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It's been four years since the Dark Days when Chloe lost her mum to cancer. Nana's been wonderful but it's time their family had a mum person. Chloe is excited at the news that Dad is bringing home a special friend to meet the family. She might be just the mum person they need. But when they arrive, Chloe knows immediately that Fern is wrong for the job. She's in a wheelchair so can't skate to the shop, turn cartwheels on the lawn or race along the seashore. Chloe will have to be good at being bad to stop her joining their family. A warm-hearted story about letting go of limiting expectations and opening up to 'can' rather than 'can't.'

Amy''s unusual pet has won the family a summer vacation in the school Pet Parade but Mum and Dad say Rocky has to stay home because no pets are allowed at the beach cottages. How is that fair? They wouldn''t be going to the seaside if weren''t for Rocky. Amy has to find a way to take him. Luckily the strange neighbour who gave Rocky to Amy has an interesting solution to the ''no pets'' problem. Mum and Dad don''t know it but an extra guest has come along to join the summer fun. Can Rocky stay Amy''s secret? Perhaps her holiday will be a monstrously more fun if he doesn''t...

Find out how to come up with ideas, create interesting characters, paint word pictures and more in this kid-friendly guide full of activities and helpful examples.

Emi and her twin brothers have a secret.There''s a Christmas elf in their backyard and she''s eaten so many strawberries it''s given her a tummy ache. She needs help and the grownups mustn''t find her. Emi, Max and Sam know the perfect place to keep her safe while they work out what to do. Their special remedy might work but will their special visitor recover in time to can return to the North Pole and deliver her Christmas gift list to Santa?An Australian Christmas story. 

Anyone can write stories. You can too!Writing stories is like having an adventure.This book will lead you on your own story adventure.Imagination is your passport. It can take you anywhere.Start with an idea...choose your characters...decide where they live and when their story takes place...think about what could happen to them.Follow the simple instructions in this book and write your own story to share.Teena Raffa-Mulligan has been having fun with words for as long as she can remember. She is the author of more than 20 books for children and has presented countless author sessions to encourage children to write their own stories.In You Can Be A Writer she simplifies the writing process for children and offers a step-by-step guide for young readers to become writers.

Who can you trust when those you love most let you down?Fifteen-year-old Kate Norton has been living a happy family fantasy. Her mum has been keeping secrets. Now the father Kate never knew she had is coming to Perth. He wants to take Kate back to Brisbane with him because his mother has cancer and wants to get to know her only granddaughter before it’s too late. Kate is on an emotional roller coaster. Everything she believed about herself and her life has been based on a lie. Her wonderful dad is not her father. Even her beloved Nana Hannah is not her “real” grandmother. Kate has to find out who she is and where she belongs.  Only then can she find out if her friendship with newcomer Joshua Perrin can be something more.  

Jake, Kate and their twin cousins Daniel and Luke find a strange object in the sand near the jetty and take it home. Soon strange things begin to happen to Jake and they have to try to return him to normal. Just when they think their problems are over, The Find's owner turns up. Perhaps they should have left the object where they found it...

Poems on topics as diverse as peas, aliens and windy days feature in this lively collection that will encourage young readers to enjoy poetry and marvel at the wonder of words. Funny, thoughtful, silly and serious, Sleepy Socks and Sometime Rhymes is a celebration of the everyday and the imaginary. It is ideal for home or classroom, for sharing or for quiet moments curled up in a comfy chair.Prospecting for nuggets, spying for the cause,our imagination opens up the doorsto adventure and excitement. Who needs to travel far?There's a world for exploration exactly where we are.  

There is magic, mystery, adventure and fun in this collection of short stories for young readers. Often funny, sometimes serious, the 15 stories are an entertaining mix of humour and whimsy, fantasy and reality. Suitable for bedtime sharing or reading alone.

A heartwarming tale about friendship and adventure in Colonial Australia. Rosie and new arrival, Cousin Amelia, share the fun times and hard work of helping to set up the family farm in the bush. But a raging bushfire threatens to destroy the new property and everyone on it. Will Rosie ever return home to Ma, the little kids and Patch the puppy?

Trouble comes to Tea Tree Bend…In cowboy movies the sheriff forms a posse to round up allthe bad guys. Cam and Ellie from Daisy Cottage and their friends Billy andLouisa have formed a different posse. Their mission is to find and fix allthe signs in Tea Tree Bend with missing apostrophes. The summer holidays arealmost over so they have just nine days to complete their task.How can trying to do the right thing go so wrong? 

This gentle story is a conversation about God between a mother and child.Told from the child’s perspective, the series of questions and answers in rhymeintroduces young children to the idea of a higher being that can see, hear and speakwithout eyes, ears or tongue, and does not live in a housewith roof, walls and locking doors.'For God's house is this world we share and God is in it everywhere.' 

Elephants never forget – or do they? One rainy day a young elephant is on his way home from school alone when a stranger stops and offers him a lift. Tiger Tim promises to get Jumbo Jim  home and dry quicker than a snake can blink an eye – but Jimbo says no. Mum has told him about stranger danger and that he must never go with anyone he does not know. That’s when Tiger Tim says he is a family friend – and he has chocolate too.Will Jimbo remember his mother’s stranger danger warning – or go with Tim?Told in rollicking rhyme and with lively full-colour illustrations featuring a menagerie of jungle creatures, Jimbo! Don’t go! presents this important safety message for pre-schoolers and junior primary children in an entertaining, non-threatening style.