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1 y separately published work icon Grace the Amazing Aleesah Darlison , Capalaba : Wombat Books , 2024 27407143 2024 single work children's fiction children's

'What would you do if you were about to lose your best friend … forever. Grace the Amazing is a story that GLOWS. Quirky, original, and endearing, it’s filled with fun, laughter, tears, and totally relatable childhood moments that will forever find a place in your heart. Grace Marshall is eleven years old. She’s curious and precocious, stubborn and determined, creative and eccentric. She dreams of becoming many things when she grows up, including a magician called Grace the Amazing! Grace may be little, but she has big emotions and a million burning questions that demand answers. Her only friend is her art teacher, Pamela. When Grace discovers that Pamela is dying, the fragile certainties that existed in Grace’s world threaten to slip away. She embarks on a journey to find a cure for Pamela using miraculous magic and while doing so she asks the big questions about life, love, friendship, and death. Some of the answers she uncovers will surprise both Grace and readers. Covering issues of family, friendship, finding yourself, mental health, love, loss, animals, brilliant teachers who can change your life, and everything in between. For ages 8+.' (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon Revenge of the Chick-Oats Aleesah Darlison , Newport : Big Sky Publishing , 2024 27180413 2024 single work children's fiction children's

'Get ready for a feathered adventure with Romeo Fortez … the cutest sloth EVER … and the world’s most daring superhero!

'Romeo’s nemesis, the unhinged Professor Ian Weird-Warp, is at it again. Bent on revenge, he concocts a quirky catastrophe. Mixing chicken and goat genes, he spawns a gang of eccentric chick-oats and they’re on the loose in the Big Apple, destroying everything in their path all the while chanting, ‘Berk-berk-baa!’

'As the team faces off against Professor Weird-Warp’s sinister demands for Romeo’s surrender, they must hatch a brilliant plan to thwart the mad professor’s wicked schemes once and for all.

'Can this unlikely crew save the city from the clutches of the chick-oats?'(Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon Mars Mission Aleesah Darlison , Newport : Big Sky Publishing , 2023 26226871 2023 single work children's fiction children's science fiction 'The year is 2088. Eleven-year-old Nash now lives full-time on Misty Space Station with his father, Orson. His best friends on the holiday spaceship are Raj and KC.  When a distress signal is received on Misty Space Station from a colony of researchers and scientists living on Mars, Captain Malik decides to send an urgent supply mission.  Given the vast distance to Mars, the only way Nash, his brilliant father,  Orson, and the Space Kids can reach them in time is using an experimental technology: a powerful space cruiser that travels faster than any vehicle ever invented before.   Their courage, teamwork, and resourcefulness will be crucial if they have any hope of completing their daring supply and rescue mission' (Publication summary) 
 
1 y separately published work icon The Shar-Wolf of New York City Aleesah Darlison , Newport : Big Sky Publishing , 2023 25691551 2023 single work children's fiction children's 'In this origin story, pygmy sloth, Romeo Fortez, is born on remote Escudo Island. At his naming ceremony, a once-in-a-millennium event imbibes him with powers of speed, intelligence, and irresistibly hypnotic good looks. When Romeo moves to New York he discovers that Professor Ian Weird-Warp, a geneticist obsessed with splicing animal genes together, has unleashed a gigantic mutant shar-wolf on the city. With the help of some new human and animal friends, Romeo forms a team of crime fighters to save the city from the evil Professor Weird-Warp and his mutant creation.' 

(Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon Super Sloth Aleesah Darlison , 2023 Newport : Big Sky Publishing , 2023 25691523 2023 series - author children's fiction
1 y separately published work icon Blast Off! Aleesah Darlison , Newport : Big Sky Publishing , 2022 24824209 2022 single work children's fiction children's science fiction

'Get ready to blast off on a fun-filled, fast-paced adventure that’s out of this world! 

'It’s the inaugural Milky Way Space Race and teams from around the world converge on race host, Misty Space Station, to compete.  When billionaire inventor, Cooper Borgstein and his son, Finn, invite the Space Kids to race with them in their blaster ship, Ventura, it’s an opportunity too good to pass up. But when competitors take it too far and push the rules and each other to the limit, lives are put in danger. Things spiral out of control and its up to Nash and the other Space Kids to save the day.' (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon Banjo, the Woylie with Bounce Aleesah Darlison , Mel Matthews (illustrator), Melbourne : Puffin , 2022 23956514 2022 single work picture book children's

'Banjo is a tiny woylie joey.

'Bounce with Banjo as he escapes from danger and searches for a safe place to call home.

'The next book in the Endangered Animal Tales picture book series, highlighting unique Australian animals.'  (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon Rusty the Rainbow Bird Aleesah Darlison , Mel Matthews (illustrator), Melbourne : Puffin , 2022 23428924 2022 single work picture book children's

'Rusty is a rainbow bird!

'Fly with Rusty the Gouldian finch as he searches for a mate and saves his young family from fire.

