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The vivid and compelling story of a young girl fleeing Afghanistan with her family and their journey to Australia. Inspired by a true story.

Grade level: 1, 2, 3, p, e.

Novel for primary school-age readers. Lizzie and Joanne go to great lengths to track down their favourite writer, R U Goodfellow, and invite the author as a mystery guest to a party for their teacher, who is just as enthusiastic about Goodfellow as they are. The author's identity proves a big surprise for all. Author is a prolific children's writer whose previous titles include 'Eleanor, Elizabeth', a novel for older readers, and 'Big Dog', a picture book. Illustrations throughout.

A bear imprisoned in a medieval circus is forced to perform night after night before a mocking crowd, but she finally can no longer stand the torment and determines to set herself free.

The complete Cleo collection in a beautiful hardback edition, starring a little girl with a big imagination, created by children's book legends Libby Gleeson and Freya Blackwood.

Guide to creating picture storybooks. Written in two parts - writing the story and illustrating the story. Part one looks at where to get ideas, getting started, intentions, plot, structure, language, characters, letting go of the story, and other ways of working. Part two looks at accepting the manuscript, content, medium, line, colour, composition, finished artwork, and production. Includes illustrations, index of books, and index of writers and illustrators. Author's own picture storybooks include 'The Great Bear' and 'Shutting the Chooks In'.

After the washing up, Hannah is alone in the kitchen. She studies the pictures of trapeze artists performing high above crowds with no safety net. There's a juggler too, tossing plates and another with flaming torches. Hannah looks at the plates stacked high on the shelf above the bench. Hannah is going to be famous one day. The trouble is, she's not sure what for. Her friend Annie wants to be a famous singer and her other friend Tui, an inventor. Hannah starts a scrapbook of famous people to get some ideas, but it's when her dad buys her the book of Guinness World Records that Hannah finds true inspiration . . .