AustLit

'Peek and Boo always sit side by side and together, they make a forever-home. One day an egg appears, but when Peek goes to hunt for food and leaves Boo in charge of the egg, something unexpected happens.'

Source : publisher's blurb

'Lavender and her friends can't wait to bring their pets into school for the Perfectly Proper Grand Pet Parade. Everything is perfect until a troublesome two start scheming!'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Grandma has oodles and oodles of shoes. Walking shoes, dancing shoes, fancy and plain, Grandma has a shoe for every occasion. So why are these scratched and dusty old ones so special?

'A picture book for young children about a grandmother's journey as a little girl from Vietnam to Australia, this is a refugee story told via engaging illustrations and a gentle, musical story.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'There was a hum of excitement.
Flags flickered in the breeze as Maggie’s heart danced with delight.
‘This is a very special day!’ her mother said.

'Maggie holds tight to her mother as they await the long anticipated apology to show a willingness to reconcile the past for future generations. In the excitement of the crowd Maggie loses touch of her mother’s hand as is lost.

'In a time ‘long ago and not so long ago’ children were taken from their parents, their ‘sorrow echoing across the land’.

'As the Prime Minister’s speech unfolds Maggie is reunited with her mother. But the faces and memories of the stolen generation are all around them.

'Two stories entwine in this captivating retelling of the momentous day when the then Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd, acknowledged the sorrows of past and said ‘Sorry’ to the generation of children who were taken from their homes.

'The book includes a foreword from Lee Joachim; Chair of Rumbalara Aboriginal Cooperative and Director of Research and Development for Yorta Yorta Nation Aboriginal Corporation.' (Publication summary)

'Annabelle Mae and her friends are set to have the most delightfully posh afternoon tea. But when the no-good Darcy and Dean get up to mischief, Annabelle doesn't let them spoil the fun!' (Publication summary)

'A picture book series about the extraordinary men and women who have shaped Australia's history, including cricket's greatest ever batsman, Sir Donald Bradman.

'Don Bradman was Australia's greatest cricketer. This is the story of how he first came to play for Australia, and how his record-breaking feats in the Ashes series became a source of pride and hope during the hard years of the Great Depression.' (Publication summary)

'Little Bird Blue and Little Bird Black refuse to share! Each wants to sit on the wire alone in this funny rhyming story.' (Publication summary)

'Out in the bush, in the hot sun, Danny the Dingo was not having fun! He sweltered and sizzled. He was thirsty and dry. There wasn't a single cloud in the sky. Instead of lying around, Danny decides to copy how other animals stay cool.' (Publisher's blurb)

'When a bird flying above plops on Little Pukeko's head, he declares war - the ground-dwelling birds against the flying birds. The plovers, the parakeets, the cockatoos, the cuckoos, the blackbirds and the bluebirds - and many others - join in, and soon every bird is covered in slop! Who can put an end to this poo war?' (Publisher's blurb)

'Out on the branch Came a rum, rumble tum. Tree Mouse was hoping To share Blossom's plum. With a ratter, tap, tap, And a squeal of delight, Mouse asked politely, 'May I have a bite?' Sequel to the much-loved best-selling book Goodnight Possum!' (Publisher's blurb)

'Deep in a hollow, near Ironbark Creek, Blossom the Possum was trying to sleep. But it's raining and all the animals come, one-by-one, to share her warm hollow. How will Blossom ever get to sleep?'