Collection: Junior fiction

In this book, Sadie needs to: perform a yummy role for her school movie night; bake pup-friendly treats for a perfect puppy playdate; whip up two desserts for a special family banquet. But Sadie's sweet intentions do not always go to plan! Her movie night ice creams are too melty to serve. The pu...

Shy, eleven-year-old Lily made her dad an important promise before he passed away -- that she would "Strive for Five" and speak her mind at least five times. But speaking up one time, let alone five, is easier said than done. It'll be even harder now that Lily must attend public school for the fi...

Leeva Thornblossom loves to learn: her local newspaper teaches her a new word every day, and soap operas show her the many shades of human expression. And when she comes across the announcement that all children are required to go to school, Leeva sees an opportunity to do something that newspape...

Bear and Bird are best friends, and they spend a lot of time together. They don’t always understand each other, but both agree that all they want is for their friend to be happy. So when Bear forgets the most important thing to pack for a picnic (but pretends that he didn’t), Bird doesn’t let on ...

"Discover the classic stories behind your favourite DC Super Heroes! Baby Kal-El made a dramatic escape from planet Krypton, arriving on Earth in a rocket ship. Wonder Woman and Nubia were shaped out of clay by their mother Hippolyta and given life and powers by the gods. The Flash was a scientis...

When Liam dares his classmate Imogen to come on a forbidden tour of the railway tunnel being drilled through a nearby mountain, he hopes she’ll quit protesting about it damaging the environment — his dad is an engineer working on the tunnel, after all. Just as they reach the huge tunnelling machi...

Growing up in rural Australia is anything but boring. Just ask 12-year-old Earl Grey. Dead mice on dinner plates, horses in hallways and goats in the lounge room are all part of the experience. Earl’s parents aren’t the sharpest knives in the drawer either, but with his best mate Bruiser by his s...

Hope the Welcome Fairy helps children to make friends and settle in when they move to a new home. But when Jack Frost steals her magical items, chidren everywhere feel anxious and lonely. What's wrose is Jack Frost steals Hope as well! Rachel and Kirsty must ask their new friends Grace and Kahdij...

Just when it seems like Wednesday and Alfie might finally be free to get on with their lives without Gorgomoth ruining everything, the Unclean one rears his ugly head again. This time Gorgomoth is on the trail of the long-lost Stone of Power, which he will be able to use to rule the nine realms a...

Ema Vašková has always felt different. In a family of famous scientists, there's not much room for superstition or omens - but they seem to follow Ema wherever she goes. It doesn't help that she appears to predict events before they happen, and has a peculiar fear of shadows. When Ema is sent t...