AustLit

'Mim Cohen roams the world in a travelling bookshop, with her dad and brother and a horse called Flossy.

'Flossy leads them where she will, to the place where they're needed most ... the place where the perfect book will find its way home.

'Now Mim has arrived in wonderful Venice, city of canals, palaces, bridges, boats and ... quarrels. Gondolier battles, cat nappings and laundry theft are just the beginning. The Magnifico family and the Forte family are at war.

'Mim knows they're here to help the feuding families. To show them a better way to behave. To bring an end to the vicious vendetta.

'If only Mim could find each of them the right book. If only they'd all stop reading the wrong books.' (Publication summary)

'A new heartwarming novel set in 1950s Australia from bestselling author Katrina Nannestad

'Nettie Sweeney has a dad, three big sisters, a farm full of cows and a cat called Mittens. But it's not enough. She longs for a mother. One with a gentle touch and sparkles in her eyes. Instead, she has Aunty Edith with slappy hands, a sharp tongue and the disturbing belief that peas are proper food.

'When Dad marries Alice, all Nettie's dreams come true. The Sweeney home overflows with laughter, love and, in time, a baby brother. Billy. The light of Nettie's life.

'Then tragedy strikes. The Sweeney family crumbles. Nettie tries to make things right, but has she made everything so much worse?

'From multi-award-winning Australian author Katrina Nannestad comes a heartbreakingly beautiful and uplifting historical novel. Life and death. Weddings and flood. Coronation joy and post-war grief. Nettie Sweeney and her community experience it all. Together. With humour, kindness and love.' (Publication summary)

'The right book might just change your life ...

'Mim Cohen roams the world in a travelling bookshop, with her dad and brother and a horse called Flossy. Flossy leads them where she will, to the place where they're needed most ... the place where the perfect book will find its way home.

'Now Mim has arrived in Puddling Muddlebury in the Cotswolds, England, just in time for the annual dog show. The judge, Lord Melville-Timms, is in a pickle. He has judged cakes and flowers and vegetables, but never a dog show. Furthermore, his beloved bulldog, Bubbles, is the most disobedient dog in the county.

'Mim knows they're here to help Lord Melville-Timms. To give him courage. To prevent a dog show disaster.

'If only Mim could find Lord Melville-Timms the right book. If only Dad would stop giving everyone the wrong book.

'The jovial new adventure from award-winning author Katrina Nannestad and beloved illustrator Cheryl Orsini.' (Publication summary)

'The powerful new novel from master storyteller Katrina Nannestad.

'I don't want to remember the truck, or the night I was taken, or the family I left behind. I am not a sad Polish girl. I am a good and happy German girl.

'I am. I am. I am.

'It's the Second World War and Himmler's Lebensborn Program is in full flight when eight-year-old Zofia Ulinski is kidnapped by the Germans. She has blonde hair and blue eyes, just like the other Polish children taken from their families and robbed of their names, their language, their heritage.

'But when Zofia is adopted into a wealthy and loving German family, it is easier, it is safer to bury her past, deep down, so everything is forgotten. Until the Polish boy arrives.

'And the past comes back to haunt her.' (Publication summary)

'The right book might just change your life ...

'Mim Cohen roams the world in a travelling bookshop, with her dad and brother and a horse called Flossy. Flossy leads them where she will, to the place where they're needed most ... the place where the perfect book will find its way home.

'Now Mim has arrived in elegant Paris where she meets Pierre, a talented but anxious artist who cannot bear to give up his paintings, even to sell them. He's miserable and poor. His customers are cross.

'Mim knows they're here to help Pierre. To calm him down. To turn him into a successful artist. To make him truly happy.

'If only Mim could find him the right book. If only Dad would stop getting muddled and giving everyone the wrong book.'(Publication summary)

'The right book might just change your life ...

'Mim Cohen roams the world in a travelling bookshop, with her dad and brother and a horse called Flossy. Flossy leads them where she will, to the place where they're needed most ... the place where the perfect book will find its way home.

'Now Mim has arrived on a charming Greek Island, where a wedding is about to take place. Everyone is excited - everyone, that is, except the bride and groom.

'Mim knows they're here to help Anjelica, the bride. To stop the wedding. To set her free to follow her dreams.

