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Bonny has the most special friend in the whole world! Someone who accepts her just as she is with her sensory issues. Together they always have so much fun! But one day Ella has to move away and Bonny is left feeling very empty and lost. What will she do now? Will she ever find another friend like Ella? Will she ever be able to do the things she has always wanted to do? With a bit of magic and some unexpected friends finding her along the way, Bonny realizes that there is always hope. She finds that special someone who will help her step outside of her comfort zone and walk with her everywhere she goes! This beautiful and tender story will help children navigate loss and to encourage those with special needs that they are not alone and that they can do new things too. This story is full of encouragement and we hope that it will help any child know they can do new things—even if it feels hard. We know so many children will see themselves in these pages and say “that is just like me!”

This story follows a diverse gang of friends, who work together to solve a mystery that threatens an important day on their island home. The most fun and special day will be ruined if they don’t find some clues. With clever detective work and a little pinch of magic, the gang find the cheeky culprits just in time. Triumphantly returning to their friends, they enjoy singing, dancing and yummy, tropical treats. The best fiesta ever is a joyous time of friendship, sharing and enjoying the simple things.

This story draws attention to the importance of biodiversity on the reef and illustrates the special roles and relationships animals have under the sea. Told through the eyes of Roger the wrasse, a small and brightly coloured reef fish who is in charge of a cleaning station on the reef. Roger’s bright colours are almost like a neon sign advertising his ‘cleaning services’ to other sea creatures on the reef.This is the actual action used by cleaner fish to remove dead skin, parasites and bacteria from the bodies of their ‘clients’. This is a very special relationship as the cleaner fish provide a cleaning service to their ‘clients’ and in return, the cleaners get a full stomach. This is a great example of mutualism in nature where two organisms of different species are in a relationship where both benefit.Through the art of marine science this story will help children to become aware of the importance of biodiversity on the reef. This real-life nature story also illustrates the benefits of helping each other, an important concept to share with young readers. Education and awareness through storytelling is a powerful way of engaging with children and their readers (eg. teachers, parents, grandparents, family, friends etc) as only through positive storytelling can we hope to change behaviours and encourage children to look after each other and look after and protect the ocean.Based on the latest marine science the last page of the story explains reef cleaning stations and the concept of mutualism in nature which is explained in terms early readers can understand and teachers can use as part of their classroom discussions and learning activities.

On Monday, a mattress appeared under the overpass.On Tuesday, a blanket, and an upside-down box.On Wednesday, most of a sofa. On Thursday, a pile of clothes. On Friday there appeared a rickety old man asleep on a rickety old chair. We have a new neighbour! said Mum. It is Christmas time, and a homeless man sets up a makeshift home under a bridge, across the river from Melodys house. Their homes are different. Their lifestyles are different. Their cultures are different. What will Melody think about her new neighbour? How will they get on? Christmas Under the Overpass is a delightful, sensitive, heart-warming story of compassion, curiosity, and empathy for the homeless and marginalized in society. As of 2022, around half a million individuals are homeless in America. Christmas Under the Overpass explores the realities of homelessness, and the kindness of a child.

Sid the octopus loves socks, and he has LOTS. Every night he delights in counting his matching sets of eight, hung throughout his house in neat rows. When the socks start disappearing one by one, Sid’s life is thrown into turmoil. One missing sock means seven odd socks, and soon the odd socks’ box is overflowing. It fills a room and, pretty soon, has straggled out the door. Sid decides to stage a stake out to catch the thieves in the act. He uncovers the stolen stash, secreted away by a troupe of sneaky mice in need of a cosy nest. But the socks are ruined - chewed and smeared with food - and all seems lost. Only when he tips out his odd socks to bid them goodbye, does Sid see his mountains of mismatched treasures in a new light. Odd Sock Sid is a light-hearted mystery, rich with color and pattern, littered with matching and counting fun, and featuring an underlying message of the importance of embracing change.

