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Eccentric and lovable characters search for the best ice cream, with funny tongue twisting rhymes.

If each orange has 8 slices and each slice has 2 seeds, how many seeds are there in all? You'll have fun whether you multiply, add or count your way through the math puzzles hiding in the world all around you.

Three stories, mostly about about birds. Birds who can't fly and snakes who can. Mistakes to be made and problems to be solved. Great enemies and even greater friends.

From vicious volcanoes to wondrous waterfalls, the terror and beauty of Earth is shown in all its glory. Contains fascinating factual information about the earth with plenty of descriptions and images.

One of the Minibeasts series, describing the physical characteristics, behaviour and habitat of the earthworm.

In 1928 girls don't drive cars, let along race them. Until two fearless and intrepid best friends make history, racing across Australia and beating the land speed record... with Barney the dog in tow. The amazing true story of Jean Robertson and Kathleen Howell who helped map Australia.

Daisy won't eat her peas, no matter what her mother promises. They come to an agreement in the end when Daisy turns the tables on her mum.

Ebi has a passion for boats and builds a fantasy world around them. When he meets an old, ex-sailor who lives next door, the two share Ebi's fantasy world in a host of imaginary ways.

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.

The Eco Rangers, Ebony and Jay, are having so much fun at the local adventure park. But when they find two abandoned baby bats, they rescue them right away. Then they discover more microbats inside an old rollercoaster ride. Can the Eco Rangers save the animals in time before the ride is destroyed?

When Ebony and Jay rescue a frightened pelican covered in sludge, they know terrible events are afoot. Why is the previously pristine sea now coated in oil? The Eco Rangers start investigating, uncovering a mystery that involves the evil actions of a greedy cruise company!

There's been a devastating wildfire and the bush creatures have been injured and lost their homes. The Eco Rangers, Ebony and Jay, are rescuing a possum with burned paws when they stumble across some mysterious strangers in the bush.

Eddie Pipper loves penguins. But, he doesn't have one of his own and, for now, has to makes do with a special papier-mache penguin.

Eddy hates playing cricket and he will do anything to get out of it. When there is a game of cricket coming up, he tries all sorts of things with hilarious results.

Edie Amelia Sparks is a neat girl with very messy parents. While checking that her party outfit for her ninth birthday is in order, she discovers that one of her most treasured possessions is missing. As Edie Amelia sets out to solve the mystery, there is lots of fun as she chases a trail that involves her father, a piece of purple paper, a shadowy tall man, exotic settings and lots of food.

A mysterious illness, with very strange symptoms, is spreading through Runcible, throwing the townsfolk into a panic. Edie Amelia Sparks, nine year old detective extraordinaire, sets out to investigate. With her new best friend, Cheesy Chompster, and Mr Pants, her French bulldog, Edie begins the hunt for a cure and encounters some rather unusual things along the way.

Edwina is anything but extinct, just ask those people who enjoy her choc-chip cookies. But, Reginald Von Hoobie-Doobie thinks it is time everyone, including Edwina, learnt how extinct dinosaurs are.

When something strange washes up on the eggs' island, they are scared. It looks like them but its not. Most of them want the egg to go back to where it came from, but one is not afraid. Can their friendship overcome the fear and prejudice?

A beautifully illustrated, sophisticated and fascinating look at all sorts of eggs. American spelling and imperial measurement do not detract from the attractiveness of language, ideas and pictures.

A beautifully presented book about chickens, including simple and interesting facts, an index, a glossary and web links.

The year is 1465 BC and Nakht's family is moving from their village to Memphis, where his father has just become an important scribe. With Nakht, we explore this bustling Egyptian city, visiting the craftsmen's workshops and the shipyards, watching a burial ritual, and learning how the land is farmed, and how houses are built. Most thrilling of all, he witnesses a tomb robbery in the pyramids and meets the King of Egypt.

The mystery of the pyramids. Discover the what, when, how and why of these ancient architectural masterpieces.

A beautifully presented book about the ancient Egyptians, including simple facts, an index, a glossary and web links.

