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THE YOUNG VIKINGS ' JAMES MOLONEY

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In a small Viking village, Hauk Johansen is learning that bravery, strength and fighting ability are important qualities for a Viking man. A hunting trip is an opportunity for Hauk and his friends to prove themselves. But when the teenagers return, their village has been attacked, and almost all the adult men killed. Can Hauk master the skills of sword and axe in time to lead his young Viking friends on a quest for revenge7 And will the Gods be on their side7

RECOMMENDED READING LEVEL: Upper Primary

QUARK'S ACADEMY CATHERINE PELOSI

Augustine, Celeste and Oscar are science geniuses selected to attend an elite science summer camp, Quark's Academy, run by the elusive Inventor Quark. From the moment they step inside the gates, they know they're in for a week they'll never forget. Some seriously strange things are going on, and they'll need to put their heads together if they're ever to get out of there alive .


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Parvana , PARVANA: A GRAPHIC NOVEL

A grnphic novel

DEBORAH ELLIS, ADAPTED FROM THE FEATURE FILM DIRECTED BY NORA TWOMEY

When soldiers burst into her home and drag her father off to prison, eleven-year-old Parvana is forced to take responsibility for her whole family, dressing as a boy to make a living in the marketplace of Kabul, risking her life in the dangerous and volatile city. A graphic-novel

adaptation of the animated film The Breadwinner, inspired by Deborah EIiis's novel.

RECOMMENDED READING LEVEL: Mid to Upper Primary

SAM'S SURFBOARD SHOWDOWN ALLAYNE L. WEBSTER & AMANDA S. CLARKE (ILLUSTRATOR)

Sam Summer is used to being a winner. He's the fastest runner, the best bowler and the quickest swimmer in his class. That's until Finn Hester moves to town. Finn is good at everything and Sam isn't happy about it. When a Nippers competition is announced, Sam vows to beat Finn and win the prize: a surfboard signed by Mick Fanning. But Sam's burning urge to win at all costs is tempered as he realises that, maybe, winning isn't the most important thing after all.

RECOMMENDED READING LEVEL: Mid Primary

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, BARNEY AND THE SECRET OF THE FRENCH SPIES

JACKIE FRENCH

In 1798, orphaned Barney Bean now has a flourishing farm in the New South Wales colony and everything he ever dreamed of ... except his childhood friend Elsie. But when Elsie falls ill and Barney rushes to be by her side, he finally learns the deadly secret she has been hiding.


MR BAMBUCKLE'S REMARKABLES FIGHT BACK

TIM HARRIS & JAMES HART (ILLUSTRATOR)

I wish Mr Bambuckle would come back.

Replacement teacher Miss Frost gave me detention just for answering a question.

There are some pretty strange things going on.

It's almost as if Mr Bambuckle could hear us

. . .

A fresh batch of stories about the mysterious Mr Bambuckle and the class of room 12B.

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ROOM ON OUR ROCK

KATE AND JOL TEMPLE•& TERRI ROSE BAYNTON (ILLUSTRATOR)

This clever picture book can be read two different ways. Read conventionally, Room on our Rock tells the tale of a group of seals who refuse to allow a displaced pair of seals on their rock, stating that there is clearly no room. However, when the book is read from back to front, the seals on the rock welcome the struggling seals, assuring them that there is plenty of room.

A powerful allegory on refugees, and a heartwarming story about sharing and compassion.


THE FEATHER

MARGARET WILD & FREYA BLACKWOOD (ILLUSTRATOR)

When a great feather drifts from the leaden sky, two children recognise its extraordinariness and take it to the village for its protection. The villagers, however, want to encase it, upon which the feather loses its radiance. The children take it home and care for it through the night. In the morning it is again radiant, and when they set it free it leaves signs of blue sky and colour.


