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The once glorious reef is now faded and dying due to pollution and global warming. Lu is determined to save her home. With the help of Captain J and Jason the octopus, the reef comes up with a plan....but will it work? This is an inspiring story about how each of us, no matter how small we may be, can do great things if we work together.

Alba has been best friends with Levi forever, but maybe he has gone too far when he thinks that there is a wormhole in their school library. Then there's Cleo, that is what Alba calls her left foot, which was twisted in the wrong direction since birth. Alba is set on running in the cross-country race, but can she do it and what if Levi doesn't believe she can do it?

All of them achieved incredible things, yet each began life as a child with a dream. Rosa Parks grew up during segregation in Alabama, but she was taught to respect herself and stand up for her rights. In 1955, Rosa refused to give up her seat to a white man on a segregated bus, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Her decision had a huge impact on civil rights, eventually leading to the end of segregation on public transport. Rosa has been described as The Mother of the Freedom Movement; this inspiring story of her life features facts and photos.

Find out about Maya Angelou, from her early traumatic childhood to her time as a singer, actress, civil rights campaigner until she became one of America's most beloved writers.

As a child, Emmeline Pankhurst was shocked at the inequality of men and women that she saw all around her. When she grew up, she never stopped fighting for women to get the vote, inspiring other women to demonstrate, go on hunger strike and protest for the cause. This inspiring and informative little biography comes with extra facts about Emmeline's life at the back.

A secluded area of mangroves and the water life the trees support are about to change forever. This book looks at the cost to nature of our modern culture.

In this twist on the original tale of Noah's Ark, Noah has a brother, Neil. Noah is wealthy and a bit of a show-off. Neil hums songs about peace. Noah brokers deals with a tense frown, while Neil wears his hair long and chats dreamily to pot plants. When it rains for forty days and forty nights, the race to find land is on.

Mo is content. He has a house and a wall to protect him. When persistent Crow arrives and breaks down Mo's wall, he is awakened to the world beyond the wall. A tale of the power of friendship.

Sandra is scared of bunny rabbits. She's frightened of their nasty ears and evil bunny eyes. When the family visits the petting zoo with baby animals, Sandra hopes there won't be any bunnies there.

'The Poppa Platoon are on their most terrifying mission yet. They must get through the battle zone of the shopping centre to make it to Abbie's Fluffy Furry Fuzzy Friendship-Bear Birthday Party. On an assignment fraught with danger, Abbie and Poppa's recruits will need to use all of their training and wits to successfully complete the mission without losing a comrade.

Major Poppa, Abbie and her little brother Flynn are on a mission at the Royal Show. They must enter the show-bag pavilion, fight their way through crowds, defeat powerful enemies and get to the other side to buy a chunky choco cherry chew show-bag. Will they make it out of there alive?

'If you have ever entered the battlefield of the all-you-can-eat buffet, you will understand how strong Poppa and Abbie will need to stay if they are to eat as much as they can and still save room for dessert. Hopefully all of their preparation and planning will be enough to oppose the hideous door witch, the other diners, and Wibbly the Wizard on this dangerous mission for The Poppa Platoon.

Lovely book combining counting with famous paintings.

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In this second hilarious Cinders and Sparks adventure, our chaotic comedy duo head for Fairyland to find Cinders's mother - and get more than they bargained for! Cinders and her talking dog Sparks are on the run, in the Deep Dark Forest, after Cinders performed magic at the castle and made everyone think she was a witch. The hapless Hansel is on the run with them, but only because he ate some of an actual witch's gingerbread house and she got cross. If they can reach Fairyland, maybe they'll all be safe. In the forest they will find three bears, a multitude of ridiculous adventures and one woman called Rapunzel in a tower. But Rapunzel may not be what she seems ... Will Hansel eat the three bears' porridge? Will Sparks offer useless advice at every turn? Will Brian the fairy godmother appear and actually help for once?The answers are: yes, yes and no.

