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The ABC Book of Poetry; a treasury for young people 2010 - Poetry Workshop 1: poetry in action by Libby Hathorn
The ABC Book of Poetry; a treasury for young people 2010 - Poetry Workshop 2: Models by Libby Hathorn
The ABC Book of Poetry; a treasury for young people 2010 - Poetry Workshop 3: Metaphor 5 Senses
by Libby Hathorn
Abyssinia by Ursula Dubosarsky
A Certain Music by Celeste Walters
A Dad Who Measures Up by Davide Cali
A Day to Remember by Jackie French
Act of Faith by Kelly Gardiner 
Adults Only by Morris Gleitzman
Against the Odds by Marjolijn Hof
Alberta by Tania Cox
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Alex and the Watermelon Boat by Chris McKimmie
Alice-Miranda Takes the Lead by Jacqueline Harvey
Alice-Miranda At School by Jacqueline Harvey
Alone on a Wide Wide Sea by Michael Morpurgo
An ANZAC Tale by Ruth Starke
Animal Heroes Anthony Hill
Are We There Yet? by Alison Lester
Aristotle's Nostril by Morris Gleitzman 
Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel by Colfer Eoin  
A Friend for Old Tom by Leigh Hobbs
A Ghost In My Suitcase by Gabrielle Wang
A Girl Like Me by Penny Matthews
A True Person by Gabiann Marin
A Ute Picnic by Lorraine Marwood
Audrey Goes to Town by Christine Harris
Audrey of the Outback by Christine Harris
Aussie Heroes: Dame Nellie Melba by Gabiann Marin
Aussie Heroes: Professor Fred Hollows by Hazel Edwards
Aussie Legends by Tom Baddeley
Australian Backyard Explorer by Peter Macinnis
Australian Story by Tania McCartney
Awesome Stuff by Richard Tulloch

B
Baby Bilby's Question by Sally Morgan
Baby Tawnies by Judy Paulson 
Baby Wombat's Week by Jackie French 
Ballroom Bonanza by Nina Rycroft
Banjo Bounces Back by Lachie Hume 
The Battlers by Kylie Tennant 
Bear and Chook by the Sea by Lisa Shanahan
The Bear with the Sword by Davide Cali
The Bears' Picnic by Jan and Stan Berenstain
Beautiful Monster by Kate McCaffrey
Before the Storm by Sean McMullen
The Beginner's Guide to Revenge by Marianne Musgrove
Beginner's Luck by Alyssa Brugman
Being by Kevin Brooks
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
Beyond Evie by Rebecca Burton
Big and Me by David Miller
Big River Little Fish by Belinda Jeffrey 
Bilby Moon by Margaret Spurling
Billie B Brown series by Sally Rippin
Bird and Sugar Boy by Sofie Laguna
Birdie in the Sky: Aussie Chomps by Prue Mason
The Black Book of Colours by Menena Cottin
The Black Dog Gang by Robert Newton
Black Painted Fingernails by Steven Herrick 
Black Taxi by James Moloney
Black Jack Anderson by Elaine Forrestal
Black Skin, White Cow by Pablo Bernasconi
Black Water by David Metzenthen
Blaze and the Dark Rider by Stacy Gregg
Blueback by Tim Winton
The Blue-Eyed Aborigine by Rosemary Hayes
Bobbie Dazzler by Margaret Wild
Bog Frog Hop by Kyle Mewburn
The Book of Lies by James Moloney
The Boy and the Toy by Sonya Hartnett
Boy Overboard by Morris Gleitzman
Brown Skin Blue by Belinda Jeffrey
Bruises by Archimede Fusillo  
Bumface by Morris Gleitzman
Bush Bash! by Sally Morgan and Amberlin Kwaymullina
Butterflies by Susanne Gervay
Butterfly by Sonya Hartnett
Buzz Off! by Randa Abdel Fattah
By the Picking of My Nose by Martin Chatterton
Bye, Beautiful by Julia Lawrinson

