Hairy Maclary's Showbusiness

Lynley Dodd, Lynley Dodd

Hairy Maclary is terrific at finding trouble. And this time the playful pup is lost...in the middle of a cat show! Even so, Hairy manages to come out a winner. Brimming with Lynley Dodd's trademark bouncy rhymes and expressive illustrations, toddlers are sure to give Hairy Maclary's Showbusiness top pri...

Koala Lou (PB)

Mem Fox

There was once a baby koala, so soft and round that all who saw her loved her. Her name was Koala Lou.Koala Lou is the first born in a large family. She feels sad because her mother seems too busy to pay her any attention. Perhaps if she wins the tree-climbing at the Bush Olympics her mother might notic...

A Room of One's Own: Popular Penguins

Virginia Woolf

A Room of One's Own grew out of a lecture that Virginia Woolf had been invited to give at Girton College, Cambridge in 1928. Ranging over Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte and why neither of them could have written War and Peace, over the silent fate of Shakespeare's gifted (and imaginary) sister, over t...

The Big Flood: Juliet, Nearly a Vet (Book 11)

Rebecca Johnson

Hi I'm Juliet. I'm 10 years old. And I'm nearly a vet It's been raining for days and the paddocks near our house are flooded. Luckily, Chelsea and I are all ready to help--a vet has to be ready to go at a moment's notice But there are many small animals that need rescuing. Can we convince Dad to take us...

Cruden Farm Garden Diaries (HB)

Michael Morrison; Lisa Clausen

Cruden Farm was given to the late Dame Elisabeth Murdoch in 1928 as a wedding present from her husband Sir Keith Murdoch. The farm at Langwarrin, about 50 kilometres south-east of Melbourne, was a place she cherished throughout her long life. The beautiful garden she created there with gardener Michael ...