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The Curly Cow is a heart-warming story about a family of cows and the girl who looked after them on a small farm in the Hunter Valley of NSW. It spans 37 years of farm life, showing us all the ups and downs of living on the land. It is the close bond and friendship between the author and the animals that make her long and unpredictable hours and climatic hardships worth the effort. ' Joanne Le Maitre has told a lovely story in The Curly Cow. Suitable for country and city kids alike. Utterly, or should that be udderly adorable. ' – Alison Lewis, author 'Missing' ' If you can look into a cow's eyes and see diamonds, you will love this book wholeheartedly and read it again and again. I want to come back as a cow. Not just an ordinary cow though, I want to come back as a special cow under the loving care of Joanne Le Maitre. ' – John Morrow's 'Pick of the Week'

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If there's doubt, I can't help but worry. It's life or death. It's not as simple as the flick of a coin.'<br /> <br />Stephanie dreams of being accepted into art school but questions her talent. She has a major crush on the hottest boy in school and is desperate for him to notice her. But when Steph's mother unexpectedly becomes ill, Steph meets Richard and feels an instant attraction, but he is damaged and finds it difficult to share the events surrounding his brother's death.<br /> <br />Steph struggles to work through the complexities of life, love and death. She becomes increasingly obsessed with helping her mother before it's too late. When things spin out of control, she thinks she's going crazy…<br /> <br />&quot;<i>… an effective page-turner that personalises and dramatises the important social issue of organ donation, in a very readable, resonant style.</i>&quot; – Stephen Measday, author<br /> <br />&quot;<i>… focuses on the important issues of organ donation and transplantation without overloading it with too much information.</i>&quot; – Julie Edwards, Transplant Australia<br /> <br />&quot;<i>Overall, an excellent way to introduce a difficult subject in a sensitive way.</i>&quot; – Dr Robert Brooks

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Alone in the radio station studio, 'graveyard shift' presenter Lily is being stalked.<br /> <br />The stalker is obsessive, electronically skilled and devious. Lily copes with hate mail and a wreath and even briefly enjoys the celebrity status of having a stalker. But Lily confronts her fears and challenges the stalker in a surprise ending.

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…distant hooves beat time with the name. Nick Nick Nicholas Nick, they cantered. A melody began that danced along on the magical words…'<br /> <br />It's 1960 in an Australian country town – a time well before smartphones and social media. Fourteen-year-old Sandra, a shy but ambitious piano student, is on a journey of discovery. She's secretly in love with Nick Morgan, but he's already left school and hardly knows she exists.<br /> <br />Everything changes when she finally gets to know Nick at a polocrosse carnival. Even her best friend and Sandra's beautiful piano become less important. But she is swept out of her depth by events which test the value of her friendships and challenge her in ways she could never have imagined.<br /> <br />'A truly absorbing tale for teenagers.' – Barbara Ker Wilson AM, University of Queensland Press (Ret.)<br /> <br />'There are so many beautiful passages, lovingly felt moments and deft touches that will strike the reader back to the purity of their own childhood, first love and love of the land that make for inescapable reading. I can thoroughly recommend it.' – Tom Thompson, ABC Radio 702<br /> <br />'A delightful coming-of-age story about first love, teenage dreams and the courage to face reality… all told through a filter of beautiful music…' – Candida Baker

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In a time and place where the gulf between the haves and the have-nots has grown painfully wide, Olivia lives a life cushioned with abundance.<br /> <br />Until the day she is kidnapped and held for ransom by Hannah, a girl from a very different kind of life.<br /> <br />Olivia discovers a taste for things not commonly condoned in her world: black-market books, daring friends, wild creativity.<br /> <br />From the depths of factory oppression to the dizzying heights of vigilante rooftops, Olivia travels the margins of society, where the misfits gather and build homes for themselves out of whatever they can get their hands on – and fight to make a life worth living.

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Sophie George lives with her father in the small town of Orchard Mead and works after school at their post office. She enjoys delivering the mail around the town, mainly because she likes to draw funny pictures based on some of the weirdos that live here. But lately, it's not just the locals who have been acting strange – her Dad has been acting pretty weird too!<br /> <br />Sophie's friend Janice is convinced he's a spy, but Sophie thinks that is ridiculous. However, the deeper they dig into her father's life, the more confused Sophie becomes. The evidence all seems to add up: the mysterious phone calls, a Russian connection and a mysterious note.<br /> <br />Could Janice be right; is her Dad really a spy?

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Jessica Mackay has one dream – to be a pilot. Jessica lives on her family farm at Narromine, New South Wales, in the 1920s – the best place for a would-be pilot. Her father developed a passion for flying in Egypt during World War I, and Narromine lies close to the heart of Australia's budding aviation industry.<br /> <br />Even though women were among the first people to take on the challenge of the skies, Jessica's ambitions are not supported by everyone, most notably her grandfather who has firm ideas about 'a woman's place' in the world.<br /> <br />As a junior member of the new Narromine Aero Club, Jessica is well-placed to meet pioneer aviators such as the legendary Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, as well as take part in the first Narromine Air Shows.<br /> <br />Jennifer Bradley's story of a young girl's passion for flying is based firmly on actual events in the fledgling Australian aviation industry.

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The author of 'Better Out Than In' and 'Better Out Than In Number Twos' is back with a collection of random musings and drawings that will make kids laugh out loud. It includes Adam's wacky view of topics including 'Top 5 Dance Moves', 'Top 5 Super Powers' and 'Things That Look Cute But Will Scratch Your Eyes Out If You Try To Hug Them'. There's even a recipe for Roast Monkey Butt with Tofu and Apples (No monkeys were harmed in the making of this book though!).<br /> <br />It's random, it's weird and it's definitely hilarious! As Adam says, &quot;Look, to be honest, it was just me rambling on about anything that popped into my head, and now there is a whole book of this random stuff! A WHOLE BOOK! THIS BOOK! OMG! Which means Oh My God. It doesn't mean, as I initially thought, Old Men Giggled. And LOL doesn't mean Lots Of Love! I found that out when someone died and I wrote to their wife and said, 'I hear that your husband died. I'm sorry. LOL.' It didn't go down too well.&quot;

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Up for another extremely funny, totally gross &amp; weird adventure? Then read on…<br /> <br />Yep, just when Sam didn't think things could get any worse, his best mate, Jared, becomes sooo sick he has to stay home from school for the entire week, leaving Sam on his own to face the suckiest week of his whole sucktacular life.<br /> <br />With Toffee tugging at his nauseating nostril taffy, Abbey being crabby, Booga's gigantic butt bugle and the rest of the cow-cuddling, sheep-kissing kids.<br /> <br />It might be Jared that's sick … but by the end of this week it's Sam who's going to need the barf bucket.

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This beautifully illustrated story teaches children about the importance of understanding and accepting change and difference in all people. A perfect forest grew tall and proud on the land. One day a bird from a faraway place flew over the forest and dropped a different seed. The other trees in the forest didn't like this 'difference' and did everything in their power to block the little tree's growth. But slowly they learn that we were all, at some point, a seed from a faraway place. As seen on ABC's 'PlaySchool'.

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