C
Caesar the War Dog by Stephen Dando-Collins
Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks 
Camel Rider by Prue Mason
The Camel Who Crossed Australia by Jackie French 
Capricornia by Xavier Herbert
Captain Congo and the Klondike Gold by Ruth Starke
Captain Congo and the Crocodile King by Ruth Starke
Captain Cook's Apprentice by Anthony Hill
Captain Crabclaw’s Crew by Frances Watts 
The Case of the Diamond Shadow by Sophie Masson
Castle of the Zombies (The Fixers, Book One) by Sean Williams
Cat by Mike Dumbleton
The Cat in the Hat by Dr Seuss 
Cat on the Island by Gary Crew 
The Cattle King by Ion L Idriess   
The Cave by Susanne Gervay
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith by Thomas Keneally
Chasing Charlie Duskin by Cath Crowley
Check on Me by Andrew Daddo & Jonathan Bentley
Chinese Cinderella Adeline Yen Mah
Christmas Wombat by Jackie French & Bruce Whatley
The City by Armin Greder
The Cloudchasers by Steven Hunt and David Richardson
The Cloudchasers Book 2 by Steven Hunt and David Richardson
Collected Poems by Banjo Patterson
Come in Spinner by Dymphna Cusack & Florence James
The Complete Sentimental Bloke by CJ Dennis
Coonardoo by Katherine Susannah Prichard
Crocodile River by Diana Lawrenson
Crossing the Line by Dianne Bates
Crow Country by Kate Constable

D
Dare Devils by Bill Condon
Darius Bell and the Glitter Pool by Odo Hirsch
Darius Bell and the Crystal Bees by Odo Hirsch
Day of the Elephant by Barbara Kerr Wilson
A Day to Remember by Jackie French
The Dead I Know by  Scot Gardner
Delilah's Dream by Ivan Trevaskis
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French
Dinnertime! by Ann Weld
The Dog Who Loved a Queen by Jackie French
Doppelganger by Michael Parker
Dr Seuss - A Classroom Guide
The Dream of the Thylacine by Margaret Wild
Dust by Christine Bongers

E
Emily Eyefinger and the Ghost Ship by Duncan Ball
The Emu that Laid the Golden Egg by Yvonne Morrison
The Enemy by Davide Cali
The Equen Queen by Alyssa Brugman
Erebos by Ursula Poznanski
Eve and Adam by Michael Grant and Katherine Applegate 
Evernight by Claudia Gray 

F
Falling From Grace by Jane Godwin
Family Forest by Kim Kane
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by JK Rowling
Fearless by Colin Thompson
Fearless in Love by Colin Thomson & Sarah Davis 
Feathers for Phoebe by Rod Clement
The Fiftieth Gate by Mark Raphael Baker
Finding Home by Gary Crew
Finding Serendipity by Angelica Banks
Finding Violet Park by Jenny Valentine
Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta
The Firefighters by Sue Whiting
Fire Song by Libby Hathorn
First They Killed My Father by Luong Ung
Five Little Owls by Mark Carthew
Flash Jack by Maureen Mccarthy
Flight of the Bumble Bee by Hazel Edwards
The Floatingest Frog by Sally Murphy
The Forgotten Pearl by Belinda Murrell
Found: The Art of Recycling by Lisa Hölzl
Friends for Keeps series by Emma Quay

G
Game as Ned by Tim Pegler
Gamers' Quest by George Ivanoff
Get a Grip Cooper Jones by Sue Whiting
Gerald McBoing Boing by Dr Seuss
Ghost Boy by Felicity Pulman
Ghost Club 1: The New Kid by Deborah Abela
Gift Of The Gab by Morris Gleitzman
Girl Stuff by Kaz Cooke
Give Me Four Reasons by Lizzie Wilcock
The Glass Collector by Anna Perera
The Glasshouse by Paul Collins
The Goat Who Sailed the World by Jackie French 
The Goldseekers by Greg Bastian
The Golden Day by Ursula Dubosarsky
Gone series by Michael Grant
Good Morning Mr Pancakes by Chris McKimmie
Good Night, Gorilla! by Peggy Rathmann
Goodnight, Mice! by Frances Wattes
Gracie and Josh by Susanne Gervay
The Great Bear by Libby Gleeson
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr Seuss
Grimsdon by Deborah Abela
Growing Up Asian in Australia edited by Alice Pung
Guantanamo Boy by Anna Perera