Through the eyes of a child, we are taken on a journey, as she watches her mother disappear through depression and tries to understand her mothers’ transformation from what she once was, to where she is now, and how to help get her back and find her happiness again. With the strength of love, encouragement and never giving up hope, she can help her mother rise above her unseen pain. The thoughtful narrative and beautiful illustrations combine to sensitively explore the idea of change within a person who is dealing with depression. This story is about hope and the strength of family love. This sensitive story explores the magical relationship between a mother and daughter and the transformation of this relationship as the mother suffers through depression. Her daughter comes up with solutions on how to get her ‘laughing, cuddling mummy back’ whilst trying to understand and make sense of her mothers’ sadness.

Tessa wants a grandma. She’s never had one before. So she sets off to find the perfect grandma – one who can dance, and sing, and tell funny jokes. Oh, and bake yummy cookies! Tessa finds lots of lovely grandmas at Lakeview retirement village but she is captivated by a sad old lady who doesn’t seem to want to talk to her. Will Tessa find a way to get Ivy to open up and play with her? Find out in this charming story about how one kind gesture can change someone’s life.

Monet Chases the Light is a creative non-fiction picture book for children aged 4-6 years. Claude Monet, a French artist, produced paintings that glowed with light and colour. Monet was fascinated by light and painted at all times of the day, in all seasons, and in all kinds of weather in his endeavour to capture the light in his work.This book introduces children to Monet’s fascination with light in a playful manner. He chases the light as it frolics through the corn fields, dances in the treetops, and skips across the shimmering water.Monet paints quickly, as the light never stays still for long. When the light is soft and silky, he uses gentle flowing strokes. When the light is harsh and bright, he uses rough, choppy strokes.Monet sometimes paints the same thing over and over, from dawn until dusk, watching the colours and light change as the sun drifts across the sky.At his home in Giverny Monet creates a splendid waterlily pond. He paints magical pictures of his pond as the light prances through the waterlilies.Then, as an old man, Monet grows tired of chasing the light. He sits quietly beside his pond.Monet has spent his life chasing the light, but now at last the light finds him.

Today is a story about the beauty we find in everything. A child ventures out with his best friend - a bear, and the two enjoy a day of realization and acceptance. A joyous celebration of love and friendship.Today sends a message that little things are special and fun which makes this is great read-aloud book. The child in the story shows that every day is full of possibilities – especially TODAY!Today inspires imagination and fun. It’s an empowering story for making choices and celebrating life to the fullest and to find a piece of ourselves. It clearly shows that a bear is the little child’s best friend, as they play and share together.This story is perfect in starting a conversation with young children about the ever-changing world we live in and our relationships. It will appeal to parents who would much prefer their child spending time outdoors versus time spent indoors, watching TV or on the computer.

Hally Toe-Siss is a selfish and wasteful tooth fairy who does all the things that fairies aren’t supposed to do, such as judo, karate and kung fu. Having used up all his fairy dust on some rather silly spells he’s now unable to perform any magic for the fairy queen’s birthday party. Hally needs to collect another tooth to make more fairy dust but none of the children on his list have lost a tooth yet. Whatever shall he do?Fortunately, with help from Grandma, Hally improvises and discovers the joy of giving.

Gustav Glowswith Gold is a creativenon-fiction book for children aged 4 – 8 years. Gustav Klimt, a famous Austrianartist, is fascinated by the power of glittering gold leaf to enhance thecolours, patterns, and form of his artwork. Inspired by the beauty of Byzantineart and by his own father’s intricate work as a goldsmith, Gustav loved to usegold leaf in his paintings. Delicately thin sheets of gold leaf are always difficultto work with, any whisper of air and they take flight. Gustav’s studio is filled with glittering, glowing fragments of gold leaf,caught by the air, or by his breath, they settle on his clothes, hair, beard,and even on the fur of his many beloved studio cats. A shy man, Gustav wanted nothingother than people to love his glowing golden creations, and to be inspired bythem, and they certainly did.