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, THE KANGAROO WHO COULDN'T HOP

ROBERT COX & JIM ROBINS (ILLUSTRATOR)

Mrs Grey is very worried. All young kangaroos have to be presented to Big Red, the leader of all the kangaroos in the world. But what on earth is Big Red going to say about Keith7

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h1P Big Red has never met a hop-less kangaroo in all his born days 1 He tries several ingenious ways to make Keith hop but nothing works until Keith visits the hop-spital, where the doctor suggests a very scary remedy .

RECOMMENDED READING LEVEL: Lower Mid Primary

THE PINK HAT

ANDREW JOYNER

Once there was a pink hat. A cat played with it. A baby caught it. A dog swiped it. That is, until ... A girl found it. She wears the hat everywhere, including to a march with thousands of other people. They are all marching to support the idea that girls and women should have equal rights to boys and men.

RECOMMENDED READING LEVEL: Mid to Mid Primary

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THE YEAR OF THE DOG

CHARLES HOPE & JESS RACKLYEFT (ILLUSTRATOR)

Dog had never known what it was like to have a home. It was all she'd ever wanted. At the animal shelter where she lived, she happily watched as her friends, bne by one, found families to love. After a while poor Dog began to wonder if her turn would ever come .

RECOMMENDED READING LEVEL: Lower to Mid Primary

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HICKORY DICKORY DASH

TONY WILSON & LAURA WOOD (ILLUSTRATOR)

Before the clock strikes one, a mother mouse must search the house for her missing children.

But she'd better watch out for the cat 1 Hickory Dickory Dosh is for anyone who has ever wondered just why the mouse was running up and down the clock as it struck one.

RECOMMENDED READING LEVEL: Lower Primary G : iiM• '.. ·, l<if!IT

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GRANDMAZ

DANIEL GRAY-BARNETT

On an ordinary day, in an even more ordinary town, it was Albert's birthday.

When Grandma Z roars into town on her motorcycle, Albert is swept up in a very extraordinary adventure.

This glorious debut from Daniel Gray-Barnett is filled with wonder, imagination, and a wild, magical spirit that will thrill young and old.


THE FLYING OPTOMETRIST

JOANNE ANDERTON & KAREN ERASMUS (ILLUSTRATOR).

The Flying Optometrist travels in his little red aeroplane from the city to a remote outback town where lots of people are waiting for him with bated breath. Aunty can't see well enough to carve her emu eggs, Bill the plumber has a splinter in his eye and Stephanie has broken her glasses and can't play cricket with her friends. The Flying Optometrist can't stay long, but he helps as many people as he can, before returning to the city. But Stephanie has to wait a little longer for an

exciting package to come-her new glasses1


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DIGGER

MIKE DUMBLETON & ROBIN COWCHER (ILLUSTRATOR)

'A Digger for o digger,' she said, hugging her brother.

'I'll keep him safe,' James promised.

When James leaves for the Western Front, his little sister, Annie, gives him her toy kangaroo called Digger. Safe inside the pouch of his top pocket, the kangaroo is her brother's constant companion.

But when Digger needs patching up after being in battle, Colette, a young French girl, is quick to assist. Eventually, Annie and Colette are brought together, even though they are on different sides of the world.


THE LITTLE STOWAWAY: A TRUE STORY

, VICKI BENNETT & TULL SUWANNAKIT (ILLUSTRATOR)

France. Winter. 1918. World War I is over and the streets are filled with servicemen, devastation, and hope. All three things come together at an airfield on Christmas Day, when a brave and determined little French orphan, Honore, wanders through the snow, cold and hungry and lost. When he stumbles on the Australian Flying Corps and meets airman, Tim Tovell, his life is changed forever.

Featuring among its illustrations photographs of Honore and Tim, this is a true story of a remarkable little stowaway and his journey to his new home in Australia.


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P. CRUMBLE & CHRIS SAUNDERS (ILLUSTRATOR)

Fluffy Bunny is excited1 He has planned a surprise party for Zebra's birthday and asks Growly Bear to bring a cake and pass the message along. But when the message gets mixed up with each retelling, there's confusion, chaos and lots of fun. What will Zebra's party be like in the end7

A delightful comedy of misheard errors.