H
Halloween in the Christmas Hills by Karen Tayleur
Hamlet by Nicki Greenberg
Happy as Larry by Scot Gardner
A Hare, Hound and Shy Mousey Brown by Julia Hubery
Harry's War by John Heffernan
Hello God by Moya Simmons
Henry Hoey Hobson by Christine Bongers
Hetty: A True Story by Hetty Verolme
Hey Jack! series by Sally Rippin
Hitler's Daughter by Jackie French
The Horse Who Bit a Bushranger by Jackie French
The Horses Didn't Come Home by Pamela Rushby
How to Heal a Broken Wing by Bob Graham
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff

I
I Am Jack by Susanne Gervay
I Am Thomas by Libby Gleeson
In Just One Second by Silvio Freytes
In Lonnie's Shadow by Chrissie Michaels
In the Beech Forest by Gary Crew
In the Lair of the Mountain Beast by James Moloney
The Important Things by Peter Carnavas
Inside the World of Tom Roberts by Mark Wilson
The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf by Ambelin Kwaymullina
Itch by Simon Mayo
It's a Book by Lane Smith
It's a Miroocool! by Christine Harris
The Ivory Rose by Belinda Murrell

J
Jake's Monster Mess by Ken Spillman
Jarvis 24 by David Metzenthen
Jasper Zammit (Soccer Legend): The Game of Life by Deborah Abela
Josephine Wants to Dance by Jackie French
Joyous & Moonbeam by Richard Yaxley
Juggling with Mandarin by VM Jones
Just In Case by Meg Rosoff
Just One More by Mark McLeod

K
Kangaroo's Cancan Café by Julia Jarman
Kangaroo and Crocodile by Bronwyn Bancroft
Kill the Possum by James Moloney 
Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems
Koala Sees the World by Gordon Winch

L
The Last Dance by Sally Morgan
Last Tree in the City by Peter Carnavas
Leaf Litter by Rachel Tonkin
Liar by Justine Larbalestier
The Legend of Moondyne Joe by Mark Greenwood
Leon Stumble's Book of Stupid Fairytales by Doug MacLeod
Let's Go to Sleep by Margaret Wild
Letters to Leonardo by Dee White
Liberator by Richard Harland    
The Life and Times of Gracie Faltrain by Cath Crowley
The Life of a Teenage Body-Snatcher by MacLeod Doug
The Light by Jo Oliver
Lighthouse Girl by Dianne Wolfer
Little Miss Spider's ABC by David Kirk
Little Paradise by Gabrielle Wang 
The Little Dinosaur by Catriona Hoy
The Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupery
The Little Refugee by Ahn Do
Lollylegs by Pamela Freeman
Lone Pine by Susie Brown and Margaret Warner
The Long Way Home by Emily Rodda
Look, a Book! by Libby Gleeson
Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta
Looking for Rex by Jan Ormerod
Losers? by Pauline Deeves
The Lost Tail by Patricia Bernard
The Lost Treasure by Jan Stradling
Louie the Pirate Chef by Simon Mitchell
Love Aubrey by Suzanne LaFleur
The Lucky Ones by Tohby Riddle
Lucy the Lie Detector by Marianne Musgrove

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The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo
Macbeth You Idiot! by Henderson Don
Mao's Last Dancer by Cunxin Li
Mao's Last Dancer: Young Readers Edition by Cunxin Li
Maralinga: The Anangu Story by Christobel Mattingley and the Yalata and Oak Valley people
Marcy and Too Cool by Phil Kettle  
Martha's Journey by Tracey Hawkins
Matilda by Roald Dahl
Max Meets a Monster by Tracey Hawkins
Meet Ned Kelly by Janeen Brian
Mending Lucille by J R Poulter
Mice by Gordon Reece 
The Midnight Zoo by Hartnett Sonya 
Millie's Special Something by Tania Cox
The Miracle of the Little Wooden Duck by Margaret Wild