Imogen and Arthur have been missing Einstein since he moved back to Australia. So when an encounter throws up an opportunity for the penguin to return to London, they jump at the chance. Then Einstein and his friend, Isaac, find themselves kidnapped! It's time for Imogen and Arthur to turn detective again...

Join Emma Jacks, 8, at Spy School! Agents have to learn to keep secrets. Sometimes birthday secrets are the hardest ones to keep...

Emma Jacks is Agent EJ10 goes to Spy School. EJ10 must earn her underwater spy badge. But, even spies, can be scared of deep water.

EJ's toughest mission yet. The Head of SHINE has uncovered a secret laboratory that uses animals for cosmetic testing. But, now she is missing and it is up to EJ12 to find her.

Emma Jacks is Agent EJ10 and she goes to Spy School. Christmas can be full of surprises, even at Spy School. Join EJ10 on a special Christmas lesson.

Emma Jacks is Agent EJ10 and she goes to Spy School. It's time for night mission training. But, Emma is a little bit scared of the dark.

Emma Jacks is Agent EJ10. She goes to Spy School and is learning how to rescue animals. When a puppy goes missing, EJ10 must try to find her.

Emma Jacks is Agent EJ10 and she attends spy school.

Emma Jacks is Agent EJ10. She goes to Spy School and uses special tools so no one will know she is a spy. But, it might be difficult for Emma to keep secrets.

Sometimes and agent needs to move quicly, but things can happen if you go too fast.

Emma loves school but hates having tests. But this test has a good result, where she becomes EJ10 at spy school.

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.

A new arrival at the Shine animal training centre and suddenly Shadow seems to know everything they are planning. EJ12 needs to find how they are spying on them and fast.

Special Agent EJ12 must get inside the chocolate cake factory to discover and stop Shadow's plan. At the same time, the school fund-raiser is proving to be a huge problem.

Just days before Christmas, the world's largest diamond collection disappears. The evil agency SHADOW plans to smuggle it out of the country. Special Agent EJ12 needs to be patient and find the clues to how and when this will occur. That's the easy part. As EJ12, Emma Jacks can do anything, except be patient while waiting for Christmas Eve.

Strange things are happening in Italy's famous cities. Agent EJ12 and the Shine Stars must figure it out and put a stop to Shadow.

Shadow is up to something with the water supply, but what could it have to do with the filming of the new movie.

When priceless violins are stolen from a music conservatorium, SHINE suspects that evil agency SHADOW is orchestrating something big. Special Agent EJ12 and the STAR team must work in concert to solve the crime and determine how the thief just walked out without being seen.

During Fashion Week, some of the world's most famous paintings have gone missing. Special Agent EJ12 wonders if there is a connection. She'll need to trust her instincts if she is stop more paintings disappearing. As EJ12, Emma Jacks can do anything.

Emma Jacks is surprised to be recruited by the secret organisation 'Shine'. As a secret agent for Shine she is known as EJ12 or EJ when on a mission. Her first mission is to stop the melting of the polar ice cap in Antarctica and prevent an environmental disaster.

Shine's solar energy system is under attack. Special Agent EJ12 must crack Shadow's codes and face up to her fears to stop Shine from being plunged into darkness.

Special agent EJ12 is on a new mission to crack evil agency Shadow's codes and save the rainforest. Her gymnastic training for the state gym competition might be very useful for this dangerous mission.

Evil agency Shadow is threatening to sabotage the traditional Japanese cherry blossom festival. Special Agent EJ12 needs to stay calm and keep her mind focused if she is to stop them in time. That's the easy part. As EJ12, Emma Jacks can do anything. So why does she find dealing with mean-girl Nema so hard?

Evil agency, Shadow, is really making waves and now the coral reef is in danger. Special Agent EJ12 could be in over her head but she must stop Shadow before it is too late. That's the easy part. As EJ12, Emma Jacks can do anything but, right now, she's really nervous about the school swimming carnival.

Special Agent EJ12 is worried about trying our for the soccer team but she should really be trying to find the missing invention and the spy at camp.