Cinders, her talking dog Sparks and Hansel are on a quest, desperate to find Cinders mum in Fairyland. A mysterious Goblin appears and kidnaps Cinders after he sees her magical powers. Can Cinders discover his name and escape, or will she be trapped forever making him gold?

Cinders lives with her mean step-mother and wicked sisters, her life is full of chores. So when she suddenly learns she can do magic it is a big surprise. She finds herself at the palace in a beautiful gown talking to the Prince, but is this what she wants?

Whether he's stung and nibbled in the bush, cuddled by an octopus at the bottom of the Great Barrier Reef or gobbled by city traffic, trouble follows Gibblewort like a bad smell.

Goblin makes it to the beach, but 'fun in the sun' includes frying your feet on hot sand, accidentally chugging down sun cream and hitching a ride on an angry shark.

When Gibblewort wakes up at the zoo, he thinks he's in deepest, darkest Africa. So he squeezes his way into a nice, safe cage only to find he's become the object of affection for a female chimpanzee.

Gibblewort is a nasty, Irish goblin who posts himself to Australia. This is his funny journey in Australia with emus, bull-ants and snakes.

Gibblewort the Goblin thinks he is on the way home to Ireland until he gets thrown out of a mail van into the middle of a bustling city. He wonders where the grey clouds and squelchy rain have gone. Gibblewort is lost and soon finds himself in all sorts of trouble.

Gibblewort is in a rainforest and soon finds himself being stung, squeezed, sucked, nipped and pecked by all sorts of strange and unusual creatures.

Gibblewort the Goblin is so bad-tempered the other goblins pack him off to a skiing holiday in Austria to get rid of him. Unfortunately, he ends up in Australia by mistake and takes to the Australian snow fields, attracting trouble wherever he goes.

Gibblewort is a nasty little Irish goblin who loves playing horrible tricks on his friends. But, when he decides to mail himself to Australia for some sun, things begin to go very wrong. Trouble follows Gibblewort like a bad smell.

Any three titles read from this series can be included as official Challenge books; up to five more titles can be included as your personal choice books. To see the individual book titles and their PRC ID numbers, go to the Series lists on the Booklists page, on the website. Or, you can search for a series name or the individual titles by using the Search function on the top left hand corner of the screen.

Peter is searching for God and asks a lot of people to help him.

Amusing story of a boy in his gorilla suit who becomes confused with a real gorilla and gets swapped over for a day.

When Jimbo plays the violin, the noise is so terrible that the birds fly away and the people move away from the town. Eventually, the violin decides to take charge.

The family's new pet kitten is not what it seems but they seem oblivious to Tig's size and other people's reactions as he grows and grows. The family just loves their gentle Tig.

Annie Boyd's whole world is turned upside down when her family moves to Ridgeview. The only good thing about her new life is the local pony club. Even there, she struggles to truly belong.

When the local horses fall victim to a thief, Annie is determined to solve the mystery. But by getting involved, has she put her own horse in danger?

Annie's life is in turmoil when her family move to Ridgeview from the city. The only good thing is The Pony Club, but without a pony will she ever be accepted. Things get even worse when she gets caught out for lying.

Sometimes it takes more than practice to be good at something, sometimes you have to take a leap of faith. Annie desperately wants to be good at cross-country, dressage and show-jumping; all featured in a one day event.

Annie finally has a horse of her own, but now she has to both keep the horse and ride it, neither of which prove easy to do.

Any three titles read from this series can be included as official Challenge books; up to five more titles can be included as your personal choice books. To see the individual book titles and their PRC ID numbers, go to the Series lists on the Booklists page on the website. Or, you can search for a series name or the individual titles by using the Search function on the top left hand corner of the screen.

Games day is looming and Annie is desperate to be a team member. Her happiness depends on it.