Mirror by Jeannie Baker
Miss Llewellyn-Jones by Elaine Forrestal
Mort by Martin Chatterton
The Mostly True Story of Matthew & Trim by Golds Cassandra
Mountain Wolf by Rosanne Hawke
Mozzie and Midgie by Doug MacLeod
My Father's Islands by Cristobel Mattingley
My Hippopotamus is on Our Caravan Roof Getting Sunburnt by Edwards Hazel
My Life and Other Stuff I Made Up by Tristan Bancks
My Place by Nadia Wheatley
My Private Pectus by Shane Thamm

My Uncle's Donkey by Riddle Tohby  

N
Nanberry: Black Brother White by Jackie French
Naughty Stories for Good Girls and Boys by Christopher Milne 
Ned Kelly and the Green Sash by Mark Greenwood
Nights in the Sun by Bowles Colin
Now by Gleitzman Morris
Now I am Bigger by Sherryl Clark
Nukkin Ya by Phillip Gwynne

O
Olympics History
Once by Morris Gleitzman
The Other Facts of Life by Morris Gleitzman 
Our Australian Girl: Meet Grace Bk 1 by Sofie Laguna & Lucia Masciullo
Our Australian Girl: Meet Letty Bk 1 by Alison Lloyd & Lucia Masciullo
Our Australian Girl: Meet Poppy Bk 1 by Gabrielle Wang & Lucia Masciullo
Our Australian Girl: Meet Rose Bk 1 by Sherryl Clark & Lucia Masciullo
Out of the Egg by Tina Matthews
Outside In by Chrissie Keighery

P
Panda Chase: Mission Fox Book 2 by Justin D'Ath
Pearl Verses the World by Sally Murphy
Peeking Ducks by Krista Bell
Pennies for Hitler by Jackie French 
The Phoenix Files by Chris Morphew
Piano Piano by Davide Cali
Piglet and Granny by Margaret Wild
Piglet and Mama by Margaret Wild
Piglet and Papa by Margaret Wild
Pilgrim by Jo Oliver
Playground compiled by Nadia Wheatley
The Pocketbook of Aussie Patriotism by Brendan  Gullifer
Pooka by Carol Chataway 
Pool by Justin D'Ath
Prince Caspian by CS Lewis 
Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo
Puggle by Catriona Hoy
The Push by Julia Lawrinson 

Q
Queen Victoria's Underpants by Jackie French
Quidditch Through the Ages by J.K. Rowling

R
The Rabbits by John Marsden and Shaun Tan
A Rat in a Stripy Sock by Frances Watts
Raven's Mountain by Wendy Orr
Ready, Set, Boris Book 3 by Andrew Joyner 
Red by Libby Gleeson 
The Red Piano by André Leblanc
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
The Remarkable Secret of Aurelie Bonhoffen by Deborah Abela
The Return of the Word Spy: A funny and fantastic voyage into language, grammar and beyond... by Ursula Dubosarsky
Rhino Neil by Mini Goss
Rhinos, Toucans and Woolly Dogs by Gordon Winch
Riley and the Curious Koala by Tania McCartney 
Riley and the Dancing Lion by Tania McCartney 
Riley and the Grumpy Wombat by Tania McCartney
Riley and the Sleeping Dragon by Tania McCartney
The Road to Goonong by David Cox
Robert Irwin: Dinosaur Hunter by Jack Wells
Robot Riot by Andy Griffiths
Rodney Thinks of Food by Gordon Winch
A Rose for the Anzac Boys by Jackie French
The Rosie Black Chronicles by Lara Morgan
Runner by Robert Newton 