Specia Agent EJ12 needs to take off to the moon and stop SHADOW from finding out all of SHINE's secrets.

SHADOW seems to have uncovered a secret in an Egyptian pyramid, but what and where.

Special Agent EJ12 needs to pull the curtain down on Shadow to stop them rocking the Shine network and causing chaos. She knows she can get it done but she also needs to find a way to perform with her friends at the concert.

Someone is hunting the rare black rhino for its precious horns. Nothing is as it seems and Special Agent EJ12 will need to look below the surface if she is to stop more animals from being hurt.

In different castles all over England, centuries-old sovereigns have been stolen. All at the stroke of midnight. It will take the new SHINE STARs to crack the biggest SHADOW plot so far. Special Agent EJ12 will have to fight her fears and lead her team in her scariest night mission yet.

Emma Jacks can do anything as EJ12, but what will she do when her best friend moves away.

Somewhere, far north in the Arctic Circle, evil agency, Shadow, has set up a money-forging laboratory. It plans to make copies of every currency in the world. Shadow must be stopped but there is no trace of the laboratory. Only when Special Agent EJ12 remembers her first mission in the Arctic Circle will she find the key to unlock the mystery.

Mozz soars through the sky in a jet, rescuing wild animals around the world. But when Elephant Island is under threat from a deadly wave Mozz needs help urging the elephants to move! Time is running out! Can she convince Leo - a boy who can talk to animals - to join her on a dangerous rescue mission?

Olive's father has a sadness so big that she imagines it as an enormous elephant following him around. Every day Olive sees the elephant, and every day she wishes it would go. With the help of Grandad and her best friend, Arthur, Olive sets out to chase the elephant away.

Simple, factual information about elephants, with beautifully presented photographs and illustrations. A glossary of terms and an index are included.

Nestled in the wings of a mystical, white elephant, two children embark on a great journey of discovery. They fly across the universe, seeing its beauty then conflict, to discover there is a pathway to the humanity in all of us. The parable of the blind men and the elephant is told in Buddhism, Sufism, Hinduism, Jainism and studied in philosophy universally.

A beautifully presented book about the first Queen Elizabeth, including simple and interesting facts, an index, a glossary and web links.

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.

Ella loves ballet and dreams of having the lead in the ballet recital. But competition is strong.

Camp Gold Rush feels like a trip back in time! Ella's class gets to wear olden-day clothes, go to olden-day school and also HUNT FOR GOLD! Ella is sure that she and her BFFs are going to find the most giganterous nugget EVER. But what's causing the STRANGE NOISES outside their cabin? Is there a ghostly goldminer on the loose? This school camp is FULL of mystery!

Ella can't wait to have Christmas at Moonlight Gardens Caravan Park, right on the beach, with her best friend Zoe, and her Summer Best Friends Forever, Jessie and Ana. But when Jessie and Ana go missing, Ella is dragged off to Krafty Kids Klass. A horrible thing happens and her perfect holiday turns into chaos.

Ella is all set to get on the ferry for the school trip to TURTLE ISLAND where they will explore, do craft and maybe even see BABY TURTLES hatching. As usual, she's going to write about everything that happens in her SECRET DIARY! But with SLOSHY WAVES causing havoc on the ferry and Her Royal Pushiness Princess Peach Parker in Ella's cabin on the island, can her diary really be safe?

The new year is starting and Ella has lots of new things to get used to. She is forced to sit next to Peach, a bully and sneak. Ella must try to find a way to stand up to the bully.

Ella dreams of meeting pop star Cassi Valentine. She has all the songs and merchandise. But, when the school enters a competition to win a visit from the star, Ella and her worst enemy ever, Peach Parker, have to work together. The whole school is counting on them to put aside their differences and cooperate.

Its Ella's big chance for a starring role in this year's school play. But, while Peach Parker is busy trying to stop Ella from succeeding, Zoe ends up winning the prize part. When Zoe spends all her time rehearsing with the new girl, Ella must try and save their friendship.

