There was once a town alongside a river. It was a prosperous trading town and its people were content. At least until something ‘ate’ its river. A marsh grew out ...

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The Bad Seed revels in being bad. He likes other seeds being scared of him. He likes pushing in on lines, frightening babies, turning up late to everything and never ...
Imagine a world made up of four separate realms. A Coastal Realm where art, singing, writing and imagination are celebrated and taught. A Woodland Realm where Science, Maths and History ...
Sam Khoo has a plan. She worked hard on it all through high school, turning down party invites and the fun of hanging out with friends. But her best friend ...
Rowan is helping her older sister paint her room. After moving Ash’s furniture to reach a wall, Rowan finds a beautiful blue ring that suddenly transports them back in time. ...
Twins Alex and Emily are facing their worst nightmare. Their father has been diagnosed with a brain tumour. His best friend Jack Price is a doctor and is the one ...
The narrator of this story is a Good Egg. What does that mean? A Good Egg is someone who likes doing things for other people, like carrying groceries, doing jobs ...
Mama is not happy about the idea of adopting some chickens. They poo everywhere, and she doesn’t even like eggs. But her family convince her, and soon she realises that ...
An image of the outside of a screen door is the first page of this graphic novel. It is not like any graphic novel I have seen before. As readers ...
What’s going on in Crooked Oak? First it was a small plane crash. Then black SUV’s are everywhere, blocking roads and some say, even phone signals. Pete, Krish and Nancy ...
Once upon a time there were three witches…. These witches are sisters. White Yaga, Red Yaga and Black Yaga. Each witch is immensely powerful and in competition with one another ...
It’s finally over. Zofia Lederman has survived the soldiers, the ghetto, the trains and the concentration camps. She has survived the cold, the work, the starvation and the hate. Now ...
These stories thousands of years old have stood the test of time, and with their age old themes of loss, love and sacrifice, still impact our lives and new stories ...
The Sierra Nevada, California – Akira – It’s a beautiful day, and Akira is doing her most favourite thing in the world, riding her horse Dodger in the mountains around her ...
Compulsive worrier Limpet (real name Liam but you’ll have to read the 1st Shop of Impossible Ice creams to know why) is feeling pretty good about things. He’s made new ...
Bowie is sad. All the other bananas in the bowl are happy and good at something, making Bowie feel even worse. Bowie’s mum decides she is going to help Bowie ...
Lulu the Lemon doesn’t want to get up today. It’s raining, and she just can’t face school and other people right now. Luckily she has a teacher who is keen ...
Ruby is excited when she receives her birthday present. When she shakes the box she can’t guess what might be inside. Finally ripping the paper from the gift she discovers ...
For the past twenty years Captain Chaos has been attacking Paragon City. Luckily this city has its own ‘in house’ super hero – Dr Extraordinary to come to its rescue. ...
Ernest Rutherford was born in 1871 to a poor family. He and his 11 siblings had a simple life helping by milking cows, feeding pigs and looking after the chickens. ...
Esquire Fox isn’t like any other fox. She’s a snazzy dresser for one with her tweed coat and immaculate grooming. She also runs a very important organisation called The Animal ...
Quinn is prepared to make it work at her new school. Her plan is to remain low key for her final year before college. Quinn’s father is the new doctor ...
On the way to school one day with his mum, Sidney spies something off the road in the long grass. When he takes a closer look, Mum tells him it ...
Morwena is the daughter of a mortician in a small seaside village. They both take great effort to respect the dead, while preparing them after death and still remembering them ...
First Signs is in board book format, but perfectly fine for up to age 8 for those who wish to learn 13 basic signs (some specific to only younger children). ...
Claire is looking forward to the weekend. She and her boyfriend are going to join her best friends Kat and Jesse straight after senior prom at a lake house owned ...
Missing! A lamb is missing. The class has counted and recounted but the farmer is sure. One lamb has wandered off. They set off to find it, one boy straying ...
Bryan Stevenson is a US lawyer, determined to help people. After attending Harvard Law and John F Kennedy School of Government, he knew he wanted to work in Human Rights. ...
Robyn Ballantyne and her younger brother Ralph have grown up on their family ranch called Crocodile Lodge in South Africa. Along with their ex-soldier father, they are passionate about the ...