When two sweet and very well-behaved terriers need to be looked after for a few days while their owner goes to hospital, Ben is happy to help out. That is, until well-behaved flies out the window and is replaced by chaotic and mischievous. Ben enlists Cassie's help and the two friends do their best to keep the gorgeous canines under control.

A group of vet students is spending a week at the RSPCA to learn all about the types of work that go on. So when Cassie and Ben decide to organise a dog-washing fundraiser, they enlist the help of the group. One of the quieter students, Lauren, is able to prove that her skills extend beyond do washing by helping out with a four-legged emergency.

Cassie and her friend Sarah are looking after Sarah's cat, Ruby, when her parents go away for a few days. Unfortunately, when they turn up to feed Ruby, she's unwell. Rushing her to the vet, Dr. Joe tells them she is very sick. With Ben and Florence in tow, the hunt is on to find out what has caused Ruby's illness before it's too late.

The warm and humorous story of a family in an isolated community. Dad tells lots of scary stories but one night he scares himself.

'Have you ever had an itch? Imagine having a never-ending itch? Mitchell was born with eczema, a skin condition which causes him to itch all the time. There are some things that make it worse and some things that help. Things that don't help are friends at school calling him names or not wanting to be near him in case they 'catch' it. But Mitchell is strong, courageous, determined and with the help of his parents can educate his friends, so they can understand that eczema doesn't make Mitchell who he is. Do you want to learn more? Check out this story and be prepared to be amazed.

Sweet Pea and Boogaloo are out in the forest when Sweet Pea asks if giants look just like them, only bigger. Boogaloo knows that they're entirely different. Sweet Pea asks if giants are kind but Boogaloo has his negative opinions here too. It takes an ill-advised kick for Boogaloo to realise that giants are just like me and you, only bigger.

In a house on legs up the top of Australia, grows a rampant garden. Seedlings are planted, but then during the night, something singing comes and digs them up for their dinner.

Badger Bill has been kidnapped by two nasty sisters. Four sad llamas need rescuing from the McGloone farmers before being turned into llama pies. Along comes Uncle Shawn to the rescue.

Uncle Shawn loved to rescue people but this time he has been arrested by an evil doctor for being Unusual. Badger Bill with the help of the llamas sets off to save him from being cured of his unusualness. He has never rescued anyone before. Can their silly plan work?

All you want to know about elephants. A delightful book with beautiful illustrations and fascinating facts.

Interesting information about lions with attractive illustrations.

Rescue thought he'd grow up to be a Seeing Eye dog. When he gets the news that he's better suited to being a service dog, he's worried that he's not up to the task. Then he meets Jessica, a girl whose life is turning out differently from the way she'd imagined it, too. Now Jessica needs Rescue by her side to help her accomplish everyday tasks. And it turns out that Rescue can help Jessica see after all: a way forward, together, one step at a time.

When Edith met a cheeky young lyrebird on her garden path, she could not guess that he would one day be known as 'A Miracle of the Dandenongs'. Soon, James the lyrebird was singing and dancing for Edith, mimicking the birdsongs and other sounds that echoed through the bush. Word of their friendship spread and people travelled from near and far to film and record James. But with people came change.

When you peel a banana, or bite into a pear, when you smell a rose, pop a fuchsia bud or scrape your knee climbing an old pine tree, do you ever wonder how those plants came to this country? Read the amazing case of Dr Ward to be awed by the science and troubles of the past.

When Mr Cleghorn finds an abandoned seal pup on a rock in the middle of the sea, he decides he can't leave it. He brings it home to his flat. This is the story of what happened to Mr Cleghorn and Charlie, the seal, in their determination to find a home for Charlie and, incidentally, happiness for them both.

When Henry dies, his wife can't see why they should stop doing things together, as they've always done. In fact, she can't help going a little bit over the top, imagining all sorts of wonderful outings, including dinosaur rides and dolphin-drawn water ski sessions.