Ella is on holiday on a LUXURY cruise ship. It's going to be AMAZING swimming pools, shopping mall, ice-skating ... and NO school for a week. Best of all, Zoe is coming too. But when a friendship catastrophe strikes, Ella's perfect holiday looks doomed.

Amethyst has started a SOCCER CLUB for GIRLS ONLY and Ella is super excited to be part of it! She is on the club committee and DREAMS of being a striker and scoring all the goals. But then Ella discovers something that fills her with DESPERATING DESPAIR. She cant dribble, she cant pass and she cant kick a goal. Will she even be chosen for a team? Are Ellas soccer dreams over before they even began?

Ella's school is going green! And there's going to be an election to choose a Planet Protector Captain. Being captain is Ella's dream; she'll be in charge of all the cool projects and get to wear a sparkly uniform. But sneaky Peach wants to be captain too, and will stop at nothing to get more votes. Will Ella get the top job or will Peach rule the school once again?

Ella and her friends all LOVE GYMNASTICS and they convince their whole class to do a special showcase for International Sports Day. Then Ammy chooses Ella's arch-rival, Peach, to be the PICOOTS (Person in Charge of Organising the Showcase). Suddenly, Ella notices that Peach seems to be getting all the special attention lately. It is SO UNFAIR. When will it be Ella's turn?

Ella can't wait to have Christmas at Moonlight Gardens Caravan Park. Will her perfect holiday turn into Christmas Chaos? Ella has come up with a plan to make her holidays excellent again! But will Ella's Operation Merry Christmas be a success?

Ella and Zoe start their own dog walking business. When their only job turns out to be minding a lizard and sneaky Peach Parker starts behaving very suspiciously, Ella wonders what's up. With their detective notebooks in hand, Zoe and Ella must go undercover to try and discover the terrible truth.

Moonlight Gardens Caravan Park has closed down so Ella has to spend Christmas at home. It's going to be boring, boring, boring. Ella comes up with a plan to make the holidays excellent again. But, then, Peach Parker announces she's organising her own amazing Christmas party and Ella is not invited.

The School Disco is just around the corner and Ella has an idea for a costume that will be adorable. And also excellent. And fantabulously fabulous! Soon, using Mums old sewing machine, Ella is stitching and gluing super-stylish outfits and costumes. When all her friends start sewing too, Ella realises that shes not the only one with a passion for fashion. Shes started an amazing sewing craze!!

Ella decides to join Zoe at Pony School for the holidays. When meanie Peach Parker turns up, they fear it will be the worst idea ever. But, the tables turn when Peach is knocked off her perch by posh girls, Letitia and Lavinia. Ella's love of horses is being tested by the new snobs in town. And, most confusing of all, Ella is starting to feel sorry for Peach.

Something very weird is going on at school. Ella's second-best BFFs keep whispering super-secretively in class and disappearing at lunch time. Then Ella finds a fancy envelope on her desk with an invitation to join SOAP, the Secret Organisation for Amazing People...is she about to get to the bottom of the mystery?

Ella, Zoe and Ammy are excited to be working together on a SPECIAL PROJECT to present to their entire class! They plan the most aMAZing cooking video... but then everything goes wrong! First the recipes don't work, and then Ella finds herself caught in the middle of a FIGHT between Zoe and Ammy! Can they get it together and finish their video?

Ellas been chosen for the quiz team and is going on television game show QUIZ-ZAM! Shes going to be a star! But Ellas TV dreams soon turn into total drama when Zoe doesnt make the team and know-it-all Peach gets her spot instead! Worst of all, the other team on the show is super smart ... and super mean! Will Ella and Peach embarrass themselves on national television? Or can they work out a way to share the spotlight?

Ella's heart is breaking! She just can't stop thinking about the tiny BABY POSSUM that she found lost in the park. Where did the rescuer lady take the poor little thing? Will it be lonely? What will it eat? Her friends Ammy and Zoe don't seem to care, but Ella is determined to find out!

