AustLit

'When you are small

you can see

 things that

grown-ups

are too busy

to notice . . .

'Everyone walks right past Pete - except for one little boy. He notices Pete's drawings, and big smile, and soon he has a new friend. When Pete gets sick, the boy wants to help. But how do you help someone get better when they don't have a home?A heartfelt, moving story about the importance of really seeing the world around us and the power in tiny acts of kindness.'(Publication summary)

'Howl is a masterfully told and exquisitely drawn story of a young girl’s way of expressing and resolving big feelings.

'Maggie has had a very bad day.

'First of all, the sun was the wrong shape, in a sky that was too blue. The spaghetti was too long, and her pyjamas were the wrong kind of pyjama.

'Then Maggie begins to have wolfish thoughts ...' (Publication summary)

'Mum calls them my brave-girl boots.
My bold-as-brass, adventure boots
I’m off to snare the dragon boots.
I’ll drag him home for tea.

'Me and My Boots is the first title staring Bronte, a fun-loving character who inadvertently challenges gender stereotypes though her everyday adventures. In Me and My Boots, Bronte rejects the label bossy boots, and in introducing us to her family and friends, offers up alternative ways to describe assertive girls like herself.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.