Jaleesa thinks something is waiting for her in the mysterious land at the back of her great-grandmother's house. This story within a story involves the spirits of the animals, and in particular, the emu.

After a rough start, Sam Kerr settles into playing soccer for the Knights. But there's so much to learn -- new rules and positions and strategies... Lately, it seems like soccer is the only thing she can think about. When she finds out she'll have to wear a dress and dance in front of a hundred people at her cousin's upcoming wedding (terrifying), Sam feels like she's all but had enough. So why isn't her best friend Indi supporting her? And why is school bully Chelsea suddenly a bit... nice? Will Sam be able to mend her friendships -- and score a few goals in the meantime -- before it's too late?

The 2006 World Cup is around the corner and thirteen-year-old Sam Kerr is pumped! Even though the games are being played on the other side of the world, Sam and her best friend, Dylan, are planning to get up early to watch the games live on TV. They couldn't be more excited! But there's more for Sam to get excited about when she's invited to trial for a rep soccer team; the coach of the team has seen Sam play and is blown away by how good she is. Sam is thrilled when she gets into the team, then she realises she has to juggle training with the Knights AND with her new rep team. And when her mum and dad organise a family holiday interstate it looks like Sam might have to miss out because of her new timetable. Sam starts to question if she's really ready for the big time. Will watching the World Cup convince her that she wants to play in the rep team, or will the juggle of school, training and games all become too much for a girl who has just started high school?

Sam Kerr has only been playing soccer for a few months and now her team is playing in the finals! She can't believe it! But when her best friend, Dylan, is appointed team captain, Sam is worried that his shyness might get in the way. Together with her other bestie, Indi, they must find a way to help him overcome his nerves. Meanwhile, Sam has become friends with her new neighbours Jake and Will. But strange things start happening: she loses her new water bottle, her soccer boots go missing, and her dog, Penny, disappears from the garden. Sam has had enough! It's time to get to the bottom of the mystery in the midst of preparing for her finals match. It's not always easy being a soccer superstar!

Soccer tragic Sam is devastated when her school's annual Sports Day rolls around and she discovers soccer isn't on the planned list of activities. Taking the matter into her own hands with the help of her friends Indi and Dylan, she petitions her classmates to create the first ever soccer team in the history of her school. Will Sam's mission to add her beloved game to the program be a success, or will Chelsea and Mr Morton stir up trouble and ruin everything?

Sam Kerr is an Aussie rules football fan through and through. But when she's excluded from her team she doesn't know what to do. Netball? No thanks. Chess? Bleugh. Her best friends Dylan and Indi think she should flip from AFL to soccer -- and it doesn't seem so bad at first. The coach is OK. The team seems nice enough... But with Chelsea the school bully on her case and the pressure of learning new rules weighing her down, will it all be too much? Will Sam give up -- or will she make the flip?

Find out about the machines, technology and ideas that have changed our lives, shaken the world, and shaped our future. The book is arranged chronologically, detailing the 'big inventions', who made it, where, when, how and why.

Based on a true story from Swaziland. After its mother is shot by poachers, a baby rhino must face the world on its own. The baby survives when it is adopted by an older female rhinoceros.

Contains Soccer superstar, Footy hero, Rugby great and Cricket legend.

Any two titles read from this series can be included as official Challenge books; up to five more titles can be included as your personal choice books. To see the individual book titles and their PRC ID numbers, go to the Series lists on the Booklists page, on the website. Or, you can search for a series name or the individual titles by using the Search function on the top left hand corner of the screen.

There are two teams, but only one star pitcher. Let's hope he listens to his captain or it could be disastrous for the team.

Toocool, Marcy and Spike have been challenged to a game of basketball. Toocool decides that he has to be Captain. Marcy thinks that she should be Captain. Spike just wants the game to begin.

It looks like just another beach patrol for Toocool, the world's greatest lifeguard. Suddenly, a sea creature from the deep starts to stalk his friend and Toocool must save the day.

