Ursula Dubosarsky is the Australian Children's Laureate for 2020 - 2021
Lara had always wished she was a dog, and one day, just for a short time, she actually became one. This is how it happened.
In a mulberry brick house on the harbour that Lara explores while her mother cleans, Lara meets Pi..
El Deafo meets Inside Out and Back Again in this funny, emotional illustrated middle-grade debut about immigrating to Australia, being upstaged by an annoying little brother, baking cakes and overcoming loss.
When Jingwen moves to Australia, he feels like he's landed on Mars. Making friends is impo..
Inspired by the true story of an unlikely hero, and adapted from the major motion picture starring Naomi Watts, Andrew Lincoln and Jacki Weaver I guess we all kinda knew our life was perfect and that we wouldn't change a thing.But sometimes you don't get that choice, do you? Sometimes stuff happens ..
It really all started with The Pain. He officially came into my life exactly nine weeks and one day before our Year Ten Graduation Dance. And despite my very best efforts to wipe the day from my mind, I can still remember it clearly. It was a Friday. The thirteenth day of the month. Notice anything ..
It's 1941 . . . and the war is changing Pearlie's life every day. Darwin is full of soldiers, there's a spy on the loose, and people are turning against Pearlie's best friend, Naoko, just because she's Japanese. When everything falls apart, will Pearlie be brave enough to stick up for what's right, ..
Xandra finds a key . . . It opens a doorway . . . She and her brother are sucked through . . . Into a crazy world that looks like steampunk London. Except in this world there are no humans - only animals. Xandra and Lex encounter rhino police. armadillo housekeeping staff. rodent inventors and even ..
Keagan finds a key . . .
It opens a doorway . . .
He steps through . . .
Into a weird world of clones who are obsessed with perfection. But this world isn't as perfect as it seems. Keagan is determined to return home - all he has to do is find a way out of the city, survive the Dumping Ground a..
Colour and complete activities featuring your favourite Onward characters! This Giant Activity Pad includes a cut-out carry handle so children can take it with them on their own adventure. Kids will enjoy filling the tear-out pages, as well as the sheet of Onward stickers! Join Ian and Barley, voice..
Empires will topple, thrones will be won . . . and souls will be lost. The mind-blowing sequel to AND I DARKEN, described by Buzzfeed as A dark, gritty, and seriously badass epic is a sweeping Ottoman-inspired historical adventure. Starring the inimitable anti-princess Lada, the dagger-wielding dram..
REMAINDER MARKED - "This is Littlehaven. Nothing ever happens here. Until the spotlight hits my family." Izzys family is under the spotlight when her dad comes out as Danielle, a trans woman. Izzy is terrified her family will be torn apart. Will she lose her dad? Will her parents break up? And what ..