Johnny's Beard is magnificent and splendiferous, but is it amazing enough to help the forest animals get through the long cold winter? Johnny is obsessed with looking after his beautiful beard. When winter comes, he needs to decide how best to help his friends, even if it means giving up the one thing he loves the most. This engaging book introduces children to the musicality of words, the power of descriptive language and captures their imagination with illustrations that dance along the page. From the author/illustrator duo who were listed on the 2018 CBCA Picture Book of the Year Notable list for The World’s Worst Pirate, this new picture book is sure to delight their growing legion of fans, both young and old.

Once there was just air and grass and mud. Now it has turned into a real house.Building a mudbrick house is an adventure for everyone – Mum, Dad, kids and even Tess, the family dog! Heading out to the block to help make bricks and seeing their house take shape week by week is such great fun that the children decide Tess needs her own house too…With warmth, sensitivity and liveliness in words and pictures, this book recreates the fun – and work! – of a special family experience: building your own unique house. A House of Mud will delight children and parents/carers alike with its vibrant illustrations and loving tales of family life.

Once there was just air and grass and mud. Now it has turned into a real house.Building a mudbrick house is an adventure for everyone – Mum, Dad, kids and even Tess, the family dog! Heading out to the block to help make bricks and seeing their house take shape week by week is such great fun that the children decide Tess needs her own house too…With warmth, sensitivity and liveliness in words and pictures, this book recreates the fun – and work! – of a special family experience: building your own unique house. A House of Mud will delight children and parents/carers alike with its vibrant illustrations and loving tales of family life.

Lucky, the orphaned swamp wallaby, has a knack for getting into mischief. While Theresa and Tony care for him, and their mob of other joeys, Lucky gets into lots of places he should not be. Where will they find Lucky next?An amusing tale about the delights and difficulties of caring for orphaned joeys. A percentage of the income for this book will be donated to Our Haven Wildlife Shelter in Victoria, Australia who were the inspiration for this story.

After stuffing themselves with treats in the pantry, six furry trespassers search for a place to sleep off their excesses. Can they avoid discovery and keep the gang together? Six Sleepy Mice is a fast-paced, fun rhyming tale of adventure and comradery, best read aloud.

With 100 percent of proceeded being donated to Orangutan Outreach comes a tale of hope as the strong bonds of friendship are showcased through the struggles to survive in the threatened Sumatran rainforest. Discovering an orphaned tiger cub at the bottom of the big old rambutan tree, an intelligent and gentle orangutan, named Ginger, rescues him and brings him up as her own child, despite the warnings from the other orangutans about tigers being their natural enemy, and that Ginger would one day become the tiger’s dinner. Ginger teaches the tiger cub all she knows about the world, and how to live like an orangutan. The tiger grows up on a diet of leaves, fruit, honey, insects and bird’s eggs, but he hungers for something more satisfying to eat. When the tiger’s instinct for hunting gradually appears and his appetite for fresh meat becomes too overpowering, the two friends realise that they have to part company, but their deep bond of friendship remains strong and as the years pass by, they never forget about each other. When human encroachment threatens the rainforest with fire and Ginger’s life is in danger, a trusted old friend comes to her rescue. A sensitive story which reveals the plight of orangutans and other wildlife as they fight for survival in their ever-diminishing rainforest habitat, which is directly due to the activities of human development and the need for land to grow palm and other crops.

Anxiety in children is increasing at an exponential rate all over the world. Living with anxious thoughts is like having a monkey that’s constantly chattering inside your head. Parents and professionals agree that early intervention is the key as childhood anxiety impacts on development and learning. Strategies to build resilience and to encourage persistence are highly valued in schools, higher education and the workplace. However, the competitive nature of our world has led children to believe that mistakes lead to failure, rather than leading to learning and growth. Children need to know that its normal for people to feel anxious, particularly when they are faced with something new. For adults, it may be starting a new job, traveling overseas for the first time, or meeting potential new in-laws! For children, it may simply be to ask questions in class, trying to make a new friend or playing a new sport. We can all develop personal techniques and strategies that help to ‘tame’ our monkeys, as the method that works for one person, might not work for another. Monkey Mind is a picture book designed to open the conversation with children, parents and carers: Having a growth mindset is when a person knows that mistakes are part of their learning journey; it’s how we grow emotionally as well as intellectually.

