We are delighted to share these Author and Illustrator book highlights with you. We hope these literacy bites give you insight into your favourite books and series or introduces you to exciting new ones.
Two Cranky Bears
Can two cranky bears learn to share?
I'd Rather be a Dragon
One small child dreams of being a mighty dragon!
New Young Adult Books
New novels you won't be able to put down.
Hidden Layers! (Cat on the Run: Episode 3)
Brains washed! Internet wiped! Villains unmasked. What will Princess Beautiful do next?
Ocean Adventure (Mr Luke's Magic Library #1)
Mr Luke’s class opened a magic book and found themselves under the sea!
The Puppy Parade (Ella and Olivia’s Puppy Club #1)
A new series all about Ella and Olivia’s puppy, Bob.
Villain
Jay and Hudson must solve a rogue AI's deadly riddles to save their friends.
The Most Boring Book Ever
Is this book boring... or do you use your imagination?
Bad Kitty Gets a Phone (Bad Kitty: The Graphic Novel #1)
Kitty wants a phone—can she handle chores and responsibility for it?
Hikaru in the Light! (A Graphic Novel: Volume 1)
Best friends compete for a chance to become pop stars!
A Door in the Dark (Waxways #1)
Six magical teenagers fight to make it home alive after a malfunctioning spell leaves them stranded.
Diary of a Future Billionaire
Just how far will one boy go to become a fully-fledged billionaire?
The Cartoonists Club: A Graphic Novel
Makayla and her friends love comics.
Felix and His Fantastic Friends
A celebration of the magic that disability and difference can bring to the playground.
Gregor The Overlander
Gregor is hurtled into the Underland, there he learns he is part of a prophecy.
Katie the Catsitter: A Graphic Novel
Katie's summer takes a twist when she catsits for a supervillain!
Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games)
Travel back to the 50th Hunger Games, where Haymitch competed.
The Hunger Games Deluxe Paperback Editions with Sprayed Edges
Experience The Hunger Games like never before.
Evil Duck
Twins Flo and Eddie accidentally unleash an evil duck on the world!
Dream Goal (Kicking It Football Academy #1)
Alex dreams of becoming a professional footballer.
Bin Chicken Goes For Gold
Ibis and friends race for lunch at the school sports day.
Win Lose Kill Die
Everyone wants to be head girl ... until the murders begin.
Mumma Bear
A beautiful ode to the mumma bears in our lives.
Ninja Girl #1
Niki has just found out she’s a ninja! Can she use her new powers to save the town?
The Deadly Fang (Super Epic Dragon Quest #1)
Arlo and Julia escape their embarrassing dads and go on a quest to save their land.
Holey Moley Guac-A-Moley!
This mole has a house chock-a-block full of guac, and he comes up with a fun solution!
Maxolotl
This daring axolotl likes to live life to the max!
Vinny the (not-so-nice) Guinea Pig
Vinny causes chaos on a trip to school!
Into the Wild
Five friends enter a challenge to survive in the wild, but disaster strikes...
Another Book about the Easter Bunny
The Easter Bunny is hopping mad!
The Lead Role (Stage Stars: Musical Theatre Club #2)
Millie competes with the new girl for the lead role in Cinderella.
Eye of the Dragon (Dragons vs Wolves #2)
Strange dragons are lurking and the wolves are in exile in a secret paradise...
The Night Librarian
Villains are escaping their books, and Page and Turner must find a way to save the library!
Escaping Peril: The Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire, Book Eight)
Peril must choose between loyalty to Clay or a new life.
Night Animals
In this reassuring twist on a bedtime book, there really is nothing to be afraid of in the dark.
Tim Possible and the Time-Travelling T.Rex (Tim Possible #1)
Tim and Tito's world is upended when a time-traveling T-Rex lands in Tim’s backyard.
Ellas's World Book 1 & 2
New phonics series by Yvette Poshoglian.
Teachersaurus
This little girl thinks her new teacher is a dinosaur!
Rani the Enchanted Dragon (Dragon Girls: Special Edition #1)
A new villain kidnaps all the animals to stop them helping Dragon Girls.
Worst Week Ever! Sunday
After a BAD week, Justin has to deal with an alien invasion!
Happy Barry Capybara
Happy Barry Capybara is the most chilled-out creature on the savannah. So Harry, the naughty monkey, decides that he wants to try to bother Barry.
My Body, My Brain
A story showing how different and precious we are... and our brains too!
What Is Manga?
A Parent's Guide to the Medium
Unico: Awakening, Scholastic's very first magna, can help fuel your child's love of reading in a brand new way.
Bar Star (Gymnastics Diaries #2)
Can Georgia overcome her fears to become the next Bar Star?
100 Years of May Gibbs' Bib and Bub
Celebrating Australia's first female newspaper cartoonist 100 years on.
When We Flew Away by Alice Hoffman
The story of what might have been Anne Frank's life before she began her famous diary.