RECOMMENDED READING LEVEL: Lower Primary

GO GO AND THE SILVER SHOES

JANE GODWIN & ANNA WALKER (ILLUSTRATOR)

When Go Go is allowed to buy the most beautiful shoes ever, she decides she will wear them

EVERYWHERE 1

Even to the creek, where she and her brothers go adventuring.

But-oh no, Go Go 1-that's when a terrible thing happens.

A sparkly story of one independently minded little girl and the unexpected, precious way life

sometimes works.

RECOMMENDED READING LEVEL: Lower Primary

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TURTLE TRACKERS

SAMANTHA WHEELER

Isaac helps his mum run a caravan park on the Queensland coast. When he witnesses a sea turtle nesting on the beach, he's desperate to volunteer as a turtle tracker to keep turtle eggs and hatchlings safe. But how can he find time to protect the turtles when summer holidays are the caravan park's busiest time7


VASILISA THE \VISE

VASI LISA THE WISE AND OTHER TALES OF BRAVE YOUNG WOMEN

KATE FORSYTH & LORENA CARRINGTON (ILLUSTRATOR)

For many young women, the only fairytales they know are the ones that have been retold by Walt Disney Studios.

These ancient tales of wonder and adventure are about learning to be strong, brave, kind and true-hearted, and trusting in yourself to change the world for the better.

Meet the brave young women from tales of yore ... Vasilisa who must try to outwit the fearsome witch, Baba-Yaga. Katie Crackernuts who sets out to save her sister from dark magic. Flora, the gardener's daughter, who marries a giant serpent to save a prince. Fairer-Than-A-Fairy, a princess who is kidnapped by an evil one-eyed enchantress. Lullala, in love with a prince cursed to be a lion by day and a man by night. Rosemary, a Scottish lass whose baby is stolen by the wicked faery folk of the Sid he. Ursula, a princess replaced by a walking, talking automaton.

These are not your usual passive princesses, waiting forlornly for their prince to come .


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ELEMENTALS 1: ICE WOLVES

AMIE KAUFMAN

Everyone in Vallen knows that ice wolves and scorch dragons are sworn enemies who live separate lives. So when orphan, Anders, takes one elemental form and his twin sister, Rayna, another, he wonders whether they are even related. Regardless, Rayna is Anders' only true friend and she's nothing like the brutal dragons who claimed her and stole her away. To rescue her, Anders must enlist at the Ulfar Academy, a school for young wolves that values loyalty to the pack above all else. But for Anders, loyalty is more complicated than obedience, and friendship is the most powerful shapeshifting force of all.


MISSING

SUE WHITING

What do you hope for when there is no hope7

Mackenzie da Luca's mother is missing-she's vanished in the jungles of Panama. Now, 116 days later, Mackenzie and her dad are in those same jungles. Her dad is desperate to find out what's happened to his wife. And Mackenzie is desperate to make sure he doesn't .


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ARMISTICE

RUTH STARKE & DAVID KENNET T (ILLUSTRATOR)

On 11 November 1918, after four years of fighting, the Allied powers signed an agreement with Germany to end the Great War and to begin peace negotiations. The Armistice, as it was known, took effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. In this companion to the award-winning, My Gallipoli, many voices recall the day the Great War ended and the months that followed before peace rang out around the world.


A BOAT OF STARS: NEW AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN'S POEMS

EDITED BY MARGARET CONNOLLY & NATALIE JANE PRIOR

A boat of stars came down tonight

and sailed around my bed-

it sprinkled stardust on my eyes,

put dreams inside my head

Open worlds of imagination and explore the magic of everyday life with this enchanting new collection

of poetry from some of Australia's most-loved writers and illustrators. Perfect for the classroom and the

home, A Boat of Stars will bring a love of language, rhythm and rhyme to every child.


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