'The next book in the Endangered Animal Tales picture book series, highlighting unique Australian animals.' (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon Space Kids Aleesah Darlison , 2021 Newport : Big Sky Publishing , 2021- 24824159 2021 series - author children's fiction
1 y separately published work icon Courtney Little Aleesah Darlison , 2021 Newport : Big Sky Publishing , 2021 22438636 2021 series - author children's fiction
1 y separately published work icon Poppy the Punk Turtle Aleesah Darlison , Mel Matthews (illustrator), Melbourne : Puffin , 2021 21862205 2021 single work picture book children's

'Join Poppy the Mary River turtle on an adventure to find a new waterhole to call home. Plip! Plop! Parp!

'Meet some of Australia's cutest and most vulnerable wildlife in the Endangered Animal Tales picture book series.'(Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon Space Kids : Sabotage Aleesah Darlison , Newport : Big Sky Publishing , 2021 21555769 2021 single work children's fiction children's 'Welcome to the world of Misty Space Station and intergalactic adventure! The Space Kids live far from Earth on Misty Space Station. While their parents are involved in maintaining the station and welcoming tourists, the kids get themselves into all sorts of hilarious and dangerous adventures. When eleven-year-old Nash arrives on Misty Space Station, he meets new friends, the Space Kids. But danger awaits the trio. It appears that someone is sabotaging Misty. Could it be grumpy Mr Nakimoto? Will they solve the mystery and save the space station? And, just who is their new friend Bingo Crafter?' (Publication summary)
 
1 y separately published work icon Coco, The Fish With Hands Aleesah Darlison , Mel Matthews (illustrator), Melbourne : Puffin , 2021 21065582 2021 single work picture book children's

'Come on a journey with Coco the spotted handfish as she searches for a mate and looks for a safe place to hatch her eggs. Go, Coco!

'Meet some of Australia's cutest and most vulnerable wildlife in the Endangered Animal Tales picture book series.' (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon Endangered Animal Tales Aleesah Darlison , 2021 Melbourne : Puffin , 2021 21065553 2021 series - author picture book
1 y separately published work icon Rogue Llama Aleesah Darlison , Melbourne : Puffin , 2020 18609942 2020 single work children's fiction children's

'League of Llamas secret agent Phillipe Llamar is on the run! Determined to clear his name after being framed for a crime he didn't commit, he dons a disguise and goes on the hunt for the true criminal - one Ratrick Tailbiter. But the more Phillipe investigates, the less the case makes sense and the more things start becoming suspiciously . . . smelly.

'From Ratopia to Catagonia, Phillipe's journey leads him far from home. Will he be able to solve this mystery alone? Hunted by friends and enemies alike, this is Agent 0011's most daring adventure yet!' (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon Undercover Llamas Aleesah Darlison , Melbourne : Puffin , 2020 18609889 2020 single work children's fiction children's

'After failing to apprehend some dangerously peck-happy hens, the League of Llamas are continuing their mission undercover! But these aren't any ordinary secret identities - Phillipe, Lloyd and Elloise are joining Bruno Llamars (and his grumpy manager, Wally Chimpopo) as band members on the pop star's next tour . . . to Chickenlovakia.

'As the stakes - and tensions - climb higher and higher, will the LOL agents' cover be blown before they can track down their feathery foes? Only time and some rather alarming discoveries will tell!' (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon Llama Impossible Aleesah Darlison , Melbourne : Puffin , 2020 18609834 2020 single work children's fiction children's 'A train speeding out of control, a bold bank robbery and a dazzling diamond heist - trouble is afoot in New Llama City! Luckily, the League of Llamas' top agents, Phillipe and Lloyd, are on the case. And luckily for them, Mama Llama and agent Elloise Llamaresky are on their cases to make sure the job actually gets done.

'Is the odious badger General Bottomburp to blame? Or could there be a new kingpin in town? After all, every secret agent should know that appearances can be deceiving!' (Publication summary)
1 y separately published work icon The Golden Llama Aleesah Darlison , Melbourne : Puffin , 2020 18609781 2020 single work children's fiction children's

'The League of Llamas (LOL) are a group of secret llama agents and they're on a mission to save the world - if only Agent 0011 Phillipe Llamar could stop looking in the mirror at his luxurious fringe and Agent 0013 Lloyd Llamanator could resist the temptation to eat everything in his path! There's also the thieving General Bottomburp to contend with and a mysterious lady llama in red.

'Can Phillipe and Lloyd foil the evil plans of Bottomburp and his badger henchmen? The fate of the Llama Republic's most prized relic, the Golden Llama, depends on it!' (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon League of Llamas Aleesah Darlison , 2020 Melbourne : Puffin , 2020- 18609751 2020 series - author children's fiction
1 y separately published work icon The Daddy Shop Aleesah Darlison , Kelly O'Gara (illustrator), Capalaba : Wombat Books , 2018 14815630 2018 single work picture book children's

'Hey, kids. Are you looking for a new daddy? Well, look no further. At The Daddy Shop, we have daddies to suit every occasion. Check out our daddies today!

'The Father and Son Picnic is coming up, but Daddy can’t go with Tai because he’s working. When Tai hears about The Daddy Shop, he takes matters into his own paws and tries out some new daddies. Around-the-House Daddy loves doing chores and Out-and-About Daddy plays all day long. But which daddy will be the best one for Tai?

'A big-hearted tale that celebrates daddies everywhere.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

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