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Partners In Mischief
Peter had a happy, settled life at home with his mum, and at school with his best friend, Tom. They had known each other a long time and were inseparable. This, however, was about to change when he, by accident, spotted his mum and headteacher together, holding hands! Although he wanted his mum to be happy, Peter couldn’t accept this. He and Tom decided that they should do something to return life to how it was before. Nobody would want their headteacher as their new dad even if he was a good headteacher and had improved the school’s exam results. But what could they do? They try various things with no luck apart from getting themselves in trouble. Then one day the boys see one of the school’s supply teachers acting suspiciously. She suddenly takes an interest in them, especially Peter. What was she up to? Could she help them? Should they trust her?
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Ouch in the Pouch
This book is about animals only found in Australia. Baby marsupials like kangaroo joeys grow up in their mother’s pouch where they breastfeed. Echidnas and platypus are monotremes. Their babies hatch from eggs, but they are mammals and they drink their mother’s milk like other mammals do. This book is full of poems about mammals playing musical instruments. It also has some strange facts: I bet you didn’t know that wombats make cubic poo. Well now you do.
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Oh No There's Poo On My Shoe
A son keeps complaining to his mum that he has ‘poo on his shoe.’
All the while his mum keeps reminding him, in a rhyme, that there are other unpleasant things that could happen too and that it’s not that bad because you can always wipe poo off your shoe!
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Mister French
Izzy loves school, and especially learning French. Her headmaster thinks she’s a strong candidate for Oxford. Unfortunately, her French teacher happens to be Mr Trumper, a vain, arrogant man whose plans for her are quite different from her own. When Mr Trumper takes Izzy to court, she has to rely on her friends – and her literary heroes – to get her out of an awkward situation.
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Life Lessons & Tales of Little MisFit: Book 2: Life Isn't Always Fair
This is the second book in the series of Life Lessons & Tales of Little MisFit. The first book, Life Isn’t Always What It Seems, is the winner of the Fall 2020 Pinnacle Achievement Award in the Young Adult genre and the Top Ten Finalist for the 2021 Author Elite Award in Middle Grades/Children’s Category. Book 1 also has more than two dozen five-star Amazon reviews (including a UAE book newsletter). One reviewer said that the book is “for the child in each of us.” Another: “It’s a laugh-out-loud, fun read.” Most reviewers indicated that they cannot wait to read book 2 in this series. The life lesson in book 2 is: “Life Isn’t Always Fair.” This book is written for children, young adults and adults who are young at heart along with those who have found themselves to be a “MisFit” at some point or situation in their lives. In Book 2, Ivy Sue (Little MisFit – LMF) learns that “Life Isn’t Always Fair,” when she is punished by her teacher for doing something that she did not do. The teacher tells her that she had probably done things before that she didn’t get punished for and that it’s time she learned the lesson that “Life Isn’t Always Fair.” LMF decides to use humour to get back at her teacher and from her tales and antics, we see how she learns to handle this important life lesson. Through challenging and unfair situations, LMF shows us that it’s possible to move forward in life and learn to make the best of most situations and opportunities that come our way, even when “Life Isn’t Always Fair!”
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I Found a Poo
Mr Marmalade is a very cross cat! Somebody has left a poo! Was it you?
Mr Marmalade goes on poo patrol to find the villain. Will he find the culprit?
It had better not be you!
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Hurry Home Dad!
Jesse and Blake, who are identical twins, are feeling anxious as Dad leaves for his job away in the mines. The twins always communicate together using their funny twin language, which only they understand. When they feel insecure or anxious, they hold hands to comfort each other.
Dad decides to film his days at work in the mine to reassure them he is safe while working. Through their dad’s videos, the haul trucks Declan and Dakota come to life in a magical adventure with Ely the excavator. They start work together in an actual day of mining on-site when Wazza the Willy Wily, who is always playing pranks, creates a dust storm and causes all sorts of problems for Ely, Dakota, Declan, and the Mine Controller to solve. Willow the Water Truck saves the day!