Toocool captains the Australian team in the First Test. But he no longer has the home ground advantage. This may really affect his game badly.

Jaws the crocodile has escaped from the Zoo. There's only one person that can capture the runaway crocodile, Toocool. With the help of friends, Toocool sets out to get Jaws.

Toocool hopes to lead the Park Legends to victory on the ice but the Westside Winners won't be an easy team to beat. Perhaps Toocool has finally met his match.

When Toocool discovers he is a champion discus thrower, nobody is safe from his mighty throws.

Toocool goes fishing to grapple with a giant of the deep, a marlin, but Toocool may have met his match. The battle begins at sunrise.

It's the end of the season and Toocool has led his team to the Super Bowl. Toocool is a fantastic footy player but one player has never taken the whole team to victory before.

It's the biggest game of the season. The crowd has footy fever. Topdogs are going to need a hero. Luckily they have Toocool.

Toocool has the best swing but beware the golfing giant.

Toocool at the grand prix.

What's the biggest fish you've ever caught? Toocool has just caught a monster from the deep. Now all Toocool's got to do is get it on to the river bank.

So what are Marcy and her friends doing? There's only one thing that Toocool and Spike can do. Look out 007, Toocool and Spike are on the job.

The iron-man contest is a tough event. Toocool will discover if rock-hard muscles and legs of steel are all that is needed to win.

There can only be one winner in the great kart race.

The Legends have been challenged to another game of soccer. The stakes are high. Coach Wong invents a magic formula that makes Legends kick the ball harder and faster.

The crowd goes wild at the MCG. The Park Legends are up against the Try Hards in a match day footy game. Toocool must try to kick the winning goal.

Toocool's team want to take out the NBA championship and he has to lead them. Will he survive the pressure?

Toocool has tried his hand at various sports. There's a ball game showdown in TC Park. There are two good teams, but let's hope the star pitcher listens to his captain.

Sam and Billy form their own rock group with Billy as lead singer and Sam on guitar. In one uncontrollable moment, Billy takes Sam's guitar and lets rip with unbelievable results.

When Uncle Buck comes to stay at the Toocool Ranch, Toocool and Roberto take a crash course in how to become real cowboys and attend the rodeo.

In Round 'Em Up, school holidays have arrived. After telling his mum that he is going to spend the holidays practising his drums, Toocool's mum decides that he and his best friend Spike should spend some time at his Uncle Buck's Ranch. And that's when the fun begins.

Toocool imagines himself playing rugby for Australia.

The big race goes on for two days. The weather is out of control and so is the crazy crew but Captain Toocool has to manage under whatever conditions he meets.

A new set of drums and Toocool wants to form a band. Marcy wants to be the lead singer. Spike wants to play his guitar. Wong just wants them to go and practise somewhere else.

Toocool is a standout on the skateboard. All he needs now is a ramp to practise his new trick and then he needs to find out if the world is ready for the TC Twist.

Toocool loves his soccer. With Toocool on your team you shouldn't need anything else but the Legends also have another secret weapon.

Toocool is on the mountain bike track. It's a race against time. Toocool is a speed machine. It looks like nothing will save him from breaking the paper run record.

Earth is being invaded by aliens and there's only one person who can save the day - Toocool, space captain.

How many strikes in a row have you had? Toocool thinks he's set a new world record. So does Marcy and so does Spike. Wong thinks that they're wrong. Wong thinks he's the best. Only one thing to do, let the challenge begin.

It's summer vacation and there's a surfing contest to win. Toocool waxes down his twin fin and hits the waves.

Toocool is playing tennis in the Australian open. He's stuck in the doubles but he's not sure he really needs a partner. He should be good enough to play for two.

It's snowed and Killer Hill is covered. Marcy and Spike challenge Toocool to a snowboard race. The fun starts when Toocool gets on his supercharged snowboard.

