Penguin Random House Australia: 1771 books

A fun novel from one of Australia's best writers for children and young adults. When Lisa Trelaw breaks up with her long-term boyfriend Mike, she realises that she made a big mistake giving up modelling to come home. Meanwhile, Mandy Miratoosi enters a supermodel contest for larger-sized girls...

A new year, a new teacher, and a very mysterious house guest. Clementine Rose is heading back to school, and this year she has a new teacher. Young Mr Smee is very different to Mrs Bottomley and he sets the class a special project. Clemmie can't wait to get started! Meanwhile at Penberthy...

Discover what happens when you mix one kid with nine attack possums. Observe the result of a guinea pig hostage situation. Learn from my get-rich-quick scheme to put Australia's angriest ice-cream man out of business. Get ready to judge the world's deadliest fruitcake competition. And if I survive...

A junior fiction series written in partnership with Netball Australia Can Jade learn how to bond with the Gems? Jade has big plans to be a successful netballer in her favourite position, Goal Attack. She comes from a super competitive sports-mad family and wants to show everyone, her...

Will Sahar become the newest member of the Gems? Sahar has only recently arrived in Australia but she's already found friends in Sienna, Lily and Maia. And when she sees them practising their netball moves, something inside Sahar sparks. Having never played netball before though, she doesn't believe...

A junior fiction series written in partnership with Netball Australia Is being a Gem enough for determined Lily? Lily comes from a family of great netballers and dreams of playing for the Diamonds one day. She loves being on court and jumping for every intercept. But Lily's worried that...

A junior fiction series written in partnership with Netball Australia Can shy Phoebe find her place in the Gems? Phoebe loves to shoot goals, and she's great at it too. She dreams of being a famous netballer and playing in front of thousands. The problem is that she's nervous all the...

A junior fiction series written in partnership with Netball Australia Meet Maddy and her friends from the Gems! Maddy can't wait to play her first game of netball with her new team. She's been training hard and is eager to try out her skills. But Maddy's excitement soon turns to nerves...

Nine little dingos howl at the moon . . . Ten little owls hoot a goodnight tune. What happens around Australia when the sun goes down? The cutest little animals come out to play, of course. Teach your own little critter to count to ten in this beautiful board book featuring baby native animals running, hopping, swimming, eating and playing from dusk to dawn.

It's time for a wedding at Penberthy House! Clementine Rose is thrilled! There's a giant tent in the back garden and guests arriving by the car load. A wedding at Penberthy House is just the thing her mother needs to help pay for the much needed new roof. But amid the excitement Uncle Digby...

An ivory rose charm is the beginning of a terrifying adventure in 1890s Sydney in this gothic ghost story - another thrilling time slip tale for girls from best-loved author Belinda Murrell. Jemma has just landed her first job, babysitting Sammy. It's in Rosethorne, one of the famous witches'...

Another great read from one of Australia's greatest authors A kidnapping? Rival gangs? Ransoms? What's happening in Coolini Beach? All the teenagers in Coolini Beach use the expression 'cool bananas'; life is pretty relaxed and free and easy but what does it mean when police crime tape is found...

A junior fiction series written in partnership with Netball Australia Does Sienna still have time to play for the Gems? Sienna is crazy about netball, especially playing Goal Keeper. But Sienna's other passion is horse-riding, and when her Uncle loans her a beautiful palomino to ride...

Among all those legendary bushrangers, heroic explorers, genius inventors and upstanding politicians in Australian history, aren't there some duds in the pack? Of course there are! Paul Stafford has rounded up all the dingbats, dropkicks and disasters in our glorious past. All together now,...