Yes! No. is a fun graphic story for animal lovers. Using just 19 words in total (‘Yes’ and ‘No’ repeated), it tells an action-packed tale about an enterprising raccoon’s efforts to steal freshly baked pie from a home, and the highs and lows which follow as it alternates between winning and losing, and then being thwarted by the home’s domestic pets and small human. The story explores themes of persistence, friendship and sharing, and is suitable for fans of books like Jeff Mack’s Mine! and Gillian Rubinstein’s Dog In, Cat Out.

Every Sunday Lola visits her Grandpa. They spend the day exploring the universe and teaching each other about the world. But then one day everything changes. Grandpa isn't there anymore. Lola struggles to deal with the loss. But as time goes by Lola realises that her Grandpa will always be with her - in her heart and in the memories they made. Lola and Grandpa is a beautiful and reassuring story of love, loss, and the value of memories.

A Squiggly Line is a story about the pursuit of one's dream, similar to the rules of taming the life we live. The boy in the story starts with a blank page...he doesn't know much about what he's about to draw, but he knows he has a grasp on how to make it happen. During the process, even though his drawing may seem squiggly and messy at first, he soon discovers surprises along the way-surprises that he never thought existed. And from that moment, his creation comes to play.Told in a unique way full of play and creativity, the story will send a powerful message about the endless possibilities of having fun with one's imagination. It will help children to explore how they can turn a simple squiggly line into a playful idea.A Squiggly Line is a fun and entertaining story about how life is very much the same as a squiggly line. Our squiggly line, our life, is shaped by the directions we take in our lives.A Squiggly Line is a story about embracing life's journey and creating the life you want. It shares lessons for life. It offers great advice for anyone. It's a simple message about life and what it entails to sail on a pursuit of one's dreams. This story will appeal to children graduating, celebrating a milestone or mastering the first day of school. It's a great inspirational story to motivate children. Like the child in the story, we all have a life that yearns to be created!

Evie is all Ears introduces the story of Evie, the Bilby. Evie is deaf, but one day a way comes along for her to be “all ears” – will she be able to accept help to hear again? Following the story of a Bilby is a gentle, sensitive way to explain deafness, and its isolating effects, to young children. Explore this topic in comfort with this beautifully illustrated book set in the Australian landscape.

The focus of this story is on marine debris, which now impacts all marine and coastal habitats around the world. Our marine wildlife is also impacted by marine debris and plastic pollution through ingestion, entanglement, habitat changes and bioaccumulation, with marine debris entanglement now an internationally recognised threat. As this story is told through the eyes of Frankie the fish the readers will see the far-reaching impacts of marine debris on our oceans and wildlife as she swims through the oceans from the shallows, to the reef to the open ocean. As marine debris doesn’t just appear out of nowhere, it is more important than ever to educate our future ocean stewards (our children) about the impacts of marine debris. Through the art of marine science this story will help children to be more aware of the types of marine debris and the impacts to sea creatures, along with everyday solutions to help rid our oceans of trash. Education and awareness through storytelling is a powerful way of engaging with children and their readers (eg. teachers, parents, grandparents, family, friends etc) as only through positive storytelling with solutions can we hope to change behaviours. Based on the latest marine science the last page of the story is dedicated to the science of marine debris, which is explained in terms early readers can understand and teachers can use as part of their classroom discussions and learning activities.