Ella's arrived at school camp and she can't wait for the fun to begin. But, then she discovers there are spooky noises outside at night and hair-raising camp activities to do. Worst of all, Ella has to share a cabin with the scheming Peach Parker. For the whole week, Ella must try to avoid Peach's pranks and the petrifying giant swing. This is going to be the worst camp ever.

Megan is really excited about moving. She can't wait to take her Golden Labrador, Ellie, for walks in the countryside near their new house. But, Mum and Dad say that Ellie will be upset by the move, and she has to go and stay with Gran. Megan really misses her and Ellie will do anything to get home to Megan.

Ellie wants to be an engineer when she is older. She has her own workshop, tool belt and notepad for keeping track of her sketches and completed projects. Her best friend Kit has a birthday approaching and Ellie always engineers and builds Kit's gifts. So this year Ellie decides to build a really special project as a gift.

Emerald the Green Turtle hatches from her egg and, with her many sisters, makes her perilous journey to the beckoning sea. An Endangered Species Wildlife Book.

It's Christmas day in Shaggy Gully. The kangaroos are bouncy, the echidnas are prickly and the bats and possums are just hanging about. Only the bunyip is gloomy and Emily Emu is determined to make him smile for Christmas.

The Emperor penguin is the only large animal to remain on the Antarctic mainland throughout its bitterly, inhospitable winter. Once the female has laid her egg, she heads back to the sea, leaving the male to incubate it. He then spends two months standing on the freezing cold ice with the egg on his feet.

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.

A poetry collection that is a curious compilation of regal, traditional and everyday living themes in a wide range of poetry forms.

In the open forest, Emu gathers granite-green eggs under soft feathers. Emu will care for the eggs and protect the stripy chicks once they hatch. There are many hazards in the forest for this unusual family.

The cousins have many adventures in the strange lands at the top of the magic faraway tree, with all their unusual friends who live in the tree.

Young Bertie Badger loves to visit his grandpa and friends at the retirement home for elderly magicians. One day, he arrives to find all the magic props have vanished. Bertie will have to solve the mystery before the magic show can start. Maybe you can help him.

Enoch the emu thinks it will be very easy being a house husband. He is not so sure once his partner, Wilhemina, leaves him to look after the eggs. By the time the story finishes only the joy of fatherhood can make up for his ordeal.

The Enormous Crocodile is incredibly greedy. He plans to guzzle as many children as he can for his lunch. Luckily, he's not very clever and the other animals in the jungle are determined to spoil his wicked schemes.

Since ancient times, people have been fascinated by how things work. This series features the design and technology of machines that are part of our daily lives, and explains where and how they are used and the materials from which they are made

At home, Eric's parents are always busy and at school, he is always in trouble. When Eric meets Einstein, a genius mouse who has escaped the clutches of a mad scientist, Eric's life begins to turn around. But, the mad scientist is on their trail.

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.

Ernie is going to live in the Australian Outback for a year. He is going to write a postcard during each season. Lots of lovely pictures and fun.

There can be nothing more frightening than the rulers of the land, talking wolves, taking your parents away and burning your house. Tam and Nina seek help from a group of outcasts.

When Jamie and Tom wake up an Allosaurus, they're in big trouble. This is one of the deadliest of the Jurassic dinosaurs and the boys must hide quickly. They take cover in an underground tunnel but something else is hiding there too. And it's not like anything ever seen before.

Caramel Cinnamon thought the worst day of her life was the day her grandparent's the King and Queen of the Elves of Cardamom went missing. She was wrong. The day she spills sticky toffee syrup onto her father's computer, that's when her worst nightmare begins. Suddenly she finds herself marooned on a forbidden planet by an evil clone, with a very sticky secret.

Secret agent, Jack Stalwart, must capture the flesh-eating dinosaur before it destroys New York city.

A shy man, Mr Hoppy, wants to win Mrs Silver's affection. He only has courage for polite conversation as she tends her pet tortoise, Alfie, on the balcony below. When he learns that her dearest wish is for Alfie to grow, he hatches a plan.

