The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Name by Sandhya Parappukkaran
$24.99 AUD
Category: New Children's Picture Books | Reading Level: Age 3 - 99
When Zimdalamashkermishkada starts a new school, he knows he’s got to do something about his long name. When no amount of shrinking, folding or crumpling works, he simply settles for Zim – but deep down, it doesn’t feel right. It’s not until a new friend sees him for who he truly is that Zimdalamashk ...Show more
Tiger Daughter by Rebecca Lim
$16.99 AUD
Category: New Young Adult Fiction (Ages 13+)
What I feel most days is that nothing is ever going to change. That my life won't even start, and that I'll be stuck like this forever. Wen Zhou is the daughter and only child of Chinese immigrants whose move to the lucky country has proven to be not so lucky. Wen and her friend, Henry Xiao - whose mum ...Show more
Still Alive - Notes from Australia's Immigration Detention System (graphic) by Safdar Ahmed (Illustrator)
$30.00 AUD
Category: New Biography
WINNER of 2022 Eve Pownall AwardA graphic novel detailing author Safdar Ahmed's experiences visiting the Villawood Detention Centre in Sydney. Safdar tells the stories of the people seeking asylum in Australia that he meets in Villawood.
My Strange Shrinking Parents by Zeno Sworder
$25.99 AUD
Category: New Children's Picture Books
It goes without saying that all children believe their parents to be strange. Mine were unusual for a different reason...One boy's parents travel from far-off lands to improve their son's life. But what happens next is unexpected. What does it mean when your parents are different? What shape does love t ...Show more
Deep: Delve Into Hidden Worlds by Jess McGeachin
$24.99 AUD
Category: New Children's Information Books
WINNER: Book of the Award Eve Pownall Award 2023 A book that explores the places hardest to reach, from the molten depths of our planet to the frigid depths of outer space. Linking seemingly diverse subject matter, it invites the reader to explore worlds hidden from view. What hidden worlds lie bene ...Show more
How to Make a Bird by Meg McKinlay
$25.99 AUD
Category: New Children's Picture Books
Extraordinary imagery and rich language spark the reader's imagination as they enter the creative world of a young girl. From award-winning author Meg McKinlay and celebrated artist Matt Ottley comes a moving and visually stunning picture book that celebrates the transformative power of the creative pro ...Show more
Dry to Dry: The Seasons of Kakadu (Nature Storybooks) by Pamela Freeman
$26.99 AUD
Category: New Children's Picture Books | Series: Nature Storybooks
This Nature Storybook follow-up to the award-winning Desert Lake is a stunningly illustrated and extraordinary story of the yearly weather cycle and attendant changing wildlife of Kakadu National Park, from the Dry to the Wet to the Dry again. In the tropical wetlands and escarpments of Kakadu National ...Show more
The Tender Moments of Saffron Silk (Kingdom of Silk #6) by Glenda Millard
$14.99 AUD
Category: New Children's Novels | Series: Kingdom of Silk | Reading Level: 10+
Flame-haired Saffron is the youngest of the five Silk sisters. Her family know that she has a talent for becoming Anne of Green Gables or Cleopatra, and that she loves reading myths and legends. But they don't know about the firebirds that come to warn her of terrible headaches. And Saffron doesn't know ...Show more
Xavier in the Meantime by Kate Gordon
$15.99 AUD
Category: New Children's Novels
Sometimes Xavier wakes up feeling hopeless. Every new doctor … this will fix it. Removing him from school … this will fix it. The therapy group … this will fix it. And his dad moving out. Maybe, this will fix it. Despite his positive affirmations, the black dog never really leaves him. It watch ...Show more
Portrait of Spain for Kids by QAG/GoMA
$19.95 AUD
Category: New Children's Information Books
Portrait of Spain for Kids is the fourth children's book published by QAGOMA and features full-page colour images, information about the artists, fun facts about Spanish history and culture, as well as instructions for at-home activities such as Spanish recipes.
Young Dark Emu: A Truer History by Bruce Pascoe
$24.99 AUD
Category: New History | Reading Level: Eve Pownall Award
Bruce Pascoe has collected a swathe of literary awards for Dark Emu and now he has brought together the research and compelling first person accounts in a book for younger readers. Using the accounts of early European explorers, colonists and farmers, Bruce Pascoe compellingly argues for a reconsiderati ...Show more
Heroes, Rebels and Innovators: Inspiring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from history (HB) (CBCA Winner 2022) by Karen Wyld
$26.99 AUD
Category: New Inspiration
Powerful and inspiring: here are seven stirring stories about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who helped shape Australia. Each colourful spread in this illustrated book tells the story of incredible Indigenous Australians - such as Patyegarang, the young Darug woman who taught a First Fleet ...Show more