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Ten readers will each win a copy of How to Tame Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell, soon to be a Dreamworks movie.Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III

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Visit Asterix and Friends Online
Visit Asterix and Friends Online
Meet Asterix and friends as you visit the various huts in their village. You'll also find lots of t...

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How to Train Your Dragon - Cressida Cowell

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was an awesome sword-fighter, a dragon-whisperer and the greatest Viking Hero who ever lived. But it wasnt always like that. In fact, in the beginning, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was the most put-upon Viking youd ever seen...

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Blueback - Tim Winton

Abel Jackson loves to dive. He's a natural in the water. He can't remember a time when he couldn't use a mask and snorkel to glide down into the clear deep. Life is tough out at Longboat Bay. Every day the boy helps his mother earn their living from the sea and the land...

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Snake and Lizard - Joy Cowley & Gavin Bishop

Snake and Lizard began to laugh, gently at first, and then so strongly that they were rolling round the floor with hiccups. When they'd stopped, Lizard said, 'Oh Snake! What an adventure!' Snake's stomach was aching with laughter. 'I don't know why we argue like we do,' she said...

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Rex - Ursula Dubosarsky

Meet Rex. He is the class pet. Every day, someone gets to take Rex home. What would you do if Rex came to visit you?..

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Grug - Ted Prior

Once the top of a Burrawang tree fell to the ground and became ... Grug! 'Grug began his life as the top of a Burrawong tree. Resembling a small, striped haystack with feet and a nose, he is fascinated by the world around him and solves everyday problems creatively and without fuss...

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Duck - Janet Holmes

The unnamed narrator of this story assumes that Duck both loves and needs him. But when Duck goes missing things like playing in the bath story time and even chocolate cake lose their appeal. Great is the relief when Duck is discovered under a cushion ...

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Hunting for Dragons - Bruce Whatley

Dragons are everywhere ... if you know where to look! A little girl sees dragons everywhere, and she is sure there is one living in her house. She puts on her dragon-hunting amour and sets out looking for clues to help her find the mysterious creature...

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Just Macbeth - Andy Griffiths

Take one Shakespearean tragedy: Macbeth. Add Andy, Danny and Lisa the Just trio, whose madcap exploits have already delighted hundreds of thousands of readers for the last ten years. Mix them all together to create one of the most hilarious, most dramatic, moving stories of love, Whizz Fizz, witches, murder and madness, from the bestselling and funniest children's author in Australia...

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Stanley Paste - Aaron Blabey

Stanley Paste is small. Really small. And he hates it.But when a new girl arrives at school, Stanley learns that perhaps being small is not so bad after all...

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The Escape - Robert Muchamore

Summer, 1940. Hitler s army is advancing towards Paris, and millions of French civilians are on the run. Amidst the chaos, two British children are being hunted by German agents. British spy Charles Henderson tries to reach them first, but he can only do it with the help of a twelve-year-old French orphan...

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In The Tomorrow Book, Jackie French, with the help of illustrator Sue deGennaro, shows how, with a little bit of imagination and determination, tomorrow can be exciting, and that if you think about your problems with creativity and help from your friends, they dont seem so bad. In fact, the solution might even be better than what weve got now! Jackie lives in the bush, surrounded by wild anim...

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