Toocool has built the best water slide ever in his own backyard. Now he's ready to become the fastest water slider in the world. It's a race against his friends and the stop watch in the local water slide competition.

World Championship wrestling has arrived. Toocool could be the next world champion. Before that, he has to beat Marcy. Marcy thinks that she's going to squash Toocool like a lemon.

On her way to the waterhole, Dumazi finds a big yellow lion caught in a trap. Please save my life and set me free, he begs. But Dumazi knows that lions roaming free eat little Zulu girls like her...

Ninnyhammer is known as the village simpleton. When Peter fishes a strange stick out of the stream, he discovers that there's a lot more to Ninnyhammer than first appears.

Angus and his sister have found something strange at the beach. They think it's just a big, old piece of seaweed so they take it home to put in the bath. But, in the morning, the seaweed is squeaking and splashing.

Miss Slade is a recluse who lives in an old caravan in Blackberry Bottom. When new neighbours move in, she gradually starts to rejoin the village community. But no one knows that Miss Slade keeps all her money buried in a milk churn.

Guinea-pigs are cute and cuddly, and they make great pets. Find out how best to care for them.

Lollipop is no ordinary pig. According to her young owner, Johnny Skinner, she's the cleverest pig in the kingdom. When people stare into her eyes, it seems to change them for the better. But even Lollipop struggles to win over the spoilt princess.

Delightful story of a young kitten who becomes a witch's cat and goes through most of his nine lives being rescued by his kind witch, Bella Donna.

Identical twin giants are born on a mountain and enjoy all the same things, except that one is a vegetarian. They race up and down mountains, roll boulders and sing off-key at the top of their lungs. At 20, they each decide it's time to seek a wife. Looking for two giantesses over seven mountains is no easy task.

If you like pigs, you will love this story book about how pigs live and how you can keep them as pets.

Ella's family have a big secret . . . her mummy is a fairy! She can do amazing spells with her computawand to make delicious cupcakes, create the perfect birthday party and cause chaos at the supermarket. But sometimes the spells go a bit wrong and that's when Ella comes to the rescue!

Meet kids just like you whose small acts of kindness are changing the lives of others. Learn about the work they do and discover how the future of our world starts here ... with you.

Meet kids around the world, kids just like you, who are making a positive different to take action against climate change. Learn about the work that they do and discover how the future of our planet starts with you.

Join the Emperor Penguins in Antarctica and experience a year in the life of these amazing creatures. Find out how the baby penguins stay snug and warm on their dads' feet, how they are fed and how the colony huddles together during the freezing winter.

Georgina, Hubert, and Gogol go to the beach for one last, carefree day of summer sun and surf. Once there, these innocent lambs get fleeced by some cagey characters who smooth talk them out of their fur coats. Enter Elliott Baa, Private Detective, who, together with the three cold and exhausted friends and some rugby-playing cats, set off to confront the villains in this action-packed and off-beat tale.

A UFO is lost in space until it spots a strange, blue planet. Zooming in for a closer look, the UFO discovers a curious creature watching it. They quickly become friends for one unforgettable afternoon.

Jim is not quite sure that he's ready to move from the baby pool to the middle-sized pool. Can a group of splashing dinosaurs help him face his fear?

Turtle really likes standing in his favorite spot. He likes it so much that he asks his friend Armadillo to come over and stand in it, too. But now that Armadillo is standing in that spot, he has a bad feeling about it . . .

Birk the Berserker is a young Viking who cannot be fierce. Even his own mother finds him embarrassing. Forced to go raiding, Birk is captured by villagers who plan to execute him. Eventually, the peaceful Birk can turn his back on violence.

Mum's busy working at the fair so Gabby has to spend the day with her older brother, Matt. Unfortunately, he controls the money and is very bossy and their tastes are very different.

Penny Pollard hates pink dresses, twitty lavender bags, Simone, Annette Smurton who has her own horse and Jason Taylor. She likes horses, Mrs B who is her eighty-one year old best friend, collecting things, visiting cemeteries and writing.

