Rudyard Rhino Hunts down some Friends

Rudyard Rhino is always happy playing with his friends, but has always wondered why he has NEVER had a rhino friend, so decides to go and find one across the nature reserve.

Will Rudyard make it to the far end of the reserve? Will he find a new rhino friend?

Rosie O'Hara

Rosie O’Hara the theatre cat loves living at The Royal Opera House in Covent Garden London, where she can watch rehearsals and performances and have fun with the ballerinas. If you love ballet and animals, enter the world of backstage and front-of-house excitement as the children of The Royal Ballet School arrive for The Nutcracker rehearsals. Join Rosie in her adventures with the ballerinas and dancers as no area is out of bounds! Rosie is loved by everyone and is a welcome member of ‘staff.’ This beautifully illustrated children’s book takes you into the magical world of The Royal Ballet Company, where children and adults will be captivated by the behind-the-scenes antics of Rosie before the audience arrives.

Rose and the Missing Tooth

Rose is a smiley young girl on an adventure, losing her very first tooth and learning with her mummy how magical it can be! Join Rose on this magical adventure and see how life can truly be special! A book to read with your little one before bed!

Rainbow Island

Lilly and Ryan Baker are ten-year old twins, who with their Mum and Dad, live on Rainbow Island, which is a lighthouse island off the coast of North Queensland. Come and spend some time on Rainbow Island and enjoy the beaches and marine animals that they get to play with almost every day.

Queensland Border

Puggles jumped on the back of his red motorbike and was off down the road heading for Queensland. One thousand kilometres of open road, the roaring wind in his ears and untold dangers. What adventure was in store? Who would have thought there might be gold, knights, and a ferocious dragon on the way?

Puppy Looks For A Friend

Cocoplums are sweet but friends are sweeter. Put them together and you have a treat! Puppy loves his Cocoplums, but he really needs company. There’s only thing for the little guy to do. Go on a ‘friend search.’ How hard can it be to find a friend? Puppy is about to find out.

Princess Mia and Super Jack

Princess Mia and Super Jack live on Planet O, a planet that harbours a unique secret. What happens when a nasty witch and an evil devil uncover the secret that could make them more powerful than ever? Read on to find out in this exciting adventure.

Princess Daisy and the Magic Tablet Troll

Princess Daisy is a girl who has everything, including lots of friends. Using her magic tablet, she lets all of her friends know about her fabulous life. Should Princess Daisy be sharing quite so much?

A modern-day fairy tale for modern day princesses.

Pooky Finds A Pet

Join Pooky on her heartwarming journey to find the perfect pet in Pooky Finds a Pet. Pooky is a lovable character who longs for companionship, and she embarks on a quest to find the perfect friend.

As she searches high and low, Pooky discovers someone else who is just as lonely as she is. This unexpected encounter changes everything, and Pooky must find a way to balance her own desires with the needs of her new friend.

Through her determination and compassion, Pooky learns valuable lessons about empathy and kindness. With engaging illustrations and relatable characters, Pooky Finds a Pet is a delightful story that will warm your heart and inspire young readers to think about the importance of friendship and compassion.

Po the Pussycat's Big Day Out!

Po is a black and white indoor cat who usually spends her days snuggled up inside. On an autumn day she decides to go exploring the local neighbourhood. Meeting friends along the way and taking in her surroundings, Po comes to realise that life as an indoor cat is perfect for her.

Playing in the Twilight

What happens to cricketers when their reflexes slow down, when their hand-eye coordination declines, when the quality of the afternoon tea is more important than the quality of the pitch? Nothing. They keep playing. In the Vets.

Playing in the Twilight chronicles the journey of Melbourne’s Canterbury Cricket Club veterans’ team through a decade of cricket.

Michael Angwin writes about the games themselves, and about what Canterbury’s veterans value about cricket and how those values are reflected in the way they play it.

Playing in the Twilight has a warm, self-mocking, self-deprecating style reflecting the ways Canterbury’s veterans engage with each other and with their rivals. As their careers lengthen, cricket becomes for Canterbury’s vets not just a Sunday afternoon activity but a source of comradeship and community beyond Canterbury and even beyond Australia.

Playing in the Twilight is whimsical and wistful, and nostalgic and regretful at its best on gentle late-summer days, stoic and resigned, joyful in languor and dependent on friendship and love.

The book’s inspiration includes philosophy, science, the Olympics, politics, Disney, Machiavelli, JMW Turner, Greek mythology, Catholic doctrine and Scottish insular monasticism.

It celebrates veteran cricketers when their bodies no longer respond to their still agile minds, like a hat that one of Canterbury’s stalwarts wore: Old, frayed, experienced, loved, not as effective as it once was, but serviceable enough to keep going without having to be replaced by a new version that might not see out even one summer.

Plastic

Did you know that every single minute of the day, a truck load of plastic is dumped in our oceans? Did you know that by the time you are an adult there will be more plastic in our oceans than fish? Did you know that sea animals can’t tell the difference between food and plastic?

Even if you didn’t know all those facts about plastic that’s OK, but here are some more questions. Do you care about your oceans, and rivers, and seas? Do you want to help the creatures that live there? Do you want them to live on our planet forever and ever? Do you think that plastic is a bad thing to have in the ocean?

If you say yes to all those questions, then you will love reading about what happens to the animals when they eat plastic, and what you might be able to do to save them. Every one of us has a role to play to make sure all our sea animals are safe and happy and that their homes are clean and healthy. You can play this role too.