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Down the street, not far away, there is a little Hardware Shop.

From paint for a baby’s new room to a rubber tip for an old man’s walking stick. Travel through the pages of this book to find yourself down the street, not far away, in a little hardware shop with a big heart.

“Mum smiled gently and reached out her hand, a small magic heart shone like sparkling sand.”

The Magic Heart is a beautiful rhyming story about staying connected to the ones we love even when we can’t have them by our side.

'...distant hooves beat time with the name. Nick Nick Nicholas Nick, they cantered. A melody began that danced along on the magical words...'

It's 1960 in an Australian country town - a time well before smartphones and social media. Fourteen-year-old Sandra, a shy but ambitious piano student, is on a journey of discovery. She's secretly in love with Nick Morgan, but he's already left school and hardly knows she exists.

Everything changes when she finally gets to know Nick at a polocrosse carnival. Even her best friend and Sandra's beautiful piano become less important. But she is swept out of her depth by events which test the value of her friendships and challenge her in ways she could never have imagined.

'A truly absorbing tale for teenagers.' - Barbara Ker Wilson AM, University of Queensland Press (Ret.)

'There are so many beautiful passages, lovingly felt moments and deft touches that will strike the reader back to the purity of their own childhood, first love and love of the land that make for inescapable reading. I can thoroughly recommend it.' - Tom Thompson, ABC Radio 702

'A delightful coming-of-age story about first love, teenage dreams and the courage to face reality... all told through a filter of beautiful music...' - Candida Baker

Jo, forced to come up with a brilliant idea for an upcoming essay exam, detours into the bush on her way to school to find inspiration. She stumbles into two unusual creatures by the banks of the Corkuparipple Creek.

Jo's dream to discover anything not yet discovered may be realised. This could be the discovery she has been yearning for and great subject matter for her important exam.

The mystery of Corkuparipple Creek begins and her eyes are opened to a new way of looking at our existence.

This is the story of the OO. An amusing sound for all of you. The OO in Uluru is a fun Australian-themed phoneme story that teaches young readers about the vowel sound OO and where they can find it in different words. Beautifully illustrated by Janie Frith, the rich colours and vibrant use of multi-media enhance the magical experience of the Red Centre. The book explores many arid environments and introduces children to many of the creatures that live there. This first book from Judith and Janie won a 2019 Book of the Year award from Speech Pathology Australia.

Are you ready to ready to read an adventure book that has ... BLANK PAGES?

Does this sound WEIRD?

This story is a bit weird.

It is about TIME TRAVEL and GREED and humans trapped in NON-HUMAN BODIES and GYPSY MAGIC and EVIL CURSES and a CRYSTAL EYEBALL (that pops out!) and RAVENS, hundreds and thousands of VICIOUS RAVENS.

And ... a CHRISTMAS MARKET!!!

Miss Julie (everyone's favourite teacher), Jack and Poppy hope to discover the answer to all these Strange events but will their dithering old headmaster Mr Grovel spoil everything?

You'll never know unless you're brave enough to OPEN THIS BOOK and let the adventure begin.…

Four friends, four very different stories.

The Rooftop is set a against a quintessential Sydney background. At Darlinghurst East Public School, Emma, Maha, Simon and Talia, learn about themselves and each other through the unusual combination of Scripture class and netball.

As Mr. Zulman reveals the story of the Exodus to the students, they reveal their own stories to each other: Simon's parents are separated and warring with each other, Talia's dyslexia makes the classroom an everyday struggle, Maha's family is facing deportation back to war-torn Iraq, and Emma, who has lived all her life in Sydney, begins for the first time to appreciate the value of freedom.

Outside of class as the netball season progresses, freedom takes on a new meaning for the four students when on the very day of the netball finals, Maha and her family face the very real prospect of deportation.

Containing beautiful illustrations by Heath McKenzie this book in a fun way teaches children about the joys of 'sharing'. The Share-a-Not is greedy, stealing all the rocks he can get his hands on - from everyone! Finally he steals from a young four-eyed lad, whose father decides enough is enough, and he works out a plan to show the Share-a-Not he's got it all wrong...BUT WILL THE PLAN WORK?

Every four years, the greatest pirate crews on the seven seas gather for an epic tournament of strength and skill.

 

In the Pirate Cup, there is no silver and no bronze, only gold, gold, gold for the winning team, and the legendary Trophy of Champions.

 

As an official entrant, Whisker has more on his mind than victory. He is on the trail of a fox in a black trench coat - and an answer...

Meg is Tune Town's best music performer, but she's having trouble rehearsing. So much trouble, in fact, that the notes have run right off the sheet! Can Meg find the notes in time for her big concert? Or are they closer to home than she thought?

A colourful book for music-loving-and-learning kids of all ages.

Charlie's mum isn't feeling so well, yet people keep visiting their home. As he learns about his mum's cancer treatments and sees how people gather around to help out, he begins to understand what it means to have a 'village'.

In a time and place where the gulf between the haves and the have-nots has grown painfully wide, Olivia lives a life cushioned with abundance.

Until the day she is kidnapped and held for ransom by Hannah, a girl from a very different kind of life.

Olivia discovers a taste for things not commonly condoned in her world: black-market books, daring friends, wild creativity.

From the depths of factory oppression to the dizzying heights of vigilante rooftops, Olivia travels the margins of society, where the misfits gather and build homes for themselves out of whatever they can get their hands on - and fight to make a life worth living.

These are the stories you won't believe and the stories your parents don't want you to believe.

Klaus Von Fohn loved horseradish way too much; Signor Stupido pulled rude faces; Lorcan O'Reilly never washed behind his ears, and because someone ran with scissors, the children of the whole village of Tenderville lost their thumbs.

This collection of cautionary tales shows how ignoring good advice can lead to finding yourself in a real pickle.

Up for another hilariously gross adventure? Then read on...

 

Sam and his best mate, Jared, are off on another Freaky adventure. Sam's been hard at work all summer trying to build up the world's largest, smelliest, grossest ball of toe jam from all of the cow poop, slug slime and sweat that's living between his toes. But when he uses Smelly Melly's toothbrush to try and dig out the huge dob of mouldy, smelly muck, well, let's just say ... it's not too happy about the move.

Tom Brown does not like to sit down. He can run, play and jump up and down. But he would rather do anything with a chair than sit on it.