Dear Bully - Seventy Authors Tell Their Stories
You are not alone.Discover how Lauren Kate transformed the f...
What is This Thing Called Leadership?: Prominent Austra...
What is This Thing Called Leadership?: Prominent Australians...
Creative, Successful, Dyslexic - 23 High Achievers Shar...
23 very well-known people from the arts, sport, and business...
100 Midcentury Chairs - and their stories
Learn about 100 iconic chairs, their designers and their bac...
The Radical Element - 12 Stories of Daredevils, Debutan...
Twelve YA authors “tell the stories of girls of all colors ...
Dear Bully - Seventy Authors Tell Their Stories
In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories - Reillustrated Edition
In a dark, dark room, in a soft, soft voice, tell a scary story! Newly reillustrated, this classic I Can Read full of spooky stories is perfect for beginning readers who love a bit of a scare. Victor RivasÂ’s silly and spooky art will introduce a new generation to stories inspired by traditional folktales like “The Teeth,” “In the Graveyard,” “The Green Ribbon,” “In A Dark, Dark Room,” Â...
Wastelands - Wastelands Stories of the Apocalypse
“Famine, Death, War, and Pestilence: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse”, the harbingers of Armageddon these are our guides through the Wastelands…From the “Book of Revelations” to “The Road Warrior”; from “A Canticle for Leibowitz” to “The Road”, storytellers have long imagined the end of the world, weaving tales of catastrophe, chaos, and calamity. Gathering together the best post-ap...
The Lady with the Little Dog and Other Stories, 1896-1904
In the final years of his life, Chekhov had reached the height of his powers as a dramatist, and also produced some of the stories that rank among his masterpieces. The poignant ‘The Lady with the Little Dog’ and ‘About Love’ examine the nature of love outside of marriage – its romantic idealism and the fear of disillusionment. And in stories such as ‘Peasants’, ‘The House with the Mezzani...
Jumping to Heaven - Stories about refugee children
Neary plunged her hand into the bag and pulled out two long elastic chains. ‘It’s a Cambodian game,’ she said. ‘It’s called Jumping to the Heavens. You must jump very high. But don’t worry. If you have trouble, I’ll jump and save you.’ The stories in Jumping to Heaven are based on the true experiences of refugee children who have migrated to Australia. Their stories are sad, scary, though...
Great Australian Outback Police Stories
Yarns and memories that capture the experience of policing in the bush, gathered by the inimitable Bill ‘Swampy’ Marsh, bestselling author of GREAT AUSTRALIAN FLYING DOCTOR STORIES and GREAT AUSTRALIAN CWA STORIES. ‘I tell you, you meet some strange characters in this game …’ Boasting the biggest beats in the world – some as large as France – Australia’s outback police have seen...
Top Ten Things Dead People Want to Tell You
know this may come as a shock, and you know I’m not fond of using stale one-liners, but: ‘reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.’ I’m as alive now as I was on the day we met, except, maybe, more so.’ If the dead could speak, don’t you wonder what they would say to those of us they’ve left behind? What would they tell us to soothe our sorrow for their loss, calm our fears of wha...
When Kids Call the Shots - How to Seize Control from Your Darling Bully - and Enjoy Being a Parent Again
Rebellious, entitled, disrespectful, many kids pummel their parents with demands, and boss them around with impunity. Experts might label them “difficult” and advise how to “fix” them. But parenting struggles rarely originate from just one side. Instead, they erupt at the volatile intersection of a child’s personality with a parent’s own insecurities and behaviors. Fixing the child requires ...
Dear Miffy
“Australia’s king of young adult fiction” The Australian Dreamed about you again. Like I do most nights. Tony writes letters. To Miffy. And breaks your heart. Your life’s a solo run, and even the crowd that’s cheering you want you to fall over. They love when you win, but they love it even better when you lose. Telling powerful stories has become the hallmark of John Marsden’s writing. ...
Leave Me Alone - A Tale of What Happens When You Stand Up to a Bully
In this sensitively told story, a little boy is feeling sad because every day he has to face a bully. But the little boy also has friends. A frog, a cat, a rabbit, a cow, and other animal friends insist on helping him, even after he tells them: “There’s nothing you can do for me/ There’s nothing you can say.” Fortunately, he is mistaken, because the next time the bully approaches, they all joi...
Enid Blyton's Christmas Tales - Contains 25 classic stories
Enid Blyton’s timeless collection of Christmas stories – an ideal gift for anyone who loved the stories during their own childhood to pass on to the next generation of readers. Enid Blyton’s Christmas Stories was so popular that readers asked for another collection – and here it is! Nobody captures the spirit of Christmas like Enid Blyton, and in these stories – which are perfect for reading...
