AustLit

'At bedtime, a small boy checks his bedroom for monsters like Heeby Jeeby, Creepy Critter and the Toe Taster. He looks under his bed, in his cupboard, behind the curtains. Satisfied they are not there he jumps into bed with his teddy bear. Before saying goodnight to his babysitter, she reads him a story about a boy just like him who tames monsters. "I want to be a Big Boss, just like Max in the story," the boy whispers. During sleep the monsters appear. They jiggle and jive with the boy, just like Max in the story his babysitter read. They wiggle their big bottoms and jiggle their jelly bellies, and beat their hairy chests. They howl and yodel and make lots of noise. But who is the big boss? The boy? Or the monsters? And next morning, before school, who is the boss?' (Publication summary)

'When best friends Rory and Trang become the proud owners of a nanny goat, she turns out to be quite a hoof-ful! Jellybean likes escaping, eating everything under the sun and keeping the neighbours awake at night. Still, the boys think she's the best goat ever. Especially when she gives them a surprise bigger than they could ever have imagined!' (Source: Publisher's blurb)

'Claire's world is turned upside-down when her mother announces suddenly that she is leaving her husband, taking Claire with her. Things go from bad to worse when Claire discovers her mother is planning to move to a house in the country with her new ''boyfriend'' Mac. Far from the comforts of the city, Claire is forced to a attend a one-teacher school and try to make new friends, all the while missing her 'real dad' and feeling isolated, resentful and alone. Will she ever feel happy again? Why can't she just have her family back? Told with honesty and great sensitivity, this warm-hearted novel looks at a child's life during a time of tumultuous change.'

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