Runt by Craig Silvey
$22.99 AUD
Category: 2023 CBCA Shortlist
A heart-warming, funny, beautifully told story for readers of all ages from the bestselling author of Jasper Jones and Honeybee. 'You don't have to carry the weight of the world in your tool belt.' Annie Shearer lives in the country town of Upson Downs with her best friend, an adopted stray dog called R ...Show more
Wild Australian Life by Leonard Cronin
$29.99 AUD
Category: 2023 CBCA Shortlist | Reading Level: near fine
A stunning new exploration of Australian animals from the creator of the bestselling Australian Animal Atlas. From a leading expert and talented visual artist comes this celebration of the astounding diversity of Australia's animal kingdom.More than one million animal species make their homes in Austral ...Show more
August & Jones by Pip Harry
$16.99 AUD
Category: 2023 CBCA Shortlist
From the CBCA Award-winning author of The Little Wave comes the story of two extraordinary kids who discover the life-changing power of friendship and teamwork. Eleven-year-old Jones Kirby has just moved to Sydney from her farm in country New South Wales. She's missing her alpacas and wide-open paddocks ...Show more
Lionel and Me by Corinne Fenton
$22.94 AUD
$26.99 (15% off)
Category: 2023 CBCA Shortlist
When Lionel arrives, Maverick is unimpressed. Is there enough love to go round for the two of them? A delightful book that celebrates inclusion and friendship.
The Raven's Song by Bren MacDibble, Zana Fraillon
$17.99 AUD
Category: 2023 CBCA Shortlist
A wonderful children's novel by two stellar writers featuring Shelby and Phoenix, living 100 years apart yet unexpectedly joined across time - and each make the discovery of a lifetime that has the potential to upend their worlds. 'This is how we have to live now.'Shelby and her best friend Davy live q ...Show more
Neverlanders (CBCA Winner 2023) by Tom Taylor
$22.99 AUD
Category: 2023 CBCA Shortlist
Neverland has become a war zone and it's up to a new group of lost teens to set things right in this gritty YA graphic novel series from #1 New York Times bestselling Australian author Tom Taylor and powerhouse Australian comic artist Jon Sommariva!Bee and her fellow runaways are their own found family. ...Show more
Freedom Ride by Sue Lawson
$19.99 AUD
Category: 2023 CBCA Shortlist
The uncomfortable truth of racism embedded within 1960s Australian society, set against the backdrop of the Freedom Ride. Australia 1965. Racial tensions around the country are flaring, and the town of Walgaree is no exception. Robbie just wants to keep his head down, concentrate on his summer mowing jo ...Show more
Tiny Wonders: 2023 CBCA Winner Award for New Illustrator by Sally Soweol Han
$24.99 AUD
Category: 2023 CBCA Shortlist
April thinks if her town was a colour, it would be grey. Everyone is too busy to stop and look around. How can she help them slow down?When she remembers the happiness that dandelions brought her grandmother, April comes up with a plan...Bursting with colour, this is a sweet story about flowers, family ...Show more
What We All Saw by Mike Lucas
$16.99 AUD
$19.99 (15% off)
Category: 2023 CBCA Shortlist
Witches only exist in stories. Everyone knows that. But what if the stories are real? FOUR FRIENDS. FOUR TRUTHS. ONE NIGHTMARE. If you wander into the wood ... If you hear scratching sounds from the Old Quarry ... If you go too close to the edge ... WATCH. OUT.
Naturopolis by DEBORAH FRENKEL
$26.95 AUD
Category: 2023 CBCA Shortlist
Look closer, look with care and you may find a forest.... Among the steel and stone canyons of the city, nature flourishes in tiny, tenacious ways. Follow the ant (Iridomyrmex purpureus) to discover the scraps of wilderness hiding in plain sight in this lyrical celebration of urban flora and fauna. Natu ...Show more
The Greatest Thing by Sarah Winifred Searle
$19.99 AUD
Category: 2023 CBCA Shortlist
It's the first day of Grade Ten, and Winifred is going to reinvent herself. Now that her two best (and only) friends have transferred to a private school, Win must navigate high school on her own. Luckily, she isn't alone for long. In art class, she meets Oscar and April. They don't look or act like the ...Show more
Where the Lyrebird Lives (HB) by Vikki Conley
$22.94 AUD
$26.99 (15% off)
Category: 2023 CBCA Shortlist
High in the mountains through the sleepy clouds.Deep in the forest past the chiming birds.Will we see the lyrebird? I don’t know. Tip-toe, tip-toe. The beauty of the Australian rainforest and the magic of family-time come together in this lyrical and delightful story of intergenerational connection, ha ...Show more