This first book in the series “My Mum and Dad are FIFO Parents” will truly help other children in families feel emotionally safe and secure through a mixture of fantasy and reality on a day of their Mum and Dads FIFO life.
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Enter Spice
Enter Spice is a sequel to Enter Donegal. Spice, a charming Cocker Spaniel arrives at the Ellis home after Donegal has gone, and obviously at his request. She is readily accepted and loved by all family members.
With the gifts of walking upright, speaking, reading, writing and singing, she helps Scott and Lara in their ‘love’ relationships, frustrates the attempt of a work colleague of Beth’s to prevent her promotion, and rescues children lost in mountainous bushland.
Her hilarious ‘coming out’, or revealing her talents, causes a sensation on ‘Australia’s Got Talent’ and results in her kidnapping from which she manages to escape in a surprising and unusual manner.
Her own brush with near-death leads her to devote herself to helping the seriously ill in hospitals.
Like Donegal, she makes a very different announcement that has implications for the whole Ellis family.
This heart-warming novel underlines the significance of animals (dogs in particular), demonstrates the value of all living things, indicates ways in which we can help one another, and asserts the triumph of goodness over evil.
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Dinosaur Dan
Watch out, here comes Dinosaur Dan!
Get stuck into the life and times of our pre-historic hero with his motley tribal chums and dastardly foes. He careers through mishaps and disasters, only to rise undaunted to the next fateful adventure!
Dan is never quite the master of the occasion, but he will get you hooked. This Stone Age ne’er-do-well comes a cropper at every turn, no matter what he tries to do! His ever-patient partner, Neanderthal Nancy and his plucky chums all join in the rhyming rollicking escapades – no boring sentences here!
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Dilly Cooper - Hat-astrophe
“Between Rose Thorn and Mrs Sneddle, school is miserable. Just know I hate Rose Thorn and she hates me—end of story. Or maybe it is the beginning?”
Dilly Cooper likes to draw comics and is just trying to have a little fun while getting through school. It can be hard sometimes with her nemesis, Rose Thorn, living down the street with her equally obnoxious father and dog, Tidbits. Rose lives up to her name and is a continuous thorn in Dilly’s side, always getting her into trouble.
Things go from bad to worse when her favourite teacher is replaced with horrible, math-loving Mrs Sneddle. The pressure is on, between calculating Rose Thorn and the pranks from the ‘Goon Boys’, Dilly finds it hard to keep out of trouble! Then auditions for the school production cause a stir of excitement. The show turns the promise of stardom into a hair-raising catastrophe!
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Clang and the School Play
It is nearly Christmas in the cold, snowy village of Much Moaning. Clang and the ladies of Sausage Cottage are all freezing! Big Brain school is getting ready for the school play. It has to be brilliant or Miss Clever Clogs will be in trouble with Miss Head Honcho the headteacher!
However, there is a big problem. Many children have a sick bug or chickenpox. The children supposed to play the animals in the manger are all away ill.
Miss Clever Clogs the teacher has a wonderful idea! She thinks she can save the play if Clang and his pals help her. Does it ever go right with Clang and Lady Wallopy?!
Clang thinks it is a terrible idea! He starts thinking about how to avoid the play!
Enjoy meeting Miss Head Honcho, Clarissa Clever Clogs and Penny Perfect Pants in this new story of Clang’s adventures with his pals Soot, Bodger, and Twinkle.
Will the play be a success? Will Clang find a way out of it?!
Enjoy more hilarious antics in Much Moaning and find out if Miss Clever Clogs gets her wish.
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Cedric the Armchair
We all love a favourite piece of furniture, somewhere you can cosy up on and read your favourite book. When you are young a big comfy armchair feels like having two arms wrapped around you, keeping you all snuggled up.
A special Sunday night treat of having your tea while sitting in the armchair and wearing your toasty pyjamas after mum has heated them up on the radiator.
These are all the things that Lily loves while snuggling up in Cedric, her beloved armchair.
But what happens when that armchair is old and gets replaced by a new modern version - Sunday nights just won’t be the same.
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