My Friend Fred by Frances Watts
$20.00 AUD
Category: CBCA Shortlist 2020 | Reading Level: Early Childhood
A delightful picture book about a friendship between an exuberant but loveable dachshund and his more retiring, tidy housemate.
One Runaway Rabbit by David Metzenthen; Mairead Murphy (Illustrator)
$25.00 AUD
Category: CBCA Shortlist 2020 | Reading Level: Early Childhood
A stylish and satisfying picture book about a curious pet rabbit who accidentally escapes the safety of her backyard, and then must survive in the wilds of suburbia at night.
When Billy Was a Dog by Kirsty Murray
$25.00 AUD
Category: CBCA Shortlist 2020 | Reading Level: Early Childhood
If you can't have a puppy, maybe the next best thing is to be a puppy. 'Can I please, please, please have a dog?' asked Billy.'Would you walk it every day and wash it if it got dirty?''I would, I promise!' said Billy.Billy wants a dog. He really really really wants one.Billy's parents aren't so sure. So ...Show more
The Secrets of Magnolia Moon (#1 Magnolia Moon) by Edwina Wyatt
$19.99 AUD
Category: CBCA Shortlist 2020 | Series: Magnolia Moon | Reading Level: Younger Readers
CBCA award-winning picture book author Edwina Wyatt makes her fiction debut with a whimsical tale of a curious little girl who shares more than just her surname with the moon: They're both excellent secret keepers. Magnolia Moon is nine years old, likes Greek mythology, her best friend Imogen May (who u ...Show more
The Thing About Oliver by Deborah Kelly
$14.99 AUD
Category: CBCA Shortlist 2020 | Reading Level: Younger Readers
When I’m a famous marine scientist I’ll live on a boat by myself. I’ll snorkel on the reef all day long. But before I can learn to snorkel I have to be able to swim properly. And right now, I don’t even own a swimsuit. Twelve-year-old Tilly lives in a drought-stricken town with her mum and younger broth ...Show more
The Glimme by Emily Rodda
$34.99 AUD
Category: CBCA Shortlist 2020 | Reading Level: Younger Readers
Lone Annie sees dragons in your future... She sees giants. She sees fire and water. She sees death. Finn's life in the village of Wichant is hard. Only his drawings of the wild coastline, with its dragon-shaped clouds and headlands that look like giants, make him happy. Then the strange housekeeper from ...Show more
The Dog Runner by Bren MacDibble
$17.00 AUD
Category: CBCA Shortlist 2020 | Reading Level: Younger Readers
From the author of the multi-award-winning and bestselling How To Bee comes an intense and thrilling new adventure. 'We're gonna starve if we stay here,' Emery said. 'If we're gonna go, best go now.' And he said it like going was something easy. Like all we have to do is walk away. Ella and her brother ...Show more
The Little Wave by Pip Harry
$17.00 AUD
Category: CBCA Shortlist 2020
A moving and heartwarming verse novel from CBCA shortlisted author Pip Harry about friendship, new experiences and staying true to yourself. When a Manly school sets out to bring a country class to the city for a beach visit, three very different kids find each other and themselves. Noah is fearless i ...Show more
We're Stuck! by Sue DeGennaro
$25.00 AUD
Category: CBCA Shortlist 2020 | Reading Level: Early Childhood
Turtle needs to get to the shop. It is important that he isn't late. When he races into the lift of Building 24 with all the busy people, there is a nod and a blink and a step to the side. A grunt and a sigh and a lean to the right.But what happens when the lift stops moving? Crocodile has a meeting to ...Show more
Yahoo Creek: An Australian Mystery by Tohby Riddle
$30.00 AUD
Category: CBCA Shortlist 2020 | Reading Level: Eve Pownall Award
Luminous images, accompanied by newspaper extracts dating back to the early 1800s and words by Ngiyampaa Elder, Peter Williams, explore the ongoing mystery of yahoo encounters. 'He was surprised to observe a hairy human form, about seven feet in height, walking in the bush.' Queanbeyan Age, 24 August 18 ...Show more
Catch a Falling Star by Meg McKinlay
$18.00 AUD
Category: CBCA Shortlist 2020 | Reading Level: Younger Readers
This coming-of-age story by multiple-award-winner Meg McKinlay is about loss and grief, dealing with change and fighting to hold on to what you can, while letting go of what you can't. It's 1979 and the sky is falling. Skylab, that is. Somewhere high above Frankie Avery, one of the world's first space s ...Show more
The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Ugly Animals by Sami Bayly
$33.00 AUD
Category: CBCA Shortlist 2020 | Series: The Illustrated Encyclopaedia | Reading Level: Eve Pownall Award
INDIE AWARD WINNER 2020. Marvel as you enter the fascinating hidden world of ugly animals in this encyclopaedia of the animal kingdom's most unusual and beauty-challenged species. It's time for ugly animals to shine! With more than sixty ugly animals to explore, this compendium of the unusual celebrates ...Show more