AustLit

'What do you get if you cross a hop-challenged kangaroo, a know-it-all galah, a rusty Holden ute and a fearsome bushfire?

'A sizzling tale of outback adventure featuring thrills and spills, springs and dings and every rhyme in between.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'May is a carefree girl who likes nothing better than singing along to the Spice Girls, roller blading and eating cheese on toast with her friends. But then May's family moves to a new town and May's world is turned upside down.

'Out of the blue, an imaginary friend Anna comes along to help May out of her predicament, but Anna's 'solutions' only isolate May from her family and lead her into unhealthy habits.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'A journey from sunset to dusk, this poetic picture book provides beautiful images of Australian animals preparing for night, against a background of lavishly detailed flora.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

In Anne Morgan's delightful collection of organically-grown eco-tales, a prince wants to marry the young woman with the smallest carbon footprint in the land; Space Cadet Lox finds out why a planet is like a bowl of porridge; a girl in a little green hoodie tries to save an endangered wolf; and Chicken Licken warns the sea is rising. (Source: Trove)

'Tim Trickett - shy, over-protected and troubled by memories - is the new boy in a small country town. When his classmates put him up to an initiation test, he finds himself on his way to visit Granny Rags, the reclusive old lady who lives near the creek and is rumoured to be a witch. But one visit turns into several, and soon Tim finds himself deep in a mess of buried secrets, crooked business deals and long-harboured grudges. He's going to need all his courage and resourcefulness to put a stop to it all... before someone gets killed.'

Source: Publilsher's blurb.

'When Yared is left at his nanna's for a week he feels like running away. He wants to be in his own room, with his football cards and his batman doona, not in the spare room at his nanna's with its blue flowery bedspread and the bookshelf full of old-fashioned girls' adventure stories. He wants his own parents, not his brisk, stern nanna.

'But then Yared stumbles upon a box of old coins in his nanna's bedroom and things begin to change. Worlds open up before him and lives are linked across the decades as Yared discovers truths he never knew about history, love and belonging.' (Publisher's blurb)

'Last night I had a funny dream...My eyes jumped out of their sockets. My nose fell on the floor.My ears unscrewed themselves.Then my lips slid off my mouth and opened the door...' (Publication summary)

'When Arlo and Kate go rock-climbing, the last thing they expect is to be caught up in a vortex and transported through to another universe. They find themselves stuck in a small beach-side settlement, similar to their home town in appearance, but strikingly different in other ways. The absence of television and junk food is the least of their problems. In the tiny island village - now their whole world - the disturbance caused by their arrival makes them Public Enemy Number One to those in power. Can they make a life in this place if they're trapped there forever? Or will they succeed in reaching their own universe again? That's if they can survive long enough to find a way...' (Publication summary)

'This book, in Guinness Book of Records style, tells the remarkable true stories of some of Australia’s youngest heroes.

'At different times and in different ways, these brave, clever, adventurous, creative, athletic, caring or enterprising young Australians have done something amazing.

'The stories are accompanied by quirky cartoon illustrations that will amuse children.

'The book includes a range of incredible stories from the 18th Century to the present day.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.