S
Sam the Cat by Sam Bowring
Samsara Dog by Helen Manos
Santa's Secret by Mike Dumbleton
Sarah's Heavy Heart by Peter Carnavas
Scary Bear by Tania Cox
Scout by Nicole Pluss
Seadragon Sea by Margaret Splurling
Second Childhood by Morris Gleitzman
Secrets of Eromanga by Sheryl Gwyther
The Selby Series by Duncan Ball 
Send Simon Savage by Stephen Measday 
Seven More Sleeps by Margaret Wild
Shake a Leg by Boori Monty Pryor
The Shark Net by Robert Drewe
Shift by Em Bailey
Ships in the Field by Susanne Gervay
Show Day by Penny Matthews
Siggy and Amber by Doug MacLeod
The Silver Donkey by Sonya Hartnett
The Silver Stream by Robert Roennfeldt
Silverfin: The Graphic Novel by Charlie Higson and Kev Walker (illus)
Simpson and His Donkey by Mark Greenwood
The Slightly Skewed Life of Toby Chrysler by Paul Collins
The Smallest Bilby and the Easter Tale by Nette Hilton
The Smallest Bilby and the Easter Games by Nette Hilton
The Smallest Bilby and the Midnight Star by Nette Hilton
Snake Escape: Mission Fox Book 1 by Justin D'Ath
So Yesterday by Scott Westerfeld
Soldier Boy by Anthony Hill
Something in the World Called Love by Sue Saliba
Sometimes I Like To Curl Up in a Ball by Vicki Churchill
The Song of An Innocent Bystander by Ian Bone
Sounds Spooky by Christopher Cheng
So Yesterday by Scott Westerfeld
Specky Magee and the Battle of the Young Guns by Felice Arena and Garry Lyon
Specky Magee and the Boots of Glory by Felice Arena and Garry Lyon
Specky Magee & the Great Footy Contest by Felice Arena and Garry Lyon
Specky Magee & the Season of Champions by Felice Arena and Garry Lyon
Specky Magee and a Legend in the Making by Felice Arena and Garry Lyon
Specky Magee and the Spirit of the Game by Felice Arena and Garry Lyon
The Spell of Undoing by Paul Collins
Spinner by Ron Elliott
The Squeak Street series by Emily Rodda
The Star by Felicity Marshall
Stony Heart Country by David Metzenthen
A Straight Line to my Heart by Bill Condon
Swerve by Gwynne Phillip

T
Tatiara by Jo Oliver
Teacher's Pet by Morris Gleitzman
Teaching Kids to Read by Fay Tran
Thai-riffic! by Oliver Phommavanh
That Dolphin Thing by Ian Bone
Then by Morris Gleitzman
There's Going to be a Baby by John Burningham
There Was an Old Sailor by Claire Saxby
Thursday's Child by Sonya Hartnett
Tiger Trouble: Aussie Bites by Sherryl Clark
Toad Heaven by Morris Gleitzman
Toad Rage by Morris Gleitzman
Tom Tom by Rosemary Sullivan
Toppling by Sally Murphy
Town by James Roy
Town Possum, Country Possum by Yvonne Morrison
Treasure Hunters by Allan Baillie 
Tree: a little story about big things by Danny Parker
Triple Ripple by Brigid Lowry
Trust Me! edited by Paul Collins
The Truth About Penguins by Meg McKinlay 

U
Unforgotten by Tohby Riddle
Unpolished Gem by Alice Pung

V
The Vegetable Ark by Kim Kane
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Vinnie's War by David McRobbie  
Violet Mackerel's Brilliant Plot by Sarah Davis

W 
Waiting for Later by Tina Matthews
Walk In my Shoes by Alwyn Evans
A Waltz for Matilda by Jackie French
Warambi by Aleesah Darlison
Wardragon by Paul Collins
Wavelength by AJ Betts
What the Raven Saw by Samantha-Ellen Bound
When Courage Came to Call by L M Fuge
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Whisper by Chrissie Keighery
Who Sank the Boat by Pamela Allen
Why? by Lila Prapp
Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler
Wicked Warriors and Evil Emperors: The True Story of the Fight for Ancient China by Alison Lloyd
Wicked! (Single Volume Containing All Six Parts) by Morris Gleitzman and Paul Jennings
The Windy Farm by Doug MacLeod
With a Sword in my Hand by Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem and Pat van Beirs
Woolvs in the Sitee by Margaret Wild and Anne Spudvilas
The Word Spy by Ursula Dubosarsky and Tohby Riddle (illus)
Worm Story by Morris Gleitzman 

Y
The Year of the Tiger by Alison Lloyd
Yellowcake by  Margo Lanagan
You and Me: Our Place by Leonie Norrington
You are My Special Baby by Carol Chataway
Young Digger by Anthony Hill

Z
The Zac Power series by H I Larry