David Astle’s Gargantuan Book of Words

By

David Astle

Well, here we go again, leaping into the unknown, the challenging and the downright incredible word of words as you have never ever known them before, or in some cases,...
Humour, Non Fiction, Teen, Teen Fiction
Reena’s Rainbow

By

Dee White & Tracie Grimwood

A beautiful story about fitting in and being accepted has been woven thought the clear, seeing eyes of Reena, who is deaf and a little brown dog at the park,...
Childrens, Fiction
Sir Scaly Pants and the Dragon Thief

By

John Kelly

In this rollicking, funtasticly funny storytale, loosely woven around the Knights of the Round Table, Sir Lancelot in particular, we meet Sir Scaly Pants, a brave and fearsome dragon, who was...
Childrens, Fiction
My Fairy Godmother is a Drag Queen

By

David Clawson

Sometimes these outrageous stories hit the marketplace at exactly the right time: in Australia the issue of sexuality and lifestyle is currently a red hot issue. Through the eyes of...
Fiction, Humour, Young Adult
Stranger Thingies: From Felafel to now

By

John Birmingham

The incredible, delightfully funny John Birmingham is back, with a weird and whacky selection of short stories, most of which he claims to be amongst some the best he has...
Fiction, Humour, Young Adult
Perfectly Norman

By

Tom Percival. Ill: Tom Percival

It is an almost an intrinsic desire for most children to consider themselves as normal. Norman was no different, and led a happy, comfortable life, until one day he grew...
Childrens, Fiction
The Floating Theatre

By

Martha Conway

Twenty years before the American Civil War began, there were slave catchers based along the Ohio River. This river was a natural border between North and South. It was common...
Fiction, Young Adult
Song of the Current

By

Sarah Tolcser

We meet Caro and her father, as they travel down the river on their way to deliver a cargo of timber for the lumber yards. As their wherry, the Cormorant,...
Fiction, Young Adult
We That Are Left

By

Lisa Bigelow

In this hauntingly beautiful story, Lisa Bigelow has managed to capture the very essence of the many young women who are left to wait, while the men they love and...
Fiction, Young Adult
Bad Mermaids

By

Sibéal Pounder, illustrated by Jason Cockroft

The front cover of this book is enticing, with mermaids sparkles and bling. For the reader, the story begins with three young mermaids who have cast off their tails and...
Childrens, Fiction