No Adults Allowed (Super Sidekicks #1) by Gavin Aung Than

$9.99 AUD

Category: Action & Adventure | Series: Super Sidekicks Ser.

I'm Junior Justice, but you can call me JJ, and I think it's time we made our own team. The Super Sidekicks! Are you with me? Being a superhero sidekick isn't as fun as you think. You do all the work, beat the bad guys and save the planet, only for your grown-up partner to get all the credit. Jun ior Justice is sick of it, so he and his sidekick pals, Flygirl, Dinomite and Goo, have decided to form their own super team. But before they can start saving the world they'll have to prove to the adult heroes that they're more than just sidekicks. And once the evil Dr Enok discovers his favourite pet Goo has left him to join a super team, the world might need saving sooner rather than later! ...Show more

My Life and Other Stuff I Made Up (Tom Weekly #1) by Tristan Bancks; Gus Gordon (Illustrator)

$9.99 AUD

Category: Middle Fiction (8-12) | Series: Tom Weekly Ser.

Have you ever been kissed by a dog? Ever had to eat Vegemite off your sister's big toe? Have you had a job delivering teeth? Has a bloodthirsty magpie ever been out to get you? Ever woken up to discover that everything hovers? And have you eaten 67 hot dogs in 10 minutes? I have. I'm Tom Weekly. This bo ok is full of my stories, jokes, cartoon characters, ideas for theme park rides, and other stuff I've made up. It's where I pour out whatever's inside my head. It gets a bit weird sometimes, but that's how I roll. ...Show more

George's Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl

$16.99 AUD

Category: Classics

A brand new phizz-whizzing edition of Roald Dahl's George's Marvellous Medicine. George Kranky's Grandma is a miserable grouch. George really hates that horrid old witchy woman. One Saturday morning, George is in charge of giving Grandma her medicine. So-ho! Ah-ha! Ho-hum! George knows exactly what to do. A magic medicine* it will be. One that will either cure her completely . . . or blow off the top of her head. *WARNING- Do not try to make George's Marvellous Medicine yourselves at home. It could be dangerous. 'A true genius . . . Roald Dahl is my hero' - David Walliams ...Show more

Show and Smell (#1 The Besties) by Felice Arena

$9.99 AUD

Category: Junior Fiction (5-9) | Series: The Besties

From the author and illustrator of the popular Sporty Kids books comes an exciting new beginner-reader series that celebrates the everyday adventures – at school, at home, in the backyard, even in the living room! A funny, sweet series about kids being kids, where imagination and play rule! Oli ver and Ruby have been besties forever . . .Ruby is so looking forward to Show and Tell, but the teacher is away and it looks like she’ll miss out. Plus, the besties won’t get to see what Zac’s talent is – it’s bound to be really funny and gross! Can they turn a very bad day into the very best? ...Show more

Upside-Down History of Down-Under, The by Alison Lloyd; Terry Denton (illus)

$24.99 AUD

Category: History

By the acclaimed creators of Wicked Warriors, Evil Emperors and Dragons, Devils and Rebels. The true story of Australia starts with a piece of land that went for a swim. Millions of years ago it floated away from Africa. Very, very, slowly. It was home to dinosaurs and giant animals, until the first Aus tralians showed up and got comfortable. This wild and wonderful land was a mystery to the rest of the world. Then the English decided to make it the biggest jail ever . . . Experience the story of our country from prehistory to federation in 1901. ...Show more

Atticus Van Tasticus (#1) by Andrew Daddo

$14.99 AUD

Category: Junior Fiction (5-9) | Series: Atticus Van Tasticus

1750, when times were tough and teeth were rotten... As part of an ancient family tradition, young Atticus Van Tasticus narrowly escapes a life down the coal mines - or worse, going to school - when he gets to choose the gift of a pirate ship from his Grandnan's treasure pile. It's a choice that will ch ange the course of history - well, OK, his story, at least. Atticus pulls together a rag-tag bunch misfits - AHEM - a tough, brilliant crew, and sets out to wreak havoc - I mean - live a piratin' life. With little else to his name, Atticus has a taste for adventure, beauty and danger - where any minute might be your last, and your next minute could be your best (...if only they could get off the dock).   ...Show more

Where is the Green Sheep? (Board Book) by Mem Fox

$14.99 AUD

Category: Board Books

There are red sheep and blue sheep, wind sheep and wave sheep, scared sheep and brave sheep, but where is the green sheep?   The search is on in this cozy, sheep-filled story from acclaimed author Mem Fox and popular Australian cartoonist Judy Horacek. Complete with sleepy rhymes and bright illustr ations, this book is sure to delight children of all ages, from the very young to those just beginning to read.     ...Show more

Detention by Tristan Bancks

$16.99 AUD

Category: Middle Fiction (8-12)

A daring escape. A school lockdown. A thrilling chase. What would you risk to save a life?Share thisSima and her family are pressed to the rough, cold ground among fifty others. They lie next to the tall fence designed to keep them in. The wires are cut one by one.When they make their escape, a guard ra ises the alarm. Shouting, smoke bombs, people tackled to the ground. In the chaos Sima loses her parents.Dad told her to run, so she does, hiding in a school and triggering a lockdown. A boy, Dan, finds her hiding in the toilet block.What should he do? Help her? Dob her in? She's breaking the law, but is it right to lock kids up? And if he helps, should Sima trust him? Or run?THIS MOMENT, THESE DECISIONS, WILL CHANGE THE COURSE OF THEIR LIVES. ...Show more

The Australia Survival Guide (HB) by George Ivanoff

$24.99 AUD

Category: Environment

The Australia Survival Guide is jam-packed with facts, stories and life-saving information about Australia's most dangerous things - snakes, spiders, sharks, bushfires, floods, cyclones and more. There's also a few cute and cuddly animals that might surprise you and some mythical creatures to consider. But this is no boring textbook, it's written as if you were playing the ultimate survival game. Only in this game, you can't respawn, there's no multi-player, no one to save you . . . it's do or die. Perfect for fans of Guinness World Records, The Zombie Survival Guide or Ripley's Believe it or Not! ...Show more

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Puffin Classics) by Lewis Carroll

$14.99 AUD

Category: zzz1

On an ordinary summer's afternoon, Alice tumbles down a hole and an extraordinary adventure begins. In a strange world with even stranger characters, she meets a rabbit with a pocket watch, joins a Mad Hatter's Tea Party, and plays croquet with the Queen! Lost in this fantasy land, Alice finds herself g rowing more and more curious by the minute . . .   With a wonderfully inspiring introduction by Chris Riddell, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is one of the twelve brilliant classic stories being relaunched in Puffin Classics in March 2008. ...Show more

Where's Spot? (Lift the Flap Board Book) by Eric Hill

$14.99 AUD

Category: Lift-the-Flap | Series: Spot

Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal by Jeff Kinney

$14.99 AUD

Category: Middle Fiction (8-12) | Series: Rowley Jefferson's Journal

Rowley’s best friend Greg Heffley has been chronicling his middle-school years in thirteen Diary of a Wimpy Kid journals . . . and counting. But it’s finally time for readers to hear directly from Rowley in a journal of his own. In Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid, Rowley writes about his e xperiences and agrees to play the role of biographer for Greg along the way. (After all, one day Greg will be rich and famous, and everyone will want to know his life’s story.) But Rowley is a poor choice for the job, and his “biography” of Greg is a hilarious mess. Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson’s Journal offers readers a new way to look at the Wimpy world—one fans won’t want to miss! ...Show more