Ethan eats everything except peas. What will he do when there's nothing else to eat.

Will and his family head for Ballarat to find gold. They face heat, dust and flies in summer; rain, mud and cold in winter. Along with other diggers and a young man with a strange past, the events of the Eureka Stockade change them forever.

An historic account of the Eureka Stockade, with humorous illustrations.

Evangeline, the toy elephant, lies under the bed all day, waiting and waiting for something to happen. If only she could be useful somewhere. One morning, a broom sweeps her out onto the bedroom floor.

Natasha, the new girl at school, insists she's a Russian princess. She insists her life is in great danger. Her new friends don't know if this is true or the biggest whopper ever.

Have some ear-tickling fun with this modern treasure trove of poetry, featuring classic favourites, some brand new ones and lots of tongue twisters.

It is graduation week at SEAS and when Space Agents Neuron Star, Comet XS and Shooting Star are called to rescue the shelluscas on Planet Molluscara they know that it is not only the aliens who need rescuing. Can the agents find the source of the fire and smoke in time to rescue the alien shelluscas and one of their own?

High in a tree house live two very best friends. One is a girl and one is a dog. And everyone knows them as Evie and Pog. Evie is six years old and Pog is a pug. They are very different but they both love to have fun! Join them for three happy adventures, with lots of cake, glitter - and more cake!

High in a tree house live two best friends. One is a girl and one is a dog. And everyone knows them as Evie and Pog. Evie is six and likes reading and baking and rolling in daisies. Pig is a pug and he likes to drink tea and read the paper. Join them on their many adventures as they look for fun things to do.

Have you ever wondered what happens in the earth underneath us? James has, and he wants to learn more about soil. In Exploring Soils: A Hidden World Underground, James discovers that soil is not just dirt for digging in. He explores how plants and animals live in soil, how soils are formed, how they differ, and the many ways that soil is essential in our lives.

Ernie Eggers is thrilled when he wins a superhero contest and becomes Extraordinary Ernie, after school on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and all day Saturday. Ernie is dismayed when he discovers that his sidekick is a sheep. But, Ernie soon discovers that Maud is no ordinary sheep.

Daredevil driver or kidnapping by super spies! You are attending the Extreme Machine Expo. Every type of fast vehicle is on display -- some of them are even available to test! Among the mind-boggling sports cars, hovercrafts and jet planes are information stands, with creepy vendors asking weird questions. Will you fulfill your dream of becoming a pro racer, or will the machines and their owners turn against you?

Imagine you could soar high in the sky with an eagle or dive into the deep with a majestic blue whale. Come eye to eye with some of nature's most impressive creatures.

Find out all about your eyes and the way they work. This book will also tell you why some creatures have eyes on the sides of their head and what to do if your eyes don't work.

Poetry, printed in large white font on glossy black pages, describes a variety of Australia's nocturnal birds and animals, all of whom have eyes that stare out of the dark pages.

In a suburban backyard that borders the bush, the night is dark and a storm is coming. Peter leaves the comfort of his house to check his pets and is just in time to save a young owl from the clutches of a feral cat.

Gray Wolf loses his mate and finds a new one during a winter of survival.

A young Asian girl notices that her eyes look different from her peers'. They have big, round eyes and long lashes. She realizes that her eyes are like her mother's, her grandmother's, and her little sister's. They have eyes that kiss in the corners and glow like warm tea, crinkle into crescent moons, and are filled with stories of the past and hope for the future. Drawing from the strength of these powerful women in her life, she recognizes her own beauty and discovers a path to self-love and empowerment.

A young boy comes to recognize his own power and ability to change the future. When a friend at school creates a hurtful drawing, the boy turns to his family for comfort. He realizes that his eyes rise to the skies and speak to the stars, shine like sunlit rays, and glimpse trails of light from those who came before- in fact, his eyes are like his father's, his agong's, and his little brother's, and they are visionary. Inspired by the men in his family, he recognizes his own power and strength from within. This extraordinary picture book redefines what it means to be truly you.

Any five 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 of the screen.