STORYLINES NOTABLE BOOK AWARD 2014 'Take me with you to New Zealand!' Ireland to New Zealand, 1874. When ten-year-old Rebecca Kelly is sent to the dreary Derry workhouse she decides that this is not the life for her, so she steals a pony to ride to Belfast. Rebecca is determined to join her brother, who is a sailor on the ship Queen of Nations bound for New Zealand, but this is difficult for a young girl without a penny to her name. Rebecca must become a servant and earn ...

A humorous, sensitive and surprising view of our world through the eyes of Marty, a boy with autism who decides it's high time to join in.Marty Morgan is considered a loser; weird, different, the little kid who really thought he was going to be murdered when it was his turn to go to the 'murder house'. Definitely B-crowd material ... or, truth be told, D-crowd. Because although he attends a mainstream school, he's not mainstream: he has low-level autism. Puzzled by others' emotions,...

A humorous, sensitive and surprising view of our world through the eyes of Marty, a boy with autism who decides it's high time to join in.Marty Morgan is considered a loser; weird, different, the little kid who really thought he was going to be murdered when it was his turn to go to the 'murder house'. Definitely B-crowd material ... or, truth be told, D-crowd. Because although he attends a mainstream school, he's not mainstream: he has low-level autism. Puzzled by others' emotions,...

Here's a racy review of rubbish and recycling through the ages, from the times when pigs were let loose in the street to clean up garbage to today's high-tech methods for re-using glass and plastic. Dig up the dirt on muckrakers and mudlarks. Dive into drains and delve into dumps to find out the lore and law of rubbish. Unearth the facts about spies who fossicked in trash cans looking for evidence of dirty deeds, and inventors hoping to patent the perfect dunny. Once you've read this book,...

STORIES WITH THE LOT!Save ten lives with a paperclip… discover how a big banana can ruin your sister's holiday… make a new friend with a garbage bin… develop a taste for sheep's spleen and chips… bounce on a vampire's bed… rescue your dad from a dog and a spider… use a toilet roll to get justice… upset the neighbours with a pickaxe… eat a pizza that makes you fearless... imagine a world where teachers...

Geronimo Stilton meets the Stone Age in this NEW spin-off series! Geronimo Stilton's ancient ancestor Geronimo Stiltonoot stars in the Cavemice series! Geronimo Stiltonoot wakes up to a terrible morning. Meteors are falling from the sky, and it seems like everyone in Old Mouse City has an awful stomachache! Geronimo must travel to the Cave of Memories to find the ancient shaman cure for his fellow cavemice. But dangers lurk on his journey -- can he make it back home safely?

Molly Moccasins is a new kind of book series encouraging all young adventurers to read, play, think, investigate and imagine in their everyday lives while supporting early learning and literacy development. Within each story, Mollys toes tingle in her special moccasins inspiring adventure and reminding her that, a curious mind is never bored.In this story, Molly and her friend Little Janie get stung by bees while playing in the backyard. In an effort to ease their minds about bees, Mollys m...

Molly Moccasins is a new kind of book series encouraging all young adventurers to read, play, think, investigate and imagine in their everyday lives while supporting early learning and literacy development. Within each story, Mollys toes tingle in her special moccasins inspiring adventure and reminding her that, a curious mind is never bored.In this story, Molly and her mother take a neighborhood walk with her best friend Marco. They go down a street they had never been down before and stum...

Molly Moccasins is a new kind of book series encouraging all young adventurers to read, play, think, investigate and imagine in their everyday lives while supporting early learning and literacy development. Within each story, Mollys toes tingle in her special moccasins inspiring adventure and reminding her that, a curious mind is never bored.In this story, Molly wears a hand-me-down sweater from her mothers friend and is curious about what the sweater had experienced in the past. It turns o...

This wacky new series will have kids on the edge of their seats! This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches. Aimed at 5- to 7-year-olds, this line of books is for children who are just starting to read independently. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow! LOONIVERSE is an exciting new series that combines fantasy and ...

Molly Moccasins is a new kind of book series encouraging all young adventurers to read, play, think, investigate and imagine in their everyday lives while supporting early learning and literacy development. Within each story, Mollys toes tingle in her special moccasins inspiring adventure and reminding her that, a curious mind is never bored.In this story, Molly and her friends are having a great time playing inside on a rainy day. As they play they hear Mollys mother saying funny things, l...

Caught between family life and school, Gabby's trials never seem to end ...If she's not dealing with her outrageously embarrassing mother Posy, or helping out with her troubled brothers at home, she's pursuing school hearthrob, Si, and making enemies of friends. Life seems tough enough ... but then her older-than-average mother announces that she's pregnant and Gabby's world turns upside down.At first Gabby is determined to have nothing to do with the unexpected arrival. Th...