AustLit

'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 Melody’s 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.' (Publication summary)

'Bop! Bop! Bop!
'Hop! Hop! Hop!

'Cato the cockatoo loves to dance. But he can’t find a friend.

'That is, until the day he follows some dancers inside . . . then everyone’s in for a big surprise!'

Source : publisher's blurb

'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, seeing their house take shape week by week, the children decide that 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.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Logan is excitedly waiting to be adopted by the perfect family, but his floppy ear makes him a bit different from his brothers and sisters. Will this little quirk keep others from seeing him as the perfect puppy?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.