From Brilliant & Broke to Inspired & Abundant - Inspiring Stories from Ordinary People with an Extraordinary Desire to C...
Have you ever asked yourself: ‘With all my training, knowledge, skills, background, attributes and brilliance …why am I still broke?’ Countless people find themselves in this same position, feeling broke both financially and physically, both spiritually and in their relationships. When you feel you’ve hit rock bottom, how do you get back up again? From Brilliant & Broke to Inspired & Abundant ...
The Tell-Tale Heart
‘Presently I heard a slight groan, and I knew it was a groan of mortal terror … the low stifled sound that arises from the bottom of the soul.’ Stories about murder, mystery and madness, portraying the author’s feverish imagination at its creative height. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin’s 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of ...
Don't Tell Mum I Work On The Rigs - She Thinks I'm a Piano Player in a Whorehouse
A ‘take no prisoners’ approach to life has seen Paul Carter heading to some of the world’s most remote, wild and dangerous places as a contractor in the oil business. Amazingly, he’s survived (so far) to tell these stories from the edge of civilisation, and reason. Taking postings in some of the world’s wildest and most remote regions, not to mention some of the roughest oil rigs on the plane...
Because I Was a Girl - True Stories for Girls of All Ages
Whether they’re young or old, household names or behind the scenes players, so many women have incredible stories to tell. And now is their chance. Edited by bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz, Because I Was a Girl is a collection of anecdotes from girls and women, ages 10 to 80, about the barriers they’ve faced – and the dreams they’ve made come true. Featuring a who’s who of successful w...
Little Girls Can be Mean - Four Steps to Bully-Proof Girls in the Early Grades
Worried about mean girls? Help your daughter respond and react to bullying where it starts—-in elementary schoolAs experts in developmental psychology and each a mother of three, Dr. Michelle Anthony and Dr. Reyna Lindert began noticing an alarming pattern of social struggle among girls as young as five, including their own daughters. In today’s world, it is likely that your daughter has been fa...
Great Australian Stories - Legends, Yarns and Tall Tales
‘Great Australian Stories is true to its title as it wanders from bush track to spooky hollow, follows the path of yowies and bunyips, searches for Lasseter’s Reef, meets Dad and Dave and, on a different path, Henny-Penny, and then rambles into the cities where just as many entertaining characters are ready to tell their stories.’ – From the foreword by Warren Fahey Australia has a rich tradi...
Summer Holiday Stories - 22 Sunny Tales
A wonderful selection of 22 fantastical summer stories to read and share by one of the worldÂ’s best-loved childrenÂ’s authors, Enid Blyton. SchoolÂ’s out! So go on a picnic in the woods, visit the seaside or take a trip on a magic aeroplane in this enchanting collection of stories perfect for summer holidays. Enid Blyton has been delighting readers for more than seventy years with her endless ...
The Best Australian Trucking Stories
The trucker’s job – so vital to our nation’s everyday life – makes for a diverse treasure trove of stories. This first-ever collection of stories about Aussie truckers captures the humour, tragedy and fascinating history of their world, proving once again that truth is often stranger, funnier and more inspiring than fiction. The unlikely yarns and tales, collected by Jim Haynes, quickly trans...
Complete Stories
The publication of Clarice LispectorÂ’s Collected Stories, eighty-five in all, is a major literary event. Now, for the first time in English, are all the stories that made her a Brazilian legend: from teenagers coming into awareness of their sexual and artistic powers to humdrum housewives whose lives are shattered by unexpected epiphanies to old people who donÂ’t know what to do with themselves. ...
Really Useful Stories: What Friends Do - Really Useful Stories: What Friends Do
ThereÂ’s trouble on the tracks when Percy wants to borrow ThomasÂ’ carriages for an important job, but Thomas isnÂ’t sure he wants to share. Can the friends find a way to work together and save the day? The Really Useful Stories series is designed to support toddlersÂ’ development and explore key preschool themes including sharing, fear of the dark, making friends and teamwork. Each book includes...
Transitions of the Heart - Stories of Love, Struggle and Acceptance by Mothers of Transgender and Gender Variant Childre...
Transitions of the Heart is the first collection to ever invite mothers of transgender and gender variant children of all ages to tell their own stories about their child’s gender transition. Often “transitioning” socially and emotionally alongside their child but rarely given a voice in the experience, mothers hold the key to familial and societal understanding of gender difference. Sharing st...