxbury Park Dog Club is perfect for tween readers who snap up books from series like...

Enter the most terrifying place of all...the mind of R.L. Stine!The Nightmare Hour...the time when the lights fade, the real world slips into shadow, and the cold, moonlit world of evil dreams takes over your mind.What horror awaits a boy who has to...

The Legend of Diamond Lil, second book in the illustrated J.J. Tully mystery series, is perfect for elementary-school kids who love adventure and animals. New York Times bestselling author Doreen Cronin brings the same wonderful humor to the JJ. Tully...

When Private Matt Duffy wakes up in an army hospital in Iraq, he's honored with a Purple Heart. But he doesn't feel like a hero.There's a memory that haunts him: an image of a young Iraqi boy as a bullet hits his chest. Matt can't shake the feeling that...

Each step gets him closer to greatness . . . or disaster.Lauer Middle School has a super-secret society--The Legend. No one knows who is in it. Or how they pull off the spectacular school-wide events. Seventh grader Travis Raines may be about to find out...

It's 1814 and Charlotte lives just outside the city of Boston. She always has something to look forward to--tending Mama's garden, visiting Papa's blacksmith shop, and embarking on her very own Scottish adventure! This middle grade novel is an excellent...

Meet Caroline Quiner, the little girl who would grow up to be Laura Ingall's mother. "Little House in Brookfield" is the first in an ongoing series about the adventures of another girl from America's favorite pioneer family. It's 1845 in the bustling...

Based on Laura Ingalls Wilder's unpublished memoirs, Old Town in the Green Groves continues the classic American pioneer saga from the award-winning Little House series. This middle grade novel is an excellent choice for tween readers in grades 5 to 6,...

A collection of seventy-two poems written especially for girls ages twelve and up by the much-honored and beloved poet Naomi Shihab Nye. "A lovely, rich collection that promises to be a lasting companion for young writers."--School Library Journal...