Ages 5 to 9 years. Ivy couldn't get to sleep, her mind was burning bright. I'm done with counting sheep, she thought, I'll paint my dreams tonight. Join Ivy as she goes on a wondrous and colourful journey through her imagination. A celebration of creative play and resilience with a generous splash of colour-mixing thrown in.

Tulip the ladybug and Brutus the stinkbug never play together. But then disaster looms. Can the bugs team up and save themselves? Tulip and Brutus is a funny, stinky story about differences, teamwork and friendship.

Tulip the ladybug and Brutus the stinkbug never play together. But then disaster looms. Can the bugs team up and save themselves? Tulip and Brutus is a funny, stinky story about differences, teamwork and friendship.

Pippa is a little pigeon with big blue-sky ambitions: to fly solo and explore the world beyond her nest. Her parents are less than thrilled with their risk-taking feathered fledging and smother her with well-meant yet suffocating warnings until one day she ignores them all, and takes the leap into the unknown... alone.

Glitch spends his life searching through mountains of mouldy mess at the dump. He wants to make the fastest billycart ever. This year, he will be competing in the Big Race! But will his twitch stop him from winning?

Stumpy is a Quig, a remarkable little creature living in the soaring towers of an alien city. Quigs are daredevils, acrobats and fearless leapers. But not Stumpy. He is different he looks different, and he most certainly feels different. Mocked and bullied, Stumpy finally decides to take a leap of faith but has he jumped too far?

Stumpy is a Quig, a remarkable little creature living in the soaring towers of an alien city. Quigs are daredevils, acrobats and fearless leapers. But not Stumpy. He is different he looks different, and he most certainly feels different. Mocked and bullied, Stumpy finally decides to take a leap of faith but has he jumped too far?

Ages 5 to 9 years. Ivy couldn't get to sleep, her mind was burning bright. I'm done with counting sheep, she thought, I'll paint my dreams tonight. Join Ivy as she goes on a wondrous and colourful journey through her imagination. A celebration of creative play and resilience with a generous splash of colour-mixing thrown in.

What has a bill like a duck's and the body of a beaver? A platypus, probably. Engaging text follows a female platypus through her life, while sidebars offer in-depth information about this unique monotreme and her environment. Vivid, accurate illustrations capture the wonder of this amazing creature.

Inspired by a windy autumn afternoon and two real little girls, The Perfect Leaf takes the simple joy of leaf-kicking and turns it into an extraordinary flight of the imagination. Written and illustrated by the creator of the CBCA Notable Book The Poppy, and illustrator of the Ford Street titles Spark and Glitch, The Perfect Leaf is a glorious celebration of the power of invention, and of the joys of being a child.