Sarah desperately wants a horse for her birthday. She'll call it Treacle and they will go everywhere together. But as the presents for her birthday pile up, Sarah begins to act like a horse - galloping and stamping and whinnying.
How dare his awful cousin Primrose tell Nicholas Nosh he's too short to be a real pirate? He'll show her what being a real pirate is all about!
very great artist started out as a kid. Forget the awards, the sold-out museum exhibitions, and the timeless masterpieces. When the world’s most celebrated artists were growing up, they had regular-kid problems just like you. Jackson Pollock’s family moved constantly—he lived in eight different cities before he was sixteen years old. Georgia O’Keeffe lived in the shadow of her “perfec…
It is Kerry's first day at her new school. Will she find a friend?
Anna had never slept over at a friend's house, until now.... Was she brave enough?
Louisa can't decide what she's going to hate more about camp - having to abseil down a cliff, or being in the same group as that show-off Jason Ballinger. But there's something else that's worrying Louisa about camp...something she can't let anyone find out about, or else everybody will laugh at her. Especially Jason Ballinger.
Ms Li's class is getting ready for the Science Fair, and Chad, Jordan , Zoe and Keisha want to come up with a mind-blowing project. With the helps of Chad's eccentric Auntie Kym, they decide to try and make a Black Hole! But class bully Shaun Simpson, whose Dad always gives him special stuff for his projects, seems determined to ruin it. No matter how they present the group project, using vacuu…
Both Caxton Camberwell and Rosie the dragon are very different from the rest of their families. Rosie breathes water instead of fire and desperately loves to dance. Caxton isn't interested in making sculptures like his mum, dad and sisters. Instead he loves anything that involves movement, especially swimming. When Caxton and Rosie meet, it isn't long before they discover just how to pool their…
Everyone in Brad's family is famous except for him. His Grandad is famous for his sunglasses collection, his Grandma is famous for her wonky woodwork; his Mum is famous for her heart-covered car, his Dad is famous for his three-layer chocolate peppermint cake; his sister is famous for her tattoos; and her brother is famous for his socks. Even his cat is famous! Despite trying heaps of different…
“Kids always search for heroes, so we might as well have a say in it,” Brad Meltzer realized, and so he envisioned this friendly, fun approach to biography – for his own kids, and for yours. Each book tells the story of one of America’s icons in an entertaining, conversational way that works well for the youngest nonfiction readers, those who aren’t quite ready for the Who Was series.…