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A year has passed since 12-year-old Georgie Stone had a serious horse-riding accident. She lost an eye, her horse and her country life. All she has left is a horse braid bracelet to remind her of her lost brumby, Magic.Now that she's back at the cattle station, Georgie tries to overcome her fear of riding and prepare for the two-week cattle muster.But she's worried about the herd of wild brumbies led by the Ghost Horse, being hunted by a local horsewhipper, Goldburn.As the Ghost Horse begins to follow Georgie on the muster, the stallion is in extreme danger.Could the grey stallion be her old horse, Magic? How can she prove it before Goldburn captures him?

When Luna washes up on a strange shore she is scared and lonely. She soon discovers there is beauty in her new land, and along the way makes unexpected friends. But will she ever feel at home in a place so different from the one she remembers?

Sam is tired of his toys. Why would he want his Grandma’s old trainset and teddy when there’s a toy factory high up in the clouds that makes rumbly red toys, grumbly green toys and so much more? In this important story about reducing waste and taking responsibility for the environment, Sam is about to find out.Toy Mountain is a quirky story about 5-year-old Sam’s chance to become a toy tester for the Tiny Hands Toy factory. After Sam signs up for his exciting new task, he quickly accumulates a pile of plastic, clunky toys, discarding the well-loved toys handed down to him from his Grandma. But one by one and plonk! by plonk!, his shiny new toys start to break. Soon enough, Sam has a mountain of broken toys that just won’t stop growing!This colourful and whimsically illustrated story highlights the waste that results from ‘consumer culture’, and the value of looking after our belongings. Inspired by the author’s childhood of hand-me-down toys, it empowers children to take sustainability into their own hands through their toy purchases. This is a vitally important message in a world where we generate 6.3 billion tonnes of plastic each year, 79% of which goes into landfill.Children and adults alike will find themselves cheering Sam along as he rescues his treasured old toys from being lost under a growing mound of broken plastic, and realises why they’re so special after all.

When Luna washes up on a strange shore she is scared and lonely. She soon discovers there is beauty in her new land, and along the way makes unexpected friends. But will she ever feel at home in a place so different from the one she remembers?Winner of the Rubery Book Award for Children's Literature 2020.

A child's imagination takes him on a wild journey as he sleeps soundly at night. He meets lions in the jungle, swims alongside sea creatures and soars through the sky on the back of a silvery dragon. A magical tale to delight all ages.