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Spider! (Aussie Nibbles) by David Metzenthen
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: Aussie Nibbles
Is the spider in Min's bedroom hairy, scary and creepy, or really rather nice?
Squidnapped! (Aussie Nibbles) by David Metzenthen
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: Aussie Nibbles
A little girl named Holly takes a baby squid from the sea. She calls him Mr Googly, and is fascinated by his speediness and his ability to change colour. As she wanders along the beach, showing her prize catch to beachgoers, she becomes lost. Her parents are worried and begin to look for her. Meanwhile, ...Show more
The Rainbirds by Metzenthen David
Category: Picture Books
From the top of the tallest tree in the park, Gleeson can see distant mountains. And he knows, because his father has told him, that in winter big black mountain birds will fly down to the city to shelter from the stormy alpine weather.
The Really Nearly Deadly Canoe Ride by David Metzenthen
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: Aussie Chomps S.
Awful objects dead ahead! In their latest do-it-yourself adventure, Pete 'Pod' Podlewski and Morris 'Shiny-Boy' Diamond attempt to canoe all the way from Sockby to the sea. But they didn't count on revolting rubbish traps, killer rapids, freaky whirlpools, and a container ship ten storeys high...
The Really Real (Aussie Chomps) by David Metzenthen
Category: Children's Fiction
Pod and his mate Shiny-boy Diamond have never dived off anything higher than the three-metre diving board at the local pool. But this summer is going to be different. This summer they are going all the way to the top - off the ten-metre tower! Ages 10+.
The Really Really Epic Mini Bike Ride (Aussie Chomps) by David Metzenthen
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: Aussie Chomps
Shiny-boy and his mate Pod, want mini bikes more than anything. When Shiny's granddad makes them one out of bits they have have collected from the rubbish, they are off on the adventure of their lives. Ages 10+.
The Secret History of the Rainbow Trout Private Hotel by David Metzenthen
Category: Young Adult
A luminous and beautiful book set in a formidable world. Andy Lightfoot's gap year takes him deep into the past — at the old and weirdly wonderful Rainbow Trout Private Hotel. Here, high in the mountains, Andy discovers working for nothing gives him everything...and that the middle of nowhere is the cen ...Show more
Tiff & the Trout by David Metzenthen
Category: Young Adult
Tiffany lives high in the Snowy Mountains with her mother, while her father and little brother live at the foot of the mountains. As her mother is planning to move interstate, and Tiff has to make a decision to go with her Mum or stay with Dad and Nathan. This work is intended for ages 8-12.
Tigerfish by David Metzenthen
Category: Young Adult
From best-selling and award-winning author David Metzenthen comes a powerful new novel. Better in here, they think. Safe and sound. No shocks and no surprises. Twenty-one degrees Celsius all year round. Ryan Lanyon lives in the shadows of a shopping centre on the far side of the city. His brother is a b ...Show more
Where Will the Sleepy Sheep Sleep? by David Metzenthen
Category: Picture Books
A gorgeous, funny, tongue-twisting picture book by two incredibly talented creators. Perfect for bedtime reading. Do you think the sleepy sheep will sleep on top of this wild and windy hill Baah! No-o-o, this windy hill is far too high and wild for a sleepy sheep to sleep on! Do you think the sleepy she ...Show more
Winning the World Cup (Aussie Nibbles) by David Metzenthen
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: Aussie Nibbles
Behind Marco's house there is a paddock. Behind Nam's house there is a paddock, too and behind Steffi's and Carlo's and Mitch's houses. And in this huge paddock, just about every day, the friends play soccer for the World Cup. All the kids are Australian - but they play for the country they came from. A ...Show more