Princess Althea hates being a princess. She doesn't want to wear formal clothes, wave to crowds and sew tapestries. She wants to have fun and the farm children that she can see from her castle window have much more fun than she does.

When Emily Forbes finds a rock in a nearby park, she has no idea it is a prehistoric creature's egg. She calls it Thing. When it hatches, Emily and her mother find themselves with a playful, apple-green, prehistoric, vegetarian TV addict.

Mungo reads his favourite book every night, an adventure about pirates. One night, when reading the book, Mungo discovers that the captain is nowhere to be found and he can dive in and take the captain's place.

Ruby lives in a colourful caravan with her grandmother. She is gentle and caring and spends her days looking after plants, animals and people, as well as playing with mulberries, to make hands a pretty colour.

Ruby Red Shoes is an aware hare who lives in a colourful caravan with her grandmother, Babushka Galina Galushka. Ruby loves her grandmother very much and thinks she is wonderful for all sorts of very special reasons.

Ruby Red Shoes and her grandmother are on holiday in Paris! Ruby is fizzing with excitement; her smart red shoes are aflutter as she explores cafes and markets dotted along cobblestone streets. Ruby practises her French, eats buttered baguettes, and beetles around on a scooter with a special new friend who shows her the sights. It is a time she will treasure forever.

Ruby and her grandmother love to travel and now they are in London, the home of red buses and letter boxes, and where Ruby's red shoes fit right in. There is so much to discover in London and Ruby spends many happy days exploring the sights. Ruby delights in all that this wonderful city has to offer, especially as she can share it with her family.

A young girl leaves her war-ravaged homeland and arrives in Australia. Everything looks and sounds strange, even the wind. She doesn't speak the language and feels intimidated and lonely. To cope, the girl wraps herself in a beloved blanket and takes comfort in the memories of her homeland. One day at the park, a local girl smiles and waves at her.

Victoria has the power to create words and we all know what power words can have. But when one of her words has repercussions beyond her wildest plans Victoria must use her skills as a word smith to make things right again. But will she be able to put things back the way they were or has life been irreversibly altered forever?

Anton has a magic hat. A real one. He wants to do some magic and make things disappear. Anton tries to make a tree vanish but it's too big. But, when he is successful in making someone disappear, Anton desperately wants him to come back.

An illustrated collection of poems from an Australian poet.

Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are... Up above the world so high, these little diamonds in the sky are much more than twinkling lights. In fact, they're not twinkling at all. Discover how stars are created, what they're made of, and even what makes them look like they're twinkling.

Moon knew it was unusual to see a green turtle. Out of all the sea turtles in the world, they were the species that was most at risk. But when the turtle beckoned her to come, Moon knew it wanted to show her something.

Cut outs replicate a microscopic view of sea life that becomes part of a food chain with each step in the chain increasing in size.

Australia's Western Swamp Tortoise, the world's rarest tortoise, is an endangered species. The baby tortoises' intense struggle for survival is revealed in this bittersweet story.

Nine year old Cassie Bannerman loves animals, especially her dog Ripper, who is always by her side. When Ben Stoppard moves into Abbotts Hill with his family and their English sheepdog, Cassie is determined to befriend them. Ben and Cassie and the two dogs take part in the RSPCA annual fundraiser, and help round up a naughty runaway pup.

Crow is so lacking in self-esteem that she doesn't realise what a special crow she is. She wishes she could be more like the 'other' crows she sees. She flies off to seek her destiny and to discover that she is all these things and more.

The little girl has lost her way, wandering away from the Mothers, the Aunties and the Grandmothers. Find out which animal will show her the way home.

Numbat has two hearts, one of stone and one of feather. His stone heart makes him strong and powerful while his feather heart makes him soft and gentle. When having more than one heart becomes troublesome, Numbat must choose which one to keep.