Fabulous Fishes by Stockdale Susan
Category: Picture Books
With a simple, rhyming text and brightly colored, richly textured illustrations, Susan Stockdale introduces young readers to different kinds of fish and the underwater world they call home. From the spiky lionfish and the brightly colored clownfish to lantern fishes and hatchet fishes that flash lights ...Show more
Song of the Golden Hare by Jackie Morris
Category: Picture Books
He had been waiting all his life, hoping to hear the hare's song...The boy and his family are special. While others hunt the hares, his family search for leverets orphaned by the hunt and keep them safe. But this isn't why they are special. It is because they hold the secret of the song of the golden ha ...Show more
Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear (HB) by Audrey Wood
Category: Picture Books | Series: Child's Play library
First published in 1984, a picture book in which the Little Mouse will do all he can to save his strawberry from the Big, Hungry Bear, even if it means sharing it with the reader. The Little Mouse and the Big Hungry Bear are known and loved by millions of children around the world. Little Mouse loves st ...Show more
An Aussie Christmas Gum Tree (HB) by Jackie Hosking
Category: Picture Books
Join Possum and his bush friends in this rhyming read-aloud story, perfect to share for an Aussie Christmas. From his lofty watch post, Possum is drawn to the sight of a distant tree covered in sparkling trinkets. A Christmas Tree, according to Kookaburra. So begins a quest in which Possum and his cra ...Show more
Penguin Parcel by Victoria Cassanell
Category: Picture Books
From rising star Victoria Cassanell, Penguin Parcel is a sparkling Arctic adventure about friendship, empathy, and a very long journey. When Polar Bear spots a Penguin Coupon in the newspaper, he wastes no time in ordering his very own pet. He's thrilled with his new friend, but Penguin doesn't seem qu ...Show more
Up in the Air (Board Sound) by Roger Priddy
Category: Picture Books
Young children can use their imaginations and go on an adventure through the skies in this fantastic novelty sound book. With a fantastic 10-button sound bar and handle shaped pages, each exciting spread focuses on different vehicles. As well as die-cut pages, there are two sounds to use on each spread ...Show more
The Enormous Turnip by Katie Daynes
Category: Picture Books
When the farmer can't pull a turnip out of the ground, he enlists his entire family to help him. In this book, the moral is that it takes everyone working together to unearth the enormous vegetable.
Anton and the Battle by Ole Könnecke
Category: Picture Books | Series: Anton
Starring Anton and Luke from Anton Can Do Magic (the USBBY winner and ReadBoston Award finalist), this is another funny, child-centred picture book, full of imagination. Anton and his friend Luke fight an epic battle to be declared the strongest - but will they be outdone by a puppy?
Between the Pages by Joan van Loon
Category: Picture Books
Between the Pages is the story of two brave boys, Billy and Jack, and their exciting adventures in the rainforest. It celebrates the pleasures of reading, especially reading in bed.
Gilbert in Deep by Jane Clarke
Category: Picture Books
Gilbert the great white shark is back! In this charming sequel to the extremely successful Gilbert the Great, Gilbert learns to face his fears. Accompanied by Rita the remora, Gilbert disobeys his mum, heading off into The Deep and boasting,
The Goose Bath by Janet Frame
Category: Picture Books | Series: The Janet Frame Collection
'The sweet daily bread of language. Smell it rising in its given warmth taste it through the stink of tears and yesterdays and eat it anywhere with any angel in sight.' Janet Frame used to keep geese, using the base of an old garden fountain as their bath. In later years the geese went but the bath was ...Show more
How the Library (Not the Prince) Saved Rapunzel (PB) by Wendy Meddour
Category: Picture Books
With the wind in his hair, and blowing his hooter, Along came the prince on the back of a scooter. "Rapunzel, Rapunzel, please let down your hair!" Called the prince from down on the bottom stair...But Rapunzel just sat - As still as a wall; She didn't think much of the prince at all. Rapunzel sits on t ...Show more