'If only Anjelica would read the right book, the one Mim gave her. If only she would stop reading the wrong book.' (Publication summary)

'Award-winning writer Katrina Nannestad transports us to Russia and the Great Patriotic War and into the life of Sasha, a soldier at only six years old ...

'Wood splinters and Mama screams and the nearest soldier seizes her roughly by the arms. My sister pokes her bruised face out from beneath the table and shouts, 'Run, Sasha! Run!'

'So I run. I run like a rabbit.

'It's spring, 1942. The sky is blue, the air is warm and sweet with the scent of flowers.

'And then everything is gone.

'The flowers, the proud geese, the pretty wooden houses, the friendly neighbours. Only Sasha remains.

'But one small boy, alone in war-torn Russia, cannot survive.

'One small boy without a family cannot survive.

'One small boy without his home cannot survive.

'What that small boy needs is an army.' (Publication summary)

'The right book might just change your life ...

'Mim Cohen roams the world in a travelling bookshop, with her dad and brother and a horse called Flossy. Flossy leads them where she will, to the place where they're needed most ... the place where the perfect book will find its way home.

'Now Mim has arrived in a pretty Dutch village where she meets Willemina, a kind and gentle child, who is being bullied by a girl named Gerda.

'Mim knows they're here to help Willemina. To change her life. To make her strong and brave and happy.

'If only Dad would find her the right book. If only he would stop giving everyone else the wrong book!'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Sometimes it's good to be wild.

'Sometimes you have to be wild.

'When the Russian Army marches into East Prussia at the end of the war, the Wolf family must flee. Liesl, Otto and their baby sister Mia find themselves lost and alone, in a blizzard, in the middle of a war zone. Liesl has promised Mama that she will keep her brother and sister safe.

'But sometimes, to survive, you have to do bad things. Dangerous things. Wild things.

'Sometimes to survive, you must become a wolf.' (Publication summary)

'At last, Freja and her mother, Clementine, are together again. Tobias and Vivi are in love. And Lucerne, their new home, is a paradise of snowy alps, sapphire lakes, white swans and delicious Swiss chocolate!

'It all seems perfect, until poor Lady P appears, bandaged from head to toe after a fall (or was it a push?). Crimes break out across the city, all involving chocolate. Clementine doesn't seem her usual self. And still Freja has not solved the biggest mystery of all - who is Tobias Appleby?

'All will be revealed in the girl, the dog and the writer's final adventure by award-winning Australian author Katrina Nannestad.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Our class is learning the three times table.

'But I'm not listening.

'I'm designing a dress.

'A fabulous dress for Mrs Dawson.

'My name's Charlotte, but you can call me Lottie. I'm a fashion designer. At least, that's my thing this week.

'Charlotte Perkins is seven years old and can't wait to grow up - if only she could decide what she wanted to be!

'Luckily, no dream is too big for little Lottie Perkins!' (Publication summary)

'When Freja and Tobias arrive in Claviers, Provence, it feels like home. The hilltop village is surrounded by olive groves, lavender fields and drifts of red poppies. The market square hides a world-famous pâtisserie and an antique merry-go-round. Pippin, their precocious young neighbour, and Vivi, the beautiful chef, fill their lives with chatter and laughter and love.

'For a moment, the girl, the dog and the writer are happy.

'But a spate of criminal activity casts a cloud over the village. Freja is determined to solve the mystery and uncover the villain, but the closer she gets, the more impossible things seem to become ...' (Publication summary)

'I'm wearing a glittering tutu and a sparkling tiara.

'I pirouette. Three times.

'And I don't even trip.

'My name's Charlotte, but you can call me Lottie. I'm a ballerina.

'At least, that's my thing this week.

'Charlotte Perkins is seven years old and can't wait to grow up - if only she could decide what she wanted to be!

'Luckily, no dream is too big for little Lottie Perkins!'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

''Lights! Camera! Action!'

'That's my cue.

''Harold,' I sigh. 'I think I'm in love.'

'My name's Charlotte, but you can call me Lottie. I'm a movie star.

'At least, that's my thing this week.

'Charlotte Perkins is seven years old and can't wait to grow up - if only she could decide what she wanted to be!

'Luckily, no dream is too big for little Lottie Perkins!'

Source: Publisher's blurb.