AustLit

'When a friend is sad, you do everything you can to cheer them up, but what if that friend is the moon? When Billy looks out his window one night, he decides to invite the moon to stay. But the moon doesn't realise the effect it has on Earth and coming to stay might turn things topsy-turvy.' (Publication summary)

'Long ago, the world was dominated by the juiciest and most delicious creatures ever to rule the planet. The mighty Vegesaurs.'

Source: Screen Australia.

'Charismatic retail mogul and serial bad mum ‘Sando’ moves back in with her estranged family in an effort to recapture their glory days in this tale of the prodigal parent.'

Source: Screen Australia.

'Written in rhyming verse, Wake Up Sleepyhead is a funny and colourful story of a little girl who loves to sleep.

'Her parents can't wake her up no matter how hard they try. One day they have a tremendous idea... "Whoever wakes up Sleepyhead wins a year's supply of banana bread!" And so the strange, loud and wonderful arrive to try and wake up this very sleepy girl and win a tasty treat.

'The real lesson of this enchanting story is that its the little things in life that can make all the difference and how good manners can get you a long way.' (Publication summary)

'It's a second migration for the Habib family, first it was Lebanon to Australia, now Lakemba to Vaucluse. But not everyone is happy to see them, and soon the Habibs find themselves in conflict with their new next door neighbours. The O'Neills are Vaucluse royalty - old money and proud of it. They're extremely uncomfortable with goats and chickens, shisha pipes and people of Mediterranean appearance, but the Habibs can't understand what all the fuss is about. One family want to stay, the other family want them gone. Here Come The Habibs brings a fresh comic perspective to multicultural Australia.'

Source: Screen Australia.

In this sequel to Happy Feet, Erik, son of the tap-dancing Mumble and his mate Gloria, struggles to find his own place in the penguin colony, just as his father did. In Erik's case, though, the situation is complicated when he meets a penguin who is able to fly ...

'Sleepy West village, population 350, host to the annual Fun Festival culminating in the Line Dancing Championship, is rocked to its core. A biker is killed. A construction worker is killed. A sailor is killed. A cowboy and an indian are killed. It has become evident to the hapless cops in West that a serial killer is knocking off 'members' of the Village People. One piece remains to complete this sick puzzle ... a dead cop. With the help of a city detective, who is unwillingly sent to investigate the murders, our rescuers race to save their town and their own lives. A comedy thriller …'

Source: Australian Film Commission (http://afcarchive.screenaustralia.gov.au/filmsandawards/recentfilms/0203/feature_57.aspx). (Sighted: 19/8/2013)