It is mid-autumn festival time again and Mr Ming is busy in his shop baking the most delicious mooncakes you have ever tasted. Everyone wants to know the ingredients in Mr Ming’s mooncakes, but he won’t tell them, as the recipe is an old family secret. He won’t even let anyone into his kitchen. That’s because he has another secret, a secret even bigger than his secret mooncake recipe. Mr Ming has… a dragon! Madame Moneybag doesn’t know that though, and she is determined to steal Mr Ming’s prize-winning mooncake recipe for herself. When she breaks into Mr Ming’s shop, the dragon hears her and goes to investigate. When he sees the thief reading the recipe book, he becomes so angry that hot flames shot from his mouth! Then a fireball bounces out and shoots up into the sky, taking Madame Moneybag with it. It doesn’t stop until it hits the moon. Boom! The next evening, little Ah Beng comes to help his grandfather in the shop after school, and when they look up at the mid-autumn moon together, they discover something rather unusual indeed. A charming, playful story about the beauty of the mid-autumn festival, based on the 3,000-year-old Chinese legend of the lady in the moon.

A wordless, graphic picture book set in a traditional snow-filled landscape, where Santa Claus and his reindeer are on their magical Christmas Eve flight to visit all the children around the world.‘Ho Ho Ho!’ chuckles Santa as he delivers presents to all the homes where children are fast asleep in bed. However, one little child wakes up, and looking through her bedroom window she sees Santa and his reindeer about to leave. Running out of the house and into the snow to say ‘hello’, she and Santa discover that things are not what they seem. A tale with a rather unexpected twist!

An Australian chicken breeder, Mr McFowler, fails to win competitions with his prized chicken, Hector, mainly because Hector had a nose pecking habit and an inability to remain still when being judged. Mr McFowler was downcast as he felt Hector was the best bird he had ever bred and his greatest chance of winning Champion Bird of the Show.Mr McFowler, of Scottish descent loves to play old Scottish songs in his shed and sometimes dance to them. One day Hector starts dancing with him to his records. Mr McFowler sees an opportunity and he and Hector train the other chickens to become Highland Dancers. Mr McFowler is a resourceful man and makes things to aid with training. He dusts off his bagpipes and provides the music for the troupe.It was a difficult task for Hector to mould the sometimes-reluctant individual chickens into a precision team. He eventually succeeds and they perform at local agricultural shows, the the Sydney Royal and finally get an invitation to perform at the famous Edinburgh Tattoo in Scotland, where they woo audiences with their amazing precision performance. They are feted and Mr McFowler is very proud that his prized chicken, which failed to become a champion show bird, was now a champion leader of a successful highland dance troupe. Mr McFowler, a romantically naïve bachelor, even makes a surprising romantic connection!

Sometimes the future is brighter than we could ever imagine. Like all of Star’s friends, it is a source of delight and beauty, but most importantly although Star doesn’t fully realise it; a guide. Unlike Star’s friends it’s small, doesn’t twinkle and is never gazed upon by anyone. How is Star supposed to accomplish its dream, while being so dismal? Helped and comforted by one of the angels, Star learns self-belief, patience and trust. Star is brave, hopeful and resilient and comes out every night over the little town even after years of never being noticed. One special night Star sees a young woman, sitting, huddled on a donkey, shivering against the bitter cold. Star is so moved with compassion and love for this young woman that its own problems are forgotten. Star’s dream comes true that week and achieving it is easy, at first. Star guides the woman to safety and many, many people to her special family. Star’s dream comes at a great cost, but Star earns both the gratitude of the special family and a place in hearts of all in the heavens, in the little town and beyond. Star is the story of The Nativity told from the rather unusual perspective of The Christmas Star. Like all Nativity based stories it’s a story of Love, Wonder and Sacrifice. There are also themes of friendship, self-doubt and finding one’s place in the world/ finding and sharing one’s gifts and talents.

Olive would love to own a pet cat but her plan to steal one doesn’t seem to be working. Olive has another idea. Will she finally find the cat of her dreams?A humorous picture book for young children up to eight years. The book includes some intertextuality which will amuse adults reading the book out loud. Cheeky, fun illustrations encapsulate Olive’s unfortunate efforts as a cat thief.

It's there every day if you look for it. The glint of gold. It’s in the white blossom of our plum tree against a blue sky. Or the sparkles Jack Frost leaves on the drive to school... A heart-warming story to inspire awareness, gratitude and positive thinking.