AustLit

'All three Nim novels - Nim's Island, Nim at Sea and Rescue on Nim's Island - collected in one edition to celebrate the 21st Anniversary of the original publication of Nim's Island.

'In a palm tree, on an island, in the middle of the wide blue sea, was a girl.
Nim's hair was wild, her eyes were bright, and around her neck she wore three cords. One was for a spyglass, one for a whorly, whistling shell, and one for a fat red pocketknife in a sheath.

'Nim lives on an island in the middle of the wide blue sea, with her father, Jack, as well as a marine iguana called Fred, a sea lion called Selkie, a turtle called Chica and a satellite dish for her email. No one else lives quite like Nim, and she wouldn't swap places with anyone.' (Publication summary)

'Across the meandering river,

In a forest tall and green,

Live the magical Wilderness Fairies

And their wise Fairy Queen...

'Daisy is spending a week at the Fairy Queen's Tea-Tree House to watch and learn. Her biggest hope is that she may also discover her Calling – a fairy's special destiny. When an emergency interrupts her teaching, Daisy feels a strange thrill to overhear that humans are the cause. Certain that they may have something to do with her Calling, Daisy secretly reads a forbidden book to find out more about the mysterious human world. But when she follows her mischievous new friend Cricket over the River Sea to the human houses to have a peek, she discovers far more than she bargained for...' (Publication summary)

'Across the meandering river,

In a forest tall and green,

Live the magical Wilderness Fairies

And their wise Fairy Queen...

'Daisy's sister, Maggie, has been invited by the Fairy Queen to perform in the annual Songbird Festival to compete for a 'momentous prize'. But the performance is only days away and Maggie is all a flutter about how she can possibly be ready in time. Daisy decides to help by writing Maggie a strict schedule and making sure she keeps to it. All goes well until Daisy's further good intentions lead to a wardrobe disaster for Maggie, saved only by their Aunt Acacia, a master seamstress. But then when an overzealous mother of a competitor threatens to sabotage Maggie's duet with Melody the Magpie, Daisy has the chance to save the day and redeem herself.' (Publication summary)

'With her feathery new wings, Daisy finally feels like a true fairy. Now she must learn how to fly. When Aunt Acacia arrives to teach her, Daisy can't wait to get started. But the lessons seem to take forever. Will Daisy's impatience lead to disaster?' (Publication summary)

'A fairy isn't born with wings. She has to earn them.

'When Queen Jasmine sends Daisy on the Fairy Quest it will take all her wit and magic to succeed. But what if succeeding means letting someone else down? Will Daisy make the right decision?' (Publication summary)

When Selkie the sea lion is kidnapped, Nim has to leave her island paradise, stow away on board a cruise ship, and work out how to rescue Selkie and all the captive animals in the ship's zoo. She also needs to reunite her family. Luckily she has Fred, her funny marine iguana, and two new ship-board friends, to help her. (Source: Trove)

'Zoos love telling us about the new babies being born, the new exhibits that have been built, the crazy things that animals do and the wonderful ways that the animals stay in their exhibits without the use of bars. Sometimes though, the animals don’t follow the rules and decide to visit the world outside of their exhibits but you don’t often hear about these zoo happenings.

'Zoo You Later is the book that spills the beans, or should I say opens the gate on these not so well known zoo happenings. Read about an orangutan which climbed over a hot wire system to walk the zoo grounds; a python that escaped the zoo with the aid of a human accomplice; a lion that proved that it can walk on water; a bird which people said couldn’t fly that did; or a mongoose that decided not to appear at the opening of the new residence. And all the escapes really happened. Kerry Millard’s wonderful illustrations will give you many giggles too.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'David and his mother are strays. They are huddled in a caravan one wintry night when the evil landlord casts them out into the rain - just because they gave milk to a stray cat. Where can the go? The cat seems to want them to follow her, but what could she possibly have to offer?' (Publication summary)