AustLit

'An adorably funny series about a slightly odd house that’s turned upside down when a new friend comes to stay. 

'Edmund is settling in just fine with Kyle, Cookie, Fizzy and Lady Delilah – but things are never calm for long at Sullivan Street! Will the Greatest Good Boy Championships be a triumph, or DISASTER? How does a fraidy-cat become a DARING HERO? And what ON EARTH are aliens plotting for their treehouse?

'It's going to be a very wild week at Barkly Mansion, the weirdest house in town!' (Publication summary)
 

'An adorably funny series about a slightly odd house that’s turned upside down when a stranger comes to stay. There is absolutely NOTHING weird about Cookie, Kyle, Fizzy and Lady Delilah. Except that they live in a mansion — and they’re dogs.

'There’s NOTHING weird about their home on Sullivan Street either – until the day a gorilla named Edmund comes to live with them. Then things do start to get a little weird …

'In this sweet, goofy new series for 6+, four loveable friends will learn to get along with the strangest creature they’ve ever met, and discover that sometimes you can get what you want without barking like crazy – whether it’s persuading the evil bunnies next door not to woodchip your favourite stick, or convincing the fancy club at Movie Night to let your weird new housemate sit with them.

'Packed full of mischief, mayhem and wordplay, every book features three fish-out-of-water episodes about this loveable canine crew – and their new friend, Edmund.' (Publication summary)

'Joshua is good at magic tricks, ignoring his homework, and not thinking about life after year twelve. He's not so good at talking to Sophia, the genius in his class who he's had a crush on for years. But with their time together in high school running out, he has to do something about it, soon - because if he's learned one thing, it's that timing is everything, Sophia is smart enough to know that geniuses like her can end up as socially inept recluses.

'In fact, maybe she's halfway there already, what with the panic attacks and her best (and only) friend Elsie drifting away. All Sophia can do is seek refuge in what she understands best: maths, science, logic. But there's no logical explanation for the odd, almost magical things happening around her. And there are some things no amount of study can prepare you for... ' (Synopsis)

'Rabbit would like a friend. What can he do to find one? For any little Rabbits - or Dragons, Sheep, Roosters or Rats - and anyone else who has ever needed a friend. A story about finding your place, with the animals of the Chinese Zodiac. ' (Publication summary)

'Seventeen-year-old Alba is an aspiring comic-book artist, pastry enthusiast and eternal optimist. She thinks life in her tiny town is awesome (if predictable) and she never wants it to change.

'Unfortunately Alba's just finished year 12 – so the only thing she can predict is that everything's going to change.

'Even so, Alba didn't see the end of the world coming. Apart from a questionable television psychic, no-one did. And for some reason, the world seems to be taking this guy seriously.

'As the tiny town is besieged by doomsday enthusiasts, Alba's life is thrown into chaos. The childhood friend she thought was gone forever unexpectedly reappears; the boy who has been her best friend forever is determined to leave; and even her latest comic book creation, Cinnamon Girl, is out of control.

'It could be the very last summer of Alba's life, but impending Armageddon might turn out to be the least of her problems.* Alba is about to discover that when it comes to her heart, there may not be infinite time to get things right…' (Publication summary)

'SAM KINNISON IS A GEEK, AND HE'S TOTALLY FINE WITH THAT.

'He has his horror movies, his nerdy friends, World of Warcraft - and until Princess Leia turns up in his bedroom, worry about girls he won't.

'Then Camilla Carter turns up instead. She's beautiful, friendly and completely irrelevant to his plan. Sam is determined to ignore her, except that Camilla has a plan of her own - and he seems to be part of it.

'Sam believes that everything he needs to know he can learn from the movies. But perhaps he's been watching the wrong ones.

'Life in Outer Space is Melissa Keil's brilliantly sweet and funny debut YA novel. It's also the first book ever to be signed up through the Ampersand Project, Hardie Grant Egmont's initiative for emerging YA writers.' (Publisher's blurb)

'Photographic books are an important resource in a baby's reading development. Unlike illustrated books where the imagination is required to process the pictures, photographs are from the familiar world of the everyday and are more easy for a child of around 6 months to focus on and identify with. Both illustrated and photographic books are important, but each can develop different skills; in photographic books - ideas of recognition, familiarity, and an understanding about the world around the baby begins to develop. Smart Babies is a great new series of photographic board books that will help in developing these visual skills. All four books in the series are focused on the day-to-day routines of babies and toddlers, told visually through photos of baby animals. In Mummy's Little Bush Babies the bond between a mother and her baby is explored, Mummy's Little Zoo Babies is about the developing abilities, personality and features of a baby and Little Bush Babies takes the reader through the day in the life of a baby - waking up in the morning through to bed time in the evening. Finally in Mummy's Little Farm Babies the simple text and images focus on friendship. We see how a baby learns to relate to the world around him or her. A great series for growing Smart Babies!' (Publication summary)

'Photographic books are an important resource in a baby's reading development. Unlike illustrated books where the imagination is required to process the pictures, photographs are from the familiar world of the everyday and are more easy for a child of around 6 months to focus on and identify with. Both illustrated and photographic books are important, but each can develop different skills; in photographic books - ideas of recognition, familiarity, and an understanding about the world around the baby begins to develop. Smart Babies is a great new series of photographic board books that will help in developing these visual skills. All four books in the series are focused on the day-to-day routines of babies and toddlers, told visually through photos of baby animals. In Mummy's Little Bush Babies the bond between a mother and her baby is explored, Mummy's Little Zoo Babies is about the developing abilities, personality and features of a baby and Little Bush Babies takes the reader through the day in the life of a baby - waking up in the morning through to bed time in the evening. Finally in Mummy's Little Farm Babies the simple text and images focus on friendship. We see how a baby learns to relate to the world around him or her. A great series for growing